Voter participation in TN is 70%, whereas in WB, it is 78.77%.

According to data from the Election Commission of India (ECI), voter participation for the West Bengal Assembly elections was 78.77%, while it was 70% for Tamil Nadu as of 3 p.m.

In the first phase of the two-phase critical Assembly elections, voting for 152 assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts of West Bengal started at 7 a.m. on Thursday.Long lineups in front of various voting places suggested that voter enthusiasm for the elections was fairly high this time.

Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, and Malda in North Bengal and Murshidabad, East Midnapore, West Midnapore, Jhargram, Purulia, Bankura, West Burdwan, and Birbhum in South Bengal are the sixteen districts where the first phase of voting is taking place on Thursday.

On April 29, West Bengal will hold its second round of voting for the remaining 142 assembly seats. Up to 11 a.m., 635 complaints about the first phase of elections, which covered 152 Assembly constituencies in 16 districts, were filed with the ECI. 260 of the 635 complaints that were filed with the ECI were delivered in person to the Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office, while 375 more were filed via the C-Vigil app.

In the meantime, voting for the crucial Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in all 234 constituencies started at 7 a.m., with nearly 5.73 crore eligible voters expected to choose 4,023 candidates in a hotly contested four-cornered campaign.

This is one of the most competitive elections in recent memory, with the main contenders being the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, the AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance, the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), and the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).

Voters were observed lining up at polling places early in the morning, demonstrating the public’s great desire to take part in the political process.

Political parties are keeping a careful eye on polling trends across constituencies because voter turnout is predicted to be crucial.  The new governments in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu will be decided by the electoral results, which are set to be counted on May 4.