Voting turnout in West Bengal 2026 was high in the Assembly elections, with the first phase witnessing a record turnout and polling underway for the second phase.
The first phase recorded a turnout of 93.19 per cent, the highest turnout ever seen in West Bengal, according to Election Commission of India data. Track all updates of voting in West Bengal here
Voting operations for the second and final stage, which began at six in the morning today, recorded a voting percentage of 78.68 as of three in the afternoon, according to data from the International Export Credit Union.
Voting for the first phase took place on April 23, along with polling for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
Second phase voting by region (until 1 p.m.)
Hooghly: 80.77 percent
Hoora: 70.73 percent
North Kolkata: 78 percent
South Kolkata: 75.38 percent
Nadia: 79.79 percent
North 24 Parganas: 77.39 percent
Purba Bardhaman: 83.11 percent
South 24 Parganas: 76.75 percent
District wise first phase voting
Ali Burdawar: 93.20 percent
Bankura: 92.55 percent
Birbhum: 94.51 percent
Coochbahar: 96.20 percent
Dakshin Dinajpur: 95.44 percent
Darjeeling: 88.98 per cent
Jalpaiguri: 94.76 percent
Jhargram: 92.26 percent
Kalimpong: 83.04 percent
Malda: 94.79 percent
Murshidabad: 93.67 percent
Paschim Bardhaman: 90.32 percent
Paschim Medinipur: 92.75 percent
Purulia: 91.59 percent
Uttar Dinajpur: 94.16 percent
Votes in the assembly elections in four states — Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal — and the union territory of Puducherry will be counted on May 4 along with bypolls for eight Assembly seats across six states.
Check out today’s poll results: when and where to check them
Poll forecasts for the Assembly elections in four states and the union territory of Puducherry are expected to be released from 6:30 pm today, after voting for the second and final phase in West Bengal concludes.
Detailed exit poll forecast will be available on Hindustantimes.com from 6:30 pm.
In the previous Assembly elections in 2021, exit polls had predicted a tight contest between Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
However, the TMC defied the polls and returned to power for the third time in a row by winning 215 seats, limiting the number of seats for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance to 77 constituencies.
This time too, the Bengal elections are seen as a contest primarily between the TMC and the BJP, while the Left Front, which was in power for 34 continuous years before the Mamata Banerjee government, is looking to revive.
