The fifth phase voting is taking place in West Bengal today. In this phase of West Bengal Election 2021, 45 assembly of six districts of the state are going to polls.
Polling is on for 45 seats in Darjeeling, Kalimpong, North 24 Parganas, East Burdwan and Nadia districts in this phase. Tight security arrangements have been made for this phase after the violence in the fourth phase.
Voting continues from 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. There are 319 candidates in the fray for this phase.
Of the 319 candidates in the fifth phase of the West Bengal Election 2021, 79 have criminal cases against them.
Of these, 65 have very serious criminal cases against them. These include 28 candidates from BJP, 18 from Trinamool Congress (TMC), 10 from CPI (M) and two from Congress. There are a total of 319 candidates in the fifth phase.
Thus, fifth phase has 65 crorepati candidates, including 23 from TMC, 18 from BJP five from Congress and three from CPI. The average assets of the candidates of the fifth phase is Rs 81.76 lakh.
Ritzu Ghoshal of Congress is the richest candidate in fifth phase
Ritzu Ghoshal, the Congress candidate from Shantipur seat in Nadia district. The richest candidate in the fifth phase of the West Bengal Election 2021.
According to the affidavit, his total assets are Rs 19,47,05,304. On the other hand, independents of NG Sherpa from Darjeeling seat and JDU candidate Bhushan Kumar Soni from Siliguri seat have zero assets.
Voting on 45 seats on April 17 seats in fifth phase
On the other hand, 44 seats to be vote on in the fifth-phase are Dhupguri, Mayanaguri, Jalpaiguri, Raiganj, Abgram Phool Bari, Mal, Nagar Kata, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Kurseong, Matigada, Naxalbari, Siliguri, Hanging Deva, Panihati, Kamarhati, Baranagar. , Dum Dum, Rajarhat New Town, Vidhannagar, Rajarhat Gopalpur, Madhyamgram, Barasat, Deganga, Habra, Meenkhan, Sandeshkhali, Basirhat South, Basirhat North, Hingalganj, Khandaghosh, Vardhman South, Rayna, Jamalpur, Manteshwar, Kalan, Memari, Vardhman North.