INDIA: CALCUTTA'S TURN TO VOTE

Record ID: 328534

  • Title: INDIA: CALCUTTA'S TURN TO VOTE
  • Date: 20th February 1967
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN CROWDS QUEUE OUTSIDE POLLING BOOTHS 0.11 2. SV MEN QUEUE 0.22 3. CU WOMEN QUEUE 0.30 4. CU MEN QUEUE 0.35 5. CU SIGN: "POLLING STATION" 0.38 6. SV INT. MAN HAS FINGER PAINTED 0.44 7. SV ANOTHER MAN HAS FINGER PAINTED AND RECEIVES BALLOT PAPERS 0.53 8. SV MAN REGISTERS 0.55 9. CU VOTES BEING PLACED IN BALLOT BOX (3 SHOTS) 1.13 10. SV VOTING CONTINUES 1.18 Initials JBC/VS/MR/JG/OS EDITORS: PLEASE SEE PRODUCTION NUMBER 1665/67 ALSO SERVICED TODAY. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th March 1967 12:00
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  • Location: CALCUTTA, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Reuters ID: LVA541Y3T6XIT1NG0XUBKZHFVR8A
  • Story Text: CALCUTTA TURNED OUT FOR THE POLLING BOOTHS YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) ON THE FIFTH DAY OF THE INDIAN GENERAL ELECTIONS. ABOUT 20 MILLION VOTERS IN WEST BENGAL WERE CHOOSING THEIR REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

    ALTOGETHER 57 MILLION OF THE TOTAL INDIAN ELECTORATE OF 250 MILLION WERE VOTING YESTERDAY IN THE WEEK-LONG ELECTIONS. THEY TURNED OUT IN WEST BENGAL, BIHAR, HARYANA, MYSORE, PUNJAB, UTTAR PRADESH AND THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT-ADMINISTERED TERRITORIES OF DELHI AND CHANDIGARH. CALCUTTA LAST THURSDAY WAS THE SCENE OF SOME VIOLENCE. ONE PERSON WAS REPORTED KILLED AND SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED IN CLASHES IN THE SUBURB OF BELGHARIA.
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