KOLKATA: Polling for elections to municipal corporations of Bidhannagar, Asansol, Siliguri and Chandannagar in West Bengal remained "more or less peaceful", and voter turnout of over 43 per cent was recorded in all civic bodies till 1 PM Saturday, an official said.
The voting for elections to the four civic bodies began at 7 AM. "Polling is being held peacefully. No incident of violence has been reported. We have taken a note of some disturbances from these municipal corporation areas where outsiders were found standing in voters' queue," the senior official of the West Bengal State Election Commission said.