West Bengal Polls
Left parties expected to win more seats
Millions will vote for state assembly seats in India's West Bengal under tight security as opinion polls predict communist parties would beat rivals and emerge stronger on the national scene.
The polls for 294 seats in the east Indian state will be held in five stages beginning today.
A pre-poll survey predicted that communists, also known as the Left Front, would win more than 233 seats. The communists are crucial outside allies of the Congress-led federal government but staunch critics of its economic and foreign policies.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "The Left Front appears set to win the seventh consecutive assembly election and add to the size of its majority," said a survey by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, a research group based in Delhi.
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