West Bengal's Falta Assembly Constituency Sees Peaceful Re-Polling Amid Political Buzz

ExtensionAdd as a preferredsource on google The re-polling in West Bengal's Falta assembly constituency on Thursday went off peacefully. According to election officials, over 2.36 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm. Polling went off without any major incident amid heavy deployment of central forces and long queues at polling stations throughout the day. Read Trending Videos However, the biggest political buzz of this re-poll was the sudden withdrawal of TMC candidate Jahangir Khan from the electoral fray two days before polling. His move in this politically sensitive seat is being seen as an almost one-sided lead for the ruling BJP. The advertisement has gone down since the last time. According to poll officials, the 86.11 percentage recorded till 5 pm was slightly less than the 86.71 percentage recorded during the original polling on April 29. The chief minister said people reacting to the re-polling seem to be really overwhelmed.