Large-scale irregularities and violence was reported during the polling for the panchayat polls in West Bengal on Saturday, July 8, 2023.. Voting started for about 7 am and reports of snatching of ballot papers and clashes started coming since the morning.
Despite the orders of the Calcutta High Court that central forces be deployed outside every polling booth, at several places in the State no deployment of central forces outside the polling booths was seen.
