{"id":300,"date":"2026-10-06T23:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/80-vote-in-west-bengal-bypolls-amid-rigging-intimidation-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T23:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:27:09","slug":"80-vote-in-west-bengal-bypolls-amid-rigging-intimidation-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/80-vote-in-west-bengal-bypolls-amid-rigging-intimidation-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"80% vote in West Bengal bypolls amid rigging, intimidation charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/80-vote-in-west-bengal-bypolls-amid-rigging-intimidation-charges\/articleshow\/134752541.cms\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/photo\/134752541.cms\"\/><\/a>Bypolls across Nandigram and Rejinagar saw an 80% turnout despite allegations of rigging and voter intimidation. In Tamil Nadu, turnout dipped compared to previous elections, with results showing 86% and 80% participation. Assam&#8217;s Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency recorded 76% turnout during the bypolls, while Puducherry&#8217;s Thattanchavady seat had a turnout of 78% by 5pm. Various candidates and parties reported incidents of interference and blocked agents during the polling process.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bypolls across Nandigram and Rejinagar saw an 80% turnout despite allegations of rigging and voter intimidation. In Tamil Nadu, turnout dipped compared to previous elections, with results showing 86% and 80% participation. Assam&#8217;s Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency recorded 76% turnout during the bypolls, while Puducherry&#8217;s Thattanchavady seat had a turnout of 78% by 5pm. Various [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.info.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}