Over 84% voter turnout in West Bengal poll

Over 84 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise till 5 pm in the sixth and last phase of Assembly election in West Bengal on Thursday. While East Midnapore district recorded 85.09 per cent polling, 82.71 per cent votes were cast in Cooch Behar. The overall average till 5 pm was 84.24 per cent.

The police said that altogether they made 30 arrests during the day, out of which 29 were preventive arrests. For the first time since Independence, 9,776 residents of border enclaves in Cooch Behar were eligible to exercise their franchise, made possible by the formal inclusion of the enclaves in the Indian territory last year.