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Kolkata civic polls Live Updates: One dead, 42.5 percent polling in first four hours
Kolkata:  Over 69 percent polling was recorded on Saturday in elections to 91 municipalities across West Bengal, which was marred by sporadic incidents of violence that left one dead and several injured including two policemen and a poll official.

(13:47): The voter turnout at the close of polling was 60 percent, an official said.

"At 3 p.m., the scheduled close of voting, about 60 percent turnout was recorded. It is likely to go up as there are many voters still queuing up to cast their vote," said officer on special duty (OSD), state election commission, Sabyasachi Ghosh.

"Around 42.5 percent of polling was reported till 12 p.m. We have received reports of violence from several districts including Burdwan, North 24 Parganas and Bankura. We are looking into them and taking all measures to ensure security," officer on special duty (OSD), state election commission Sabyasachi Ghosh said.

The voter turnout in the first four hours of the polling, amid violence and earthquake, was 42 percent, an official said.

One person was shot dead and another received bullet injuries in West Bengal during polling for 91 civic bodies on Saturday. The voter turnout in the first three hours was over 20% an official said.

While one person - Indrajit Singh - said to be a Trinamool Congress activist, was shot dead at Katwa in Burdwan, another suffered bullet injuries in North 24 Parganas district.

"He (Singh) was shot dead by unidentified miscreants. We have sought a report on the incident, senior police officials are at the spot and we are taking all measures to preserve peace and security," Burdwan district magistrate Saumitra Mohan said.

 (11:31) : "Till 10 am over 20 percent of polling was reported. We have received reports of violent incidents from several districts and looking into it. There have been reports of bullets been fired in North 24 Parganas, we are looking into all aspects," a state election commission official said.

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Polling in several districts including Murshidabad and Siliguri was temporarily suspended after massive tremors, lasting over a minute, were felt following a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday.

In North 24-Parganas' Titagarh, a voter was allegedly shot in his leg while Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Govind Pal alleged that Trinamool miscreants fired bullets at him but he escaped unhurt.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Darjeeling S.S. Ahluwalia alleged that several party candidates contesting for the Siliguri Municipality polls and activists were assaulted by Trinamool goons.

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"Since midnight, our people have come under intense attack by Trinamool goons. Our candidates have been beaten up, party activists and polling agent been assaulted. There is a reign of terror unleashed by Trinamool," said Ahluwalia.

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Around 74 lakh people will cast their votes to decide the fate of 7,636 candidates contesting for 1,946 wards of the 91 municipal bodies -- one Notified Area, two Municipal Corporations (Siliguri and Chandannagar) and 88 municipalities -- spread across north and south Bengal.

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Of 8,756 polling stations, 2,318 have been identified as sensitive and 2,142 as hypersensitive by the poll panel. Besides a large number police personnel, 35 companies of central forces have been deployed for the polls.

The results will be declared on April 28, 2015.

The voter turnout at the close of polling was 60 percent, an official said.

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