Kolkata: The repolling, which begun on Thursday wideness all 285 polling stations in the 144-Falta Turnout Constituency in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, saw a voter turnout of nearly 43 per cent till 11 am, with no untoward incident reported from anywhere, a poll panel official said.
Voting for repolling started at virtually 7 am and will conclude at 6 pm. Votes are scheduled to be counted on May 24. A total of 2.36 lakh electors, including 1,21,300 men, 1,15,135 women and nine third gender individuals, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the repoll.
How are things in the polling station?
According to the sources in the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office, the deployment of polling personnel and other arrangements at dispersal centers are proceeding smoothly. Constant monitoring is underway to ensure a peaceful, fair, and transparent voting process. Extensive security arrangements have been made wideness the constituency, with 35 companies of the Inside Armed Police Force (CAPF) deployed, a significant security deployment for a single constituency.
What is the reason of voting?
Re-polling in the Falta Turnout constituency comes without irregularities were reported in the polling during the West Bengal Turnout elections 2026, which was conducted in two phases on April 23 and 29. Complaints regarding electoral irregularities emerged from several booths on polling day. It was so-called that the buttons displaying the names and referendum symbols of BJP candidates were covered with white tape on several EVM machines.
What well-nigh the security forces?
The official said that there are 285 polling stations in the Falta turnout constituency, and well-nigh 35 companies of inside forces have been deployed to ensure peaceful voting. The deployment of security forces for the re-poll is scrutinizingly double that of the previous one. Additionally, 30 quick response teams have been deployed to immediately deal with any disturbances.
What is happening in TMC?
Trinamool Congress's Jahangir Khan on Tuesday spoken the withdrawal of his nomination from the re-election for the Falta Turnout constituency and said that "I am a son of Falta's soil. I would want Falta to stay peaceful, healthy, and good. And I want increasingly and increasingly minutiae for Falta. So let there be a Golden Falta, that was my dream. That's why our Chief Minister is giving a special package for the minutiae of Falta. For that reason, I am withdrawing myself from the upcoming repoll races on May 21."
While replying to the question regarding whether if this was a personal visualization or enforced by the TMC, he said, "I have answered many questions before. Today, what I had to say was that I have withdrawn from this contest. For the sake of the people of Falta, for the sake of Falta's development, for the sake of maintaining peace in Falta."
