Voting will be held again today on Falta assembly seat of West Bengal. Voting will start at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. A total of 285 polling stations have been created. Voting was last held on April 29. It was alleged that at some booths, tape was pasted on the BJP button on the EVM. There were reports of EVM malfunction at many other booths. After this the Election Commission ordered repolling. The result will come on 24th May. This time the Election Commission has doubled the security at the booths. Earlier, four soldiers were deployed at every booth. This time eight soldiers will be put on duty. The main contest in Falta is between TMC and BJP. However, TMC candidate Jahangir Khan announced withdrawal of his candidature two days ago. However, his name and party symbol will remain in the EVM. 4 pictures related to election preparations in Falta… Why re-polling in Falta, what allegations were made. After the voting on 29th April, tension had increased a lot 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 investigated. 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 had 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 to be the 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 falls 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 candidates withdrew. This time a total of 6 candidates are in the fray for Phalta 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 will remain the TMC candidate on EVM, know the election problem in 3 questions and answers. 1. Jahangir will remain the TMC candidate, only he will get votes. The deadline for nomination and withdrawal of names 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. The party cannot field another candidate. 2. TMC symbol and Jahangir’s name will not be removed from EVM. There will be no change in the name and symbol of the party and candidate in EVM. According to the rules, Jahangir Khan’s photo and his name will be there along with TMC’s election symbol on the EVM. However, Jahangir Khan or any TMC worker will not participate in the voting process. 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 claim victory if he gets more votes. Mamta’s rule ends in Bengal after 15 years. Mamta government’s rule ends in Bengal after 15 years. BJP won 207 seats out of 293 seats. Whereas TMC got only 80 seats. BJP’s victory strike rate was 70%. At the same time, TMC’s strike rate was around 27.6%.
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