Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Results for the Falta Assembly repoll in West Bengal have been declared at the end of all the rounds of counting on Sunday, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Debangshu Panda being declared elected by a landslide margin of 1,09,021 votes. While Panda secured a total of 1,49,666 votes, CPI(M) candidate Sambhunath Kurmi came in the second position, securing a total of 40,645 votes.Congress candidate Abdur Razzak came in the third position, receiving 10,084 votes…
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Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) With 11 more rounds of counting for the repolling of Falta Assembly constituency in the South 24 Parganas of West Bengal yet to be completed, the lead margin of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s candidate, Debangshu Panda, has already increased to 38,940 votes.In total, there will be 21 rounds of counting, and the votes polled by the BJP candidate at the end of the 10th round of counting were 64,238.On the other hand, at the end of the 10th round of counting, the CPI(M)…
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) After the fifth round of counting for the repolling of Falta Assembly constituency on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Debangshu Panda is comfortably ahead of his closest opponents by a margin of 14,514 votesAs per figures available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, after the fifth round of counting, the total number of votes polled by the BJP candidate was 30,562, followed by CPI(M)’s Sambhunath Kurmi at 16,048 and Cong…
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) After the first round of counting for the repolling of the Falta Assembly constituency on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Debnagshi Panda, is comfortably ahead of his closest opponents.As per available information from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, after the first round of counting, the total number of votes polled by the BJP candidate stands at 9,534, followed by CPI(M)’s Sambhunath Kurmi at 448 and Congress candidate Ab…
Kolkata, May 24 IANS) Counting has begun for the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district from 8 a.m. on Sunday amid tight security arrangements.The repolling for the Assembly Constituency, as per the direction of the Election Commission of India (ECI), was conducted on May 21. There will be a total of 21 rounds of counting, and according to the insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, the result will be absolutely clear by 1 p.m….
Thiruvananthapuram, May 23 (IANS) The CPI(M) is witnessing an unusual phase of internal dissent, with criticism of senior leader Pinarayi Vijayan intensifying across party committee meetings following a major electoral setback in Kerala.The discontent has surfaced even as the party holds a three-day review meeting in Delhi, which Vijayan is not attending. Party leaders are assessing the scale of the defeat and the growing dissatisfaction within the ranks.What has stunned the top CPI (M) leadersh…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Re-polling for the Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal concluded peacefully at 6 p.m. on Thursday, with no reports of violence, tension or electoral malpractice from any of the 285 polling booths.As per the statistics available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, the polling percentage recorded till 5 p.m. stood at a high 86.11 per cent.“Since, at the end of the official polling time of 6 p.m., some vote…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) A significantly high voting of 60.43 per cent was recorded till 1 p.m. in a peaceful repolling for the Falta Assembly Constituency in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Thursday.The scorching summer heat could not dampen voters’ enthusiasm. Long queues were seen in front of the 285 polling booths, with voters waiting patiently for their turn. The atmosphere was peaceful even as the security forces were maintaining a strict vigil in Falta since polling started a…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) In an absolutely peaceful repolling for the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Thursday, a high voting percentage of 20.47 was recorded in the first two hours till 9 a.m.Not a single report of violence, tension or electoral malpractices surfaced from any of the 285 polling booths within Falta.With the Trinamool Congress candidate, Jahangir Khan, having announced his withdrawal from the contest last week, the party’s polling agents …
Chennai, May 21 (IANS) The C. Joseph Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government will undergo its first Cabinet expansion on Thursday, with Congress likely to formally join the ministry in a move aimed at strengthening the ruling coalition and filling several key portfolios that have remained vacant since the government assumed office.The swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. at the Governor’s residence in Guindy, where Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar will a…