• EC announces repolling at 15 polling stations in West Bengal today
    Indian Express | 3 May 2026
  • The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered repolling at 15 booths in South 24 Parganas’ constituencies of Magrahat-Paschim and Diamond Harbour on Saturday. The decision was taken on the basis of reports submitted by presiding officers.

    ECI Secretary Sujeet Kumar Misra wrote to West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, stating, “I am directed to state that on the basis of reports received from the concerned Returning Officers and the Observers… and after taking all material circumstances into account, the Commission hereby declares…that the poll taken on 29 April, 2026 for the aforesaid election at the following Polling Stations to be void and appoints May 2, 2026 as the date.”

    The letter listed 15 booths, of which 11 are in Magrahat-Paschim and four in Diamond Harbour.

    Polling stations going to re-poll in Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency include:

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