Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were held in two phases on April 23 and April 29.
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The counting of votes for the assembly elections in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu is underway on Monday. The elections for the assemblies in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were held in two phases on April 23 and April 29. The Election Commission had fixed the counting for May 4 when it announced the polling dates.
The Election Commission has directed that re-polling be held on May 21 in all 285 polling stations in the Falta assembly seat in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, which was cancelled due to controversy.
According to government officials, the decision to re-polling was taken after irregularities were found during the second phase of polling in Falta on April 29.
The Election Commission has said that re-polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm in all polling stations (including auxiliary polling stations) in Falta. "Strong security arrangements" will be made on election day to ensure that the voting is free, fair and transparent. The counting of votes for the constituency will be done on May 24.
Meanwhile, re-polling will be held in 15 polling stations in two West Bengal assembly seats (Magarhat West and Diamond Harbour) on Saturday (May 2).
Re-polling will be held in Falta with tight security after locals protested on Saturday amid allegations that Trinamool leaders threatened and beat voters to influence them.
The decision was taken after a serious study of the reports of the Chief Electoral Officer, District Electoral Officer, Election Officer and other field officers, monitoring of observers and all available records, the Commission said.
The observers' report alleged 'threats to voters, presence of unauthorized persons at polling stations and possible misconduct'.
The election results in West Bengal are being watched with special interest. The election is expected to be a close contest between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Most of the exit polls released after the second phase of voting have predicted that the BJP will win more seats. Most exit polls released during the 2021 assembly elections also predicted that the BJP would win the election. However, the final results showed that the Trinamool Congress had won by a landslide.
