As Phase 2 of the 2026 Legislative Assembly elections ended today, April 29, the political stakes were palpable on the ground all day. Early this morning, Mamata Banerjee stepped out of her residence, declaring she would spend the entire day on the streets, not in her official capacity as chief minister, but as the Trinamool Congress candidate for Bhabanipur. Yet, the massive scale of this democratic exercise, spanning 142 assembly constituencies and an officially recognised electorate of 3,21,73,837, was entirely overshadowed by a severe crisis of voter disenfranchisement and the heavy militarisation of the polling process.Follow live updates from poll day here.