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All set for fifth phase of polls

Fifth phase of polls on Thursday with 1,769 candidates in fray

WEST BENGAL: Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar - all in north Bengal. A closely-fought contest is anticipated in the Darjeeling constituency between GJM-backed BJP candidate S S Ahluwalia and Trinamool Congress candidate Baichung Bhutia, the two representing the two sides of a bitter war over statehood for the hills. Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal will be in five phases from April 17 to May 12. A total of 60,14,258 voters, of whom 31,14,184 are men and 29,00,024 women, are eligible to make their choices among 47 candidates in four-cornered contests.