Voting begins for re-polling in Falta Assembly seat in West Bengal

Key points

• Voting began on Thursday (May 21, 2026) morning for the re-polling to the Falta Assembly seat in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, amid tight security, officials said.
• More than 2.36 lakh people, including 1.15 lakh women and nine belonging to the third gender, are eligible to cast their votes across 285 booths in this re-polling, which commenced at 7 a.m,, they said.
• Polling for the Falta Assembly seat was held in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections on April 29. After large-scale irregularities were reported, the Election Commission ordered re-polling in the constituency on May 21. A total of six candidates are in the fray, including TMC's Jahangir Khan, who announced he was withdrawing from the race on Tuesday (May 19).
• Even as Mr. Khan announced pulling out from the contest, his name remained on the EVMs as he couldn't officially withdraw his candidature.
• Among other...