Elections for West Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats will be conducted in seven phases from beginning on April 19 and concluding on June 1, according to the election schedule announced by the Election Commission of India on March 16. The constituencies of north Bengal will go to polls in the first phases, after which polling will be conducted across the central, south-west and then south regions of the State respectively.
The Trinamool Congress leadership said that the party’s suggestion of holding polls across the State was ignored by the ECI.
