<span style="color: #222222;">Polling will be held in three districts of North Bengal on 17th of this month.  One seat at Kalimpong , five seats at Darjeeling and seven seats in Jalpaiguri district will go to polls in this phase. A total of 104 candidates including 12 women are in the fray from 3 districts in this phase. Several leaders have intensified campaigning to woo the voters. Senior BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah will address an election rally at Lebong today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Located at the foothills of the Himalayas, Siliguri has very strategic and trading importance for West Bengal and North East region. 10 candidates including 2 women are in the fray for this high profile seat. There are 2 lakh 24 thousand voters at Siliguri where around 30 percent are non- Bengali speaking population. Senior CPI-M leader Ashok Bhattacharya would seek re-election from Siliguri. He is facing his former colleague Shankar Ghosh who is contesting on BJP ticket. The ruling TMC has given tickets to Om Prokash Mishra. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Development,better infrastructure, employment generation are some of the poll planks that have been raised in Siliguri.</span><br />''  <br />