In West Bengal, the Election Commission has rolled out unprecedented security measures for the second phase of the assembly polls. Apart from using drones fitted with cameras for the first time ever in any election a total of 2,321 companies of central forces are being deployed across the state, supported by 142 general observers, 95 police observers, and 100 expenditure observers.

Kolkata will see the highest deployment, with 273 companies under its police jurisdiction.