Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday ordered a fresh election in all polling stations of the Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district after finding severe electoral offences during the second phase of polling on April 29.As a result, counting of votes will take place in 293 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal on May 4, with Falta excluded. The Commission said the entire polling conducted in the constituency on April 29 stands cancelled, and…
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Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the Diamond Harbour District Police in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal to immediately register First Information Reports (FIRs) against close associates of the Trinamool Congress candidate from the Falta Assembly constituency, Jahangir Khan, who have been accused by villagers of threatening them and their family members with dire consequences for voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The Commission …
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) People in the West Bengal’s Falta Assembly constituency on Saturday staged a protest against alleged “hooliganism” by Trinamool Congress activists. The locals claimed that voting in the area has been “rigged” in the last 15 years and urged for re-polling before the results of the Assembly elections are announced on May 4.Locals in the Hashim Nagar area of the constituency alleged that Trinamool Congress leader Israfil Chakdar has threatened women and children in the area.”Y…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Re-polling in 15 polling booths across the Magrahat (Paschim) and Diamond Harbour Assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal is taking place on Saturday, the Election Commission of India announced. Of the 15 polling booths where re-polling will be held on Saturday, 11 are in Magrahat (Paschim), and 4 are in Diamond Harbour. Polling in both these Assembly constituencies was conducted in the second phase of the two-phase Assembly elections in West …
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Friday announced re-polling at 15 polling booths in two Assembly constituencies, Magrahat (Paschim) and Diamond Harbour, both in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Of the 15 polling booths where re-polling will be held on Friday, 11 are in Magrahat (Paschim), and 4 are in Diamond Harbour. Polling in both these Assembly constituencies was conducted in the second phase of the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on April 2…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will on Thursday decide on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s demand to conduct repolling in 77 booths across four Assembly constituencies in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, which went to the polls in the second phase of the Assembly elections on April 29.Incidentally, out of these 77 polling booths, 64 are under the Diamond Harbour subdivision in that district and also under the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituen…