On account of the Lok Sabha General Elections and the West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024, the Government of West Bengal has declared the following days as paid public holidays in the said Lok Sabha/ Vidhan Sabha sub-constituencies under Section 135B* of Representation of the People Act, 1951. Employers of all businesses, trades, undertakings, shops, commercial and industrial establishments including tea gardens are directed to declare the scheduled dates of poll for the Parliamentary and Assembly as paid holiday under Section 1358 of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951, for their workers to enable them to exercise their franchise in the ensuing election:
| Phase | Parliamentary Constituency Name and Number | Assembly Constituency Name and Number | Date of polling |
| Phase- I | 1 – Coochbehar
2 – Alipurduar 3 – Jalpaiguri |
19-04-2024 (Friday) | |
| Phase- II | 4 – Darjeeling
5 – Raiganj 6 – Balurghat |
26-04-2024 (Friday) | |
| Phase- III | 7 – Maldaha Uttar
8 – Maldaha Dakshin 9 – Jangipur 11 – Murshidabad |
62- Bhagawaangola | 07-05-2024 (Tuesday) |
| Phase IV | 10 – Baharampur
12 – Krishnanagar 13 – Ranaghat 38 – Bardhaman Purba 39 – Bardhaman- Durgapur 40 – Asansol 41 – Bolpur 42 – Birbhum |
13-05-2024 (Monday) | |
| Phase- V | 14 – Bangaon
15 – Barrackpur 25 – Howrah 26 – Uluberia 27 – Sreerampur 28 – Hooghly 29 – Arambag |
20-05-2024 (Monday) | |
| Phase- VI | 30 – Tamluk
31 – Kanthi 32- Ghatal 33 – Jhargram 34 – Medinipur 35 – Purulia 36 – Bankura 37 – Bishnupur |
25-05-2024 (Saturday) | |
| Phase- VII | 16 – Dum Dum
17 – Barasat 18 – Bashirhat 19 – Jaynagar 20 – Mathurapur 21 – Diamond Harbour 22 – Jadavpur 23 – Kolkata Dakshin 24 – Kolkata Uttar
|
113- Baranagar | 01-06-2024 (Saturday) |
A Copy of the Notification is linked below for your ease of reference.
Source: Government of West Bengal
__________
*135B. Grant of paid holiday to employees on the day of poll. – (1) Every person employed in any business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishment and entitled to vote at an election to the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of a State shall, on the day of poll, be granted a holiday.
(2) No deduction or abatement of the wages of any such person shall be made on account of a holiday having been granted in accordance with sub-section (1) and if such person is employed on the basis that he would not ordinarily receive wages for such a day, he shall nonetheless be paid for such day the wages he would have drawn had not a holiday been granted to him on that day.
(3) If an employer contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), then such employer shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
(4) This section shall not apply to any elector whose absence may cause danger or substantial loss in respect of the employment in which he is engaged.
