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“There are about 5.08 crore voters...
With no contest in 34% seats about 1.75 crore electorate will not be able to vote,” he said. But psephologist and political analyst Biswanath Chakraborty said such a high number of uncontested victories posed a “threat to democracy”. He explained that the uncontested seats grew with every phase. more-inThe West Bengal State Election Commission refused to comment on the fact that one in every three seats in the panchayat polls has gone to the Trinamool Congress without a contest. Secretary of State Election Commission [SEC] Nilanjan Shandilya said that it is only “a matter of record” that the number of uncontested seats is as high as 34%..