 May 07, 2009, Hi2India Bureau
Tags: Lok Sabha elections 2009, Election 2009, Election phases, Phase 4 Elections. elections in India, Voter turnout in elections, Voting percentage in election, Voting percentage in Phase 4, Violence in Elections
Fourth phase of Loksabha Election ended with a turn out of 57 percent of nearly 95 million voters across eight states. Sporadic cases of poll violence were reported from the West Bengal and Rajasthan. Four persons were killed .Three was reported from WB and one was reported from Rajasthan in the firth stage of polling.
Stray violence, police firing and booth capturing disrupted the polling in places. In Jangipur which happens to be Congress heavyweight Pranab Mkuhjerjee’s constituency, a CPM worker was killed in a bomb attack by unidentified persons. A voter was killed and eight persons including three policemen were injured in a gun battle in Asansol Loksabha constituency in Burdwan district of WB.
One person suspected to be a CMP worker was allegedly killed by Trinamul cogress workers at Amta of Howrah district after the polling. Amta CPM MLA Prattyush Mukherjee claimed the deceased was his party activist.
One person was shot dead when paramilitary personnel opened fire to prevent a mob from capturing a booth at Olwara village in Rajasthan's Sawaimadhopur district.
Violence was not a deterrent for the voters in West Bengal. West Bengal went to poll in 17 constituencies in the fourth phase, drew the highest voter turnout -- 75 per cent -- followed by Punjab (65 per cent), Haryana (63 per cent), Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh (50 per cent each)
Fates of couple of big shots are at stake in this stage of polling. BJP President Rajnath Singh (Ghaziabad), SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav (Mainpuri), RJD supremo Lalu Prasad (Pataliputra), RLD chief Ajit Singh and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah (Srinagar) besides Pranab Mukherjee are the big names trying their fate in this phase.
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