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In Photos: Bengal Steps Out To Vote As Phase 1 Spans 152 Seats

The first phase of voting in West Bengal’s Assembly elections is underway across 152 constituencies spread over 16 districts, including four in Jhargram. Polling began at 7 a.m. on Thursday amid tight security arrangements, with 2,407 companies of central forces deployed alongside personnel from the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police. From urban centres to remote, tribal-dominated regions like Jangalmahal, once a Maoist hotspot, voters lined up early to cast their ballots, reflecting both the scale and significance of this phase. The remaining 142 constituencies will go to polls in the second phase on April 29, with counting of votes scheduled for May 4.

People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
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In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities.
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities.
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities.
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections.
People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections.
People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities.
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities.
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections.
People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections.
People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities.
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities.
In the remote tribal-dominated village of Amlasole in Jhargram’s Binpur constituency, people turn up to vote in the hope of jobs, schools and better facilities. The area, once a hotspot of Maoist movement, continues to battle extreme poverty, lack of resources, water scarcity and thinning employment opportunities. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections.
People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
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