Saibal GuptaKolkata, April 30 -- In an unprecedented polling surge, 22 constituencies recorded polling percentages above 95 percent in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, with Minakhan in North 24 Parganas emerging as the highest at a remarkable 97.77 percent.
Though the 142 constituencies of the second phase of polling in the state recorded an overall turnout 92.67 percent but that took the combined turnout for the first two phases to 92.93 percent - the highest in the state since Independence.
Interestingly enough in the 2021 assembly elections these 142 constituencies recorded a percentage of 80.4 which is nearly 13 percent less than the present figures.
According to election commission data, 11 constituencies of N...