KOLKATA: Amid tight security, over 78 per cent of the around 1.24 crore electorate braved the sweltering heat to cast their votes for 53 constituencies in the fifth and penultimate phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on Saturday. Stray incidents of violence were reported. Since 7am, when polling began, large queues of voters were seen outside almost all the booths for 31 constituencies in South 24 Parganas and 18 in Hooghly districts besides four in South Kolkata. "Poll percentage till 5pm was 78.25 per cent overall. In Hooghly it was 78.98 per cent, in Kolkata South 63.10 per cent and in South 24 Parganas, 79.69 per...
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