EC orders repolling in 15 booths in West Bengal

The Election Commission on Friday ordered repolling in 15 polling stations in Diamond Harbour and Magrahat Paschim Assembly seats in South 24 Parganas district on Saturday. Polling will take place from 7 am to 6 pm at 11 booths in Magrahat Paschim and four booths in Diamond Harbour. The repolling came after the BJP alleged that EVM buttons were found tampered with using tape in Falta, which is part of the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency, a stronghold of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. Complaints were filed by voters and political parties, alleging EVM tampering, booth jamming and rigging in these booths. The repolling will take place in 11 polling stations in Magrahat Paschim and 4 in Diamond Harbour tomorrow, the poll body said in its order.
The booths where repolling will take place in Magrahat Paschim are: 46-Uttar Yearpur F.P School, Room No.2; 126 - Najra F.P School, Room No.1; 127, Najra F.P School, Room Number 2, 128 - Deula F.P School, Room Number 1; 142 - Ghola Noyapara Girls' High Madrasha, Room Number 2; 214 - Ektara Malaya F.P School, Room Number 1; 215 - Ektara Malaya F.P School Room Number 2; 216 - Ektara Malaya Dhora F.P School, Room Number 1; 230 - Bahirpuya Kurkuriya F.P School, Room No.1; 231 - Bahirpuya Kurkuriya F.P School Room Number 2; 232 - Bahirpuya Kurkuria F.P School Room Number 3.
The booths going to polls again in Diamond Harbour are: 117 - Bagda Junior High School; 179 - Chandra F.P School, Room Number 2; 194 - Haridevpur F.P School and 243 - Roynagar F.P School, Room Number 2. The Election Commission is on high alert to prevent possible post-poll violence.
Voting at the affected booths took place on April 29 during the second and last phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls, but the Election Commission has now declared the polling void under Section 58(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.