Voting for assembly elections in West Bengal will take place in eight phases, starting on March 27, announced the election commission on Friday.
In the first phase, polling will take place on 30 seats. The second phase has been scheduled on April 1 and will cover 30 constituencies, followed by the third phase on April 6 for 31 seats, fourth phase on April 10 for 44 constituencies, fifth phase on April 17 for 45 seats, sixth phase for 43 seats on April 22, seventh phase on April 26 for 36 seats and last and eighth phase on April 29 for 35 seats.
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Counting of votes for all five assembly elections including West Bengal will be done on May 2.