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Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) has decided to deploy 789 companies of Central forces during the 4th phase elections spreading across 44 Assembly constituencies in seven districts on April 10. "We had asked for 1000 companies of central forces with the 4th and the 5th phase of elections involving 44 ACs and 45 ACs respectively. Presently there are 800 companies of Central forces in the state and another 200 companies are expected to reach by early Friday morning. There will be 174 companies of Central forces for the 10 Assembly constituencies in Hooghly district, 140 companies for the 9 Assembly constituencies of Howrah district and another 98 companies for Alipurduar district. The commission has allocated 6 companies of Central forces for Jalpaiguri as it shares border with Alipurduar..