By TCN Staff Reporter,
Kolkata: The 5th Phase poll ended today in West Bengal. For 38 Assembly seats, 193 candidates were in the fray – Muslims among them were only 10 – the lowest number ever in this Assembly poll 2011. Among 10 Muslim candidates, two were women – one fielded by Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and another by ruling CPI-M.
Muslim candidates in 5th Phase Poll in West Bengal
|
Constituency |
Candidate |
Party |
|
Kharagpur |
Bilkis Khanam |
AITMC |
|
Kharagpur |
Nazmul Haque |
CPI-M |
|
Kharagpur |
Sk Samsul Haque |
PDCI |
|
Debra |
Sk Sorab Hussein |
CPI-M |
|
Debra |
Tanbeer Murshed Khan |
IPFB |
|
Bankura |
Jabbar Sekh |
JVM |
|
Onda |
Abdul Samid Mandal |
JVM |
|
Onda |
Abdul Hai Mallik |
JMM |
|
Pandabeswar |
Zahir Alam |
AITMC |
|
Jamuria |
Jahan Ara Khan |
CPI-M |
Four districts went to the poll in this phase — Paschim Medinpur, Purulia, Bankura and Bardhaman.
Abbreviations of the parties
AITMC – All India Trinamool Congress
CPI-M – Communist Party of India (Marxist)
PDCI – People’s Democratic Conference of India
IPFB — Indian People’s Forward Block
JVM — Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
JMM – Jharkhand Mukti Morcha