In Photos: Polling Booths To Barricades, West Bengal Prepares For Voting Day

Armed security personnel keep vigil amid the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. (Image: PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

A woman walks past a dumping area filled with flags of various political parties, which were removed from the areas near the polling stations amid voting preparations for the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. (Image: PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)

Awareness posters placed outside a pink booth, managed by female polling personnel, on the eve of voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections. (Image: PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)

Polling officials check election materials for voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at a distribution centre in Kolkata. (Image: PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Polling officials collect election materials for voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections at Ballygunge in Kolkata. (Image: PTI Photo)

Polling officials collect Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units at a distribution centre, for voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections in Kolkata. (Image: PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)

A polling official carries sealed election materials on the eve of voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections. (Image: PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units for voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections. (Image: PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Polling officials check vehicle facility details amid preparations for voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections in Nadia. (Image: PTI Photo)

Officials check election materials for voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at a distribution centre in Nadia. (Image: PTI Photo)