The Election Commission of India has announced repolling at 15 booths in West Bengal’s Diamond Harbour and Magrahat Paschim constituencies following complaints of irregularities.
The repolling will take place in 11 polling stations in Magrahat Paschim and 4 in Diamond Harbour, the poll body said in its order.
“I am directed to state that based on reports received from the concerned Returning Officers and the Observers of 142-Magrahat Paschim AC and 143-Diamond Harbour AC regarding poll taken for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal, 2026, held on 29th April, 2026 and after taking all material circumstances into account, the Commission hereby declares, under sub-section (2) of Section 58 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, that the poll taken on 29th April, 2026 for the aforesaid election at the following Polling Stations (as mentioned in Column 3 of the table below) to be void and appoints 2nd May, 2026 as the date and fixes the hours, for taking fresh poll at the said Polling Stations,” Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer wrote in the order.