Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said West Bengal had recorded the highest ever polling percentage in both phases since Independence. The election results will be announced, along with those for polls in Assam, Tamil Nadu , Kerala and Puducherry, on May 4. “Highest ever percentage of polling in West Bengal in both Phase I and II since Independence. Chunav ka Parv, Paschim Bengal ka Garv,” CEC Kumar said. Click here for West Bengal exit poll results Charges flew thick and fast from the time the booths opened in the morning with the TMC and BJP, the two main players in the fray, accusing each other of resorting to means to intimidate and influence voters. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the TMC candidate from Bhabanipur, made rounds of the constituency since morning, levelling allegations against the Central forces and accusing Election Commission observers of working at the behest of the BJP.…