Wikipedia readers turned to 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election at 41x the usual rate

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Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to end. The election was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 May 2011 for all the 294 seats of the Assembly. In a high voltage election, a voter turnout of over 84% was recorded, the highest ever in the history of Bengal till then.

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