Newsinc24 Team In West Bengal, BJP candidate Debangshu Panda won the Falta assembly seat on Sunday by a 1.09 lakh votes, breaching the stronghold of the Trinamool Congress, whose nominee Jahangir Khan slipped to fourth position. Just days before the repoll, Khan announced that he would not be in the contest, a decision the TMC described as his personal. However, since withdrawn of nomination was not possible at that time, his name remained on the EVMs. Panda secured 1,49,666 votes while CPI(M)'s Sambhu Nath Kurmi came second with 40,645 votes cast in his favour. Congress candidate Abdur Razzak Molla stood third with 10,084 votes.
Counting of votes for the Falta constituency in West Bengal began at 8 am on Sunday. The seat first went to polls on April 29 during the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections. However, two days before the results were to be declared, the Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered a repoll in the constituency, which was held on May 21.
Repolling across all 285 booths in the constituency was conducted after voting in the South 24 Parganas seat on April 29 was scrapped over allegations of EVM tampering and other irregularities. More than 87 per cent of the constituency’s 2.36 lakh voters turned up for the repoll. To ensure voting passed off smoothly, the Election Commission significantly stepped up security, deploying around 35 companies of central forces across the constituency. Updated Number in Assembly-
WEST BENGAL : 294
BJP : 208
TMC : 80
CONG : 2
CPM : 1
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