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An electorate of 1.44 crore is expected to vote tomorrow in the crucial third phase of West Bengal Assembly poll spread over three districts of Kolkata and North and South 24-Parganas district to decide the fate of 479 candidates, including the Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
Tight security arrangements have been made with the deployment of over 600 security force personnel to ensure free, fair and peaceful polling, official sources said.
In all 17,792 polling booths have been set up with 97.47 per cent voters having EPICs, Election Commission sources said. The 75 constituencies include 11 in Kolkata, 33 in neighbouring North and 31 in South 24-Parganas districts.
Prominent candidates
Apart from Mr Bhattacharjee, other prominent candidates are the Finance Minister, Mr Asim Dasgupta, the Housing Minister, Mr Gautam Deb, the Transport Minister, Mr Ranjit Kundu, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Partha Chatterjee, the Kolkata Mayor, Mr Sovan Chatterjee, former FICCI secretary general, Mr Amit Mitra, and cinestar Debashree Roy Mr Bhattacharjee is pitted against the former State Chief Secretary and Trinamool Congress candidate, Mr Manish Gupta, in Jadavpur constituency in South 24 Parganas district, while the former FICCI secretary general is taking on Mr Asim Dasgupta in Khardah in North 24 Parganas.
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