BJP Secures Victory in Falta Assembly Repoll, Reduces TMC's Lead in West Bengal
मुख्य बातें
- •BJP candidate Debangshu Panda wins Falta assembly repoll with over one lakh votes.
- •TMC's lead in West Bengal assembly reduced to 207 seats.
- •Abhishek Banerjee's security cover reduced by BJP-led government.
- •KMC issues notices to 17 properties linked to Abhishek Banerjee over alleged building violations.
- •Trinamool strongman Jahangir Khan "withdraws" from Falta assembly repoll amid FIRs against him.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a significant victory in the Falta assembly repoll in West Bengal, with its candidate Debangshu Panda winning over one lakh votes. The repoll, which took place on May 21, was held after the Election Commission (ECI) ordered a re-poll in all 285 voting booths in Falta over allegations of large-scale irregularities on April 29.
According to the ECI website, Panda secured 149,666 votes, while Sambhu Nath Kurmi of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) finished a distant second with 40,645 votes. This victory has reduced the Trinamool Congress (TMC) lead in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly to 207 seats. The BJP had originally won 207 seats as well, but Suvendu Adhikari, now the state's first BJP chief minister, vacated his Nandigram seat and retained Bhabanipore, where he had defeated Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, his predecessor as chief minister.
