Voting for elections to municipal corporations of Bidhannagar, Asansol, Siliguri and Chandannagar in West Bengal began at 7 am on Saturday.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the police in all the four municipal areas situated in different parts of the state for peaceful conduct of the polls, an official said.

As per the West Bengal State Election Commission notification, polling will be held till 5 pm and counting of votes for the four civic bodies will be held on February 14.

Altogether, 203 candidates are contesting in 41 wards in Bidhannagar, while 200 are in the fray in 47 wards of the Siliguri civic body, as per the SEC website.

There are 120 aspirants for 33 wards in Chandannagar and 430 candidates are contesting in 106 wards in Asansol.

In 2015, the Left Front had won the Siliguri civic body election, while the three other municipal corporations were secured by the TMC.

Meanwhile, on Friday, a fresh row sparked in Trinamool Congress over the "One Person, One Post" campaign after party leader and minister in Mamata Banerjee's government, Chandrima Bhattacharya posted the slogan on her social media handle.

However, she later claimed that the post was done by consultancy group I-PAC.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold an emergency meeting with senior leaders of her party on Saturday. The meeting will be held at Ms Banerjee's Kalighat office at 5 pm.

The civic polls were earlier slated to be held on January 22, 2022. However, the Calcutta High Court had postponed the elections citing the COVID-19 third wave situation.