31 constituencies in South 24 Parganas and 18 in Hooghly districts besides four in South Kolkata go to polls in the penultimate phase of the six-phase election. The fifth phase of election takes place for 53 seats. In 2014 Lok Sabha poll, TMC got 49 out of 53 seats.
7:00am : Polling begins in 53 constituencies and this is the fifth and penultimate phase
7:05am : Voting begins at 7am for 31 constituencies in South 24 Parganas and 18 in Hooghly districts besides four in South Kolkata.
7:30am : A long queue stands outside polling station
7:42am : People wait in queues and show more interest to cast their votes.
8:10am : CPI(M) polling agents allegedly threatened by TMC in South 24 Parganas Sounarpur Dakshin and Canning Purba Assembly seats and Hooghly's Khanakul area.
8:30am : Independent candidate supported by Left and Congress Ambikesh Mahapatra alleges voters being prevented from casting votes in Haridevpur Police Station.
8:50am : The workers of a Birla Group plant said that only 20 of they, out of 1500, voted. They gave a call to boycott polls.
