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Counting will take place today in Falta seat of West Bengal. Counting of votes will start at 8 am. Re-polling was held in Falta on 21 May. Voting increased by about 2% in repolling. According to the Election Commission, 88.13% voting took place here. On April 29, 86.71% voting took place on this seat.
The main contest in Falta is between TMC and BJP. TMC candidate Jahangir Khan has verbally announced to withdraw his candidature. However, this information has not been given in writing by them. His name and symbol remained present in the EVM.
Why was polling held again in Falta, what allegations were made
BJP had accused the BJP of blocking the EVM at a booth in Falta by taping it.
After the voting on 29 April, tension had increased significantly in Falta area. That day, complaints were received from many booths that tape was pasted on the BJP symbol on the EVM. The then Observer Subrata Gupta himself visited the constituency and conducted the investigation. Evidence of tampering was found in at least 60 booths.
Apart from the alleged EVM manipulation, the investigation also revealed that attempts were also made to tamper with the footage in web cameras installed at several polling stations.
In 2021, TMC candidate won in Falta by about 40 thousand votes.
BJP has not won in Falta till date, TMC has captured it thrice.
Falta Assembly seat was earlier considered a stronghold of CPI(M), but now it has become a strong area of Trinamool Congress. TMC won this seat for the first time in 2001. CPI(M) made a comeback in 2006, but since 2011, TMC has been continuously winning here. The special thing is that BJP has never been able to win this seat till now.
BJP won 10 seats in South 24 Parganas district, Falta in this district
Falat comes under South 24 Parganas district. There are total 31 seats in the district. Barring Falta, BJP won 10 of the remaining 30 seats. Along with Sagar, Kakdwip, Gosaba and Sonarpur, BJP also won for the first time in urban areas like Jadavpur, Tollygunge, Behala East-West. However, TMC was successful in saving its hold on seats like Basanti, Kultali, Raidighi and Bajaj.
This time a total of 6 candidates are in the fray, TMC candidate withdrew
This time a total of 6 candidates are in the fray for Falta Assembly seat. The main contest is between BJP and TMC. However, two days before re-voting, Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jahangir Khan had refused to contest the elections on May 18.
Jahangir remains TMC candidate on EVM, know the electoral twist in 3 questions and answers
1. Jahangir remained the TMC candidate, only he got votes
The deadline for nomination and withdrawal of names in Falta has ended. According to Election Commission sources, even though Jahangir Khan has announced the withdrawal of his name, it is not possible to officially withdraw his name from the election. In such a situation, he will still be called a TMC candidate.
2. TMC symbol and Jahangir’s name not removed from EVM
There will be no change in the name and symbol of the party and candidate in EVM. As per the rules, Jahangir Khan’s photo and his name remained on the EVM along with TMC’s election symbol. However, Jahangir Khan or any other TMC worker did not participate in the voting process. Jahangir Khan remained missing from home on the day of voting.
3. Can Jahangir claim victory if he gets more votes?
According to Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Dubey, the Election Commission will have to take final cognizance on this. If the Commission accepts the written application of Jahangir, then even if more votes are cast on TMC’s election symbol, it will not be valid.
If Jahangir has only verbally withdrawn his name and the Commission has also not taken cognizance of his candidature, then Jahangir can also claim victory if he gets more votes.
Mamta’s rule ends in Bengal after 15 years
After 15 years, the rule of Mamata government has ended in Bengal. BJP won 207 seats out of 293 seats. Whereas TMC got only 80 seats. If BJP wins in defeat then their number of seats will increase to 208.
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