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"The counting has begun for the due west Bengal gathering polls, held in deuce phases on apr 23 and apr 29. This comes following a heated campaigning battle between the incumbent Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While the TMC is aiming for a historic fourth term in the state, the BJP is looking to create history by winning in Bengal for the first time. Apart from the main rivals, the BJP and TMC, other political parties are also in the fray in the West Bengal assembly polls, including the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist). With no surprises, polling in Bengal saw several incidents of force, in particular betwixt workers of contender parties, as swell as reports of tampering with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). This led to repolling at 15 booths in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, in Diamond Harbour and Magrahat Paschim, on May 2, just two days before counting. The decision of repolling was taken by the Election Commission of India following reports of EVM tampering during the second phase of polling held on Thursday, April 29. Bengal has a amount of 294 constituencies, come out of which 152 seats went to polls in the number one stage on apr 23, and the remaining 142 seats voted in the second phase on April 29. EC orders repoll in Falta on May 21 The Election direction of bharat on sabbatum ordered repolling crosswise all 285 polling stations of the cross in West Bengal’s Falta assembly constituency following severe electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process during polling in the second and final phase on April 29. The repolling will be held on May 21 between 7 am and 6 pm across all poll booths, including auxiliary polling stations. The votes of the repolling in Falta testament be counted on May 24. Elector widening of 87.6 per cent was recorded in Magrahat Paschim and 86.11 per cent in adamant Harbour boulder clay 5 pm after repolling, leading to a combined voter turnout of 86.9 per cent. Register elector widening in w Bengal Polling in westward Bengal during both the phases saw register elector widening of o'er 90 per cent. During phase 1, Bengal recorded a whopping 93.19 per cent turnout and during phase 2, the voter turnout was 91.66 per cent. This means that the combined voter turnout in Bengal was 92.47 per cent. EVM tampering allegations The Election direction received several complaints of EVM tampering during the endorse stage of polling in w Bengal. The canvass body received at least 77 complaints of EVM tampering during the second phase of voting, of which an official said 32 came from Falta, 13 from Magrahat, 29 from Diamond Harbour, and 3 from Budge Budge. Gift a glimpse into allegations of EVM tampering, EC officials said that the buttons of a political company on EVMs were found covered with adhesive tapeline or blackened with ink, preventing voters from cast their votes. In other cases, athar was applied to the buttons so that anyone pressing them could be identified by rival parties. Mamata vs Suvendhu in Bhabanipur Among the francis scott key candidates in the w Bengal assemblage polls is chief government minister Mamata Banerjee, who is contesting from Bhabanipur and testament face BJP's Leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, in a high-stakes battle. She won the seat in 2021 with a margin of around 58,000 votes and has now claimed that, after the Special Intensive Revision, around 51,000 voters have been deleted from the constituency. " Constituency nameLead/win prospect and company nameLoss/ shack prospect and company nameVotes MarginRajganjDINESH SARKAR (BJP) ()19232RejinagarATAUR RAHAMAN (AITC) ()1998MurshidabadGOURI SANKAR GHOSH (BJP) ()21311SamserganjSASTI CHARAN GHOSH (BJP) ()273