Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) A single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday withdrew the interim protection against any coercive action, including arrest, granted earlier to Jahangir Khan, the Trinamool Congress candidate in Falta Assembly constituency, by a regular single-judge bench. Last week, Calcutta High Court’s regular single-judge bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya granted interim protection to Khan till May 24, the day the results for the repolling in Falta were decl…
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Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) A crucial hearing is scheduled at Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya on Tuesday as the interim protection given by the same bench last week to Jahangir Khan, the Trinamool Congress candidate in Falta Assembly constituency, against police action, including arrest, has ended on May 24, the day when the results for the repolling were declared.With several FIRs registered against Khan in relation to voters’ intimidation before and on t…
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday celebrated what it described as the “collapse” of the Trinamool Congress’ “Diamond Harbour Model” as its candidate from the Falta Assembly constituency, Debangshu Panda, was seen leading after 19 rounds of counting had been completed in the repoll process. Officials said that in total, there are 21 rounds of counting, and after the completion of the 19th round, the BJP candidate had secured 1,37,473 votes.The party attributed the …
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) 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….
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 …
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Re-polling commenced for Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal from 7 a.m. on Thursday under a blanket security coverage provided by the 35 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel, a number significantly high for a single constituency.The polling process had been peaceful till the time the report was filed.With Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan announcing his withdrawal from the contest recently, political o…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) The re-polling in the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas is set to commence on Thursday. Fresh voting will be conducted across all 285 polling stations in the constituency.The voting will take place from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.The results will be declared on May 24.Polling for Falta was conducted in the second phase of the recently concluded two-phase Assembly elections on April 29. However, on that day, several complaints of alleged electoral ma…