Kolkata, April 23 -- Amidst an unprecedented security cover, over 62 per cent of the 3.60 crore plus electorate exercised their franchise in the first six hours of polling covering 152 seats in round one of the two-phase West Bengal Assembly elections on Thursday.
The Election Commission of India said a voter turnout of 62.18 per cent was recorded by 1 pmEarlier, the voting started at 7 am with enthusiastic voters forming long queues before the polling booths.
From colourfully decked up women to ebullient and excited first-time voters, all patiently waited for their turn to participate in the biggest festival of democracy across the hills, tea gardens, plateaus, sea resorts and the planes encompassing 16 districts in the northern, western...