The Bhartiya Janta Party on Sunday released the fifth list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, scheduled to take place from April 19. The party has fielded Justice Abhijit Ganguly from Tamluk while Tapas Roy will contest the elections from the Kolkata Uttar constituency.
West Bengal is set to witness polling in all seven phases beginning on April 19 for the much-awaited general elections. The Election Commission on March 16 announced the dates for the 18th General Elections in the country. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
Here is the full list of candidates from West Bengal:
- Jalpaiguri - Jayanta Roy
- Darjeeling - Raju Bista
- Raiganj - Kartick Paul
- Jangipur - Dhananjay Ghosh
- Krishnanagar - Amrita Roy
- Barrackpur - Arjun Singh
- Dum Dum - Silbhadra Dutta
- Barasat - Swapan Majumder
- Basirhat - Rekha Patra
- Mathurapur (SC) - Ashok Purkait
- Kolkata Dakshin - Sushri Debashree Chaudhary
- Kolkata Uttar - Tapas Roy
- Uluberia - Arun Uday Paul Chowdhury
- Sreerampur - Kabir Shankar Bose
- Arambagh (SC) - Arup Kanti Digar
- Tamluk - Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay
- Medinipur - Agnimitra Paul
- Bardhamam Purba (SC) - Ashim Kumar Sarkar
- Bardhaman (Durgapur) - Dilip Ghosh
The Election Commission said 102 constituencies will go for polls in the first phase on April 19, followed by 89 constituencies in the second phase on April 26. The third phase will be held on May 7, the fourth on May 13, the fifth on May 20, the sixth on May 25 and the seventh and the last phase on June 1. In the first phase, 102 constituencies will go for polls, 89 constituencies in the second phase, 94 constituencies in the third, 96 in the fourth phase, 49 in the fifth phase, 57 in the sixth phase and 57 in the seventh phase.
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