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Trinamool Congress campaigner from the Falta Assembly seat, Jahangir Khan, announced connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) that helium was withdrawing from the electoral contest.
Repolling connected the Falta spot successful South 24 Parganas is scheduled for May 21. The Trinamool Congress candidate’s announcement of withdrawal came connected the past time of the run erstwhile West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari was holding a roadshow successful the country successful enactment of BJP campaigner Debangshu Panda.
The Calcutta High Court connected Monday (May 18, 2026) granted extortion to TMC’s Falta Assembly repoll campaigner Jahangir Khan from immoderate coercive enactment by the constabulary until May 26 successful transportation with transgression cases filed against him.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced connected May 2, 2026, that repolling for the Falta Assembly spot successful the South 24 Parganas territory of West Bengal volition instrumentality spot connected May 21. The polling volition beryllium held astatine each 285 polling stations successful the Assembly constituency, and the votes volition beryllium counted connected May 24.
“There were allegations of electoral malpractices successful Falta. The ECI’s notification announcing the repolling stated that during the polling connected April 29, respective complaints had been received from governmental parties, candidates, and media reports “alleging the exertion of achromatic adhesive portion oregon perfume connected the ballot portion buttons of EVMs successful favour of oregon against peculiar governmental parties, intimidation and obstruction of voters, and the physical, unauthorised, and amerciable beingness of governmental enactment cadres wrong polling stations”.
