Kolkata
The West Bengal Assembly elections of 2026 have been remarkable from various viewpoints, such as the peaceful polling in contrast to the state’s history of electoral violence and an unprecedented voting percentage. This achievement has been facilitated by three officials in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), who have discreetly overseen all operations as behind-the-scenes coordinators from start to finish. Starting from the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise since November last year to voting and declaration of the results, everything went on so smoothly because of the adept administrative handling by The Three Musketeers in the CEO’s office — CEO of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal; special poll observer, Subrata Gupta; and special police observer, N.K. Mishra.
