72.10% voter turnout was recorded in Assam till 5pm while Bengal posted 79.79% voter turnout till 5 pm, in the first phase of polling in the assembly elections, as per data from the Election Commission.
A confident Dilip Ghosh also cast his vote at a polling booth in Jhargram in the first phase. The West Bengal BJP President slammed Mamata Banerjee saying the TMC now knows it is set to lose so the party is on the backfoot and is resorting to all tactics to create fear among voters.