CAPF personnel present amid the protest by voters against the TMC candidate Jahangir Khan during the re-polling day for the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026, following the alleged harassment by TMC at the Falta area, in South 24 Parganas on Saturday, May 2, 2026.
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In a rare move, the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday ordered a “fresh” election in all the 285 polling stations of the Falta Assembly seat in West Bengal on May 21 due to “subversion of democratic process”.
A spokesperson for the poll panel said the counting of votes for the constituency will take place on May 24.
It is rare for the poll authority to order a re-election in an entire Assembly seat.
On Friday, the EC ordered a re-election in 15 polling stations of two Assembly seats in West Bengal — Diamond Harbour and Magarhat Paschim.
The West Bengal Assembly polls were held in two phases on April 23 and April 29. The counting of votes for the remaining seats is scheduled to be taken up on May 4.
Published on May 2, 2026
