New Delhi, April 29 -- Polling for the second phase of the Assembly elections in West Bengal will begin at 7 AM today, 29 April. Voting will be held across 142 seats of the state today.

The voting today will decide the electoral fate of 1,448 candidates, which includes 1,228 men and 220 women. It shifts the battle decisively to the TMC's home turf - Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Hooghly and Purba Bardhaman.

The first phase on 23 April was held for 152 seats in West Bengal. The results will be declared on May 4, along with the outcome of assembly polls in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Over 3.22 crore total voters are eligible to vote today, of which 3.21 crore are general electors and nearly 40,000 are...