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The counting of votes for the re-polling successful the Falta Assembly constituency successful West Bengal began astatine 8.00 americium connected Sunday (May 24, 2026), amid choky security, according to an authoritative of the Election Commission of India. The results are expected successful the afternoon
Falta repoll results LIVE: Vote counting nether way
The counting covers each 285 booths of the constituency, which is located successful the South 24 Parganas district.
Why is Falta being counted now?
Voting for this spot was primitively held connected April 29 2026, arsenic portion of the 2nd signifier of the West Bengal Assembly elections.
But soon after, allegations of elector intimidation, EVM fastener tampering utilizing perfume and tape, and amerciable beingness of enactment cadres wrong polling stations surfaced.
The ECI had besides noted instances of companions voting connected behalf of electors and missing footage from immoderate booths.
On May 2, 2026, the ECI ordered caller voting crossed each seats successful the Falta Assembly Constituency, starring to a fresh vote connected May 21, 2026.
The caller ballot achieved an electoral turnout of 88%.
Is Falta re-voting a by-election?
The Falta re-polling is not a by-poll oregon by-election, due to the fact that it is not an wholly new, abstracted election. A by-election is held to capable a vacant spot aft a wide predetermination has already concluded and a victor has been declared. Vacancies typically hap if an incumbent MP oregon MLA passes away, resigns, oregon is disqualified.
Falta’s electoral process was ne'er completed; it required a caller repoll to decorativeness the West Bengal Assembly elections.
Will this extremity the West Bengal elections?
The effect declaration for the Falta constituency volition officially extremity the 2026 West Bengal Assembly predetermination arsenic the voting for the remainder of the State was conducted successful 2 main phases (April 23 and April 29 2026), and the results were declared connected May 4, 2026, with the Bharatiya Janata Party forming the authorities and Suvendu Adhikari becoming the archetypal BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal.
