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West Bengal State Election Commission is an autonomous and statutory body constituted in Indian state of West Bengal for ensuring that elections are conducted in free, fair and unbiased way. Constitution of India with provisions as per Article 324 ensures creation and safeguarding of the powers of Election Commission.
Initially, voter IDs were printed with black ink on regular paper and laminated. Starting in 2015, [6] the Indian government started rolling out a less perishable PVC colour version, compliant with the ISO/IEC 7810 size standard [7] used by most payment and ATM cards. A new type PVC Voter ID Card/EPIC An paper Laminated Indian Voter Identity Card
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the Shibpur area of Howrah. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by the people. The legislative assembly comprises 294 Members of Legislative Assembly, all directly elected from single-seat constituencies ...
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The seat fell vacant due to the death of sitting MLA Sadhan Pande on 20th February 2022. However, bypolls to the seat couldn't be held even after 6 months of Pande's death (according to Indian law) because BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey filed an election petition in the Calcutta High Court alleging irregularities in polling & demanded a recount of votes.
The history of the West Bengal Legislature can be traced back to 18 January 1862 when under the Indian Councils Act of 1861, a 12 Member Legislative Council for Bengal Presidency was established by the Governor-General of British India with the Lt. Governor of Bengal and some nominated members. The strength of the council was gradually enlarged ...
Jadavpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency in the Indian state of West Bengal which lies mostly in Kolkata district, while a fraction of it is in South 24 Parganas district (Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area).
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barrackpur; Party Candidate Votes % ±% AITC: Silbhadra Dutta 79,515 60.02 CPI(M) Dr. Madhusudan Samanta 43,392 32.75 BJP: Shambhu Nath Gupta 5,040 3.80 BSP: Tapas Sarkar 1,843 1.39 IND: Umasankar Biswakarma 1,434 1.08 Majority 36,123 27.27 Turnout: 1,32,558 77.86 AITC win (new seat)