Women voters are in a queue as they wait to cast their vote at the polling station during the repolling for the Falta assembly constituency, in South 24 Parganas.Falta election results LIVE: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun the counting of votes in West Bengal's Falta seat, days after a repoll took place in the constituency. Tight security is in place outside strong rooms and the results are expected to be out by evening. Among key candidates in this seat are BJP's Debangshu Panda and the Congress's Abdul Razzak Molla. In a surprise development just ahead of the repoll, TMC's Jahangir Khan had announced the withdrawal of his nomination.The seat first went to polls on April 29 in the second phase of elections in Bengal, but two days before results, the ECI ordered a repoll in the seat, which took place on May 21. Repolling across all 285 booths in the constituency was held on May 21 after voting in the South 24 Parganas seat during the second phase of the Assembly elections on April 29 was scrapped over allegations of EVM tampering and other irregularities. “The counting is progressing peacefully. Adequate security arrangements have been made at the counting centre,” a poll panel official said. Voter turnout More than 87 per cent of the constituency’s 2.36 lakh voters turned up for the repoll. To ensure voting passed off smoothly, the Election Commission significantly stepped up security, deploying around 35 companies of central forces across the constituency, news agency PTI reported. ...Read MoreThe seat first went to polls on April 29 in the second phase of elections in Bengal, but two days before results, the ECI ordered a repoll in the seat, which took place on May 21. Repolling across all 285 booths in the constituency was held on May 21 after voting in the South 24 Parganas seat during the second phase of the Assembly elections on April 29 was scrapped over allegations of EVM tampering and other irregularities. “The counting is progressing peacefully. Adequate security arrangements have been made at the counting centre,” a poll panel official said. Voter turnout More than 87 per cent of the constituency’s 2.36 lakh voters turned up for the repoll. To ensure voting passed off smoothly, the Election Commission significantly stepped up security, deploying around 35 companies of central forces across the constituency, news agency PTI reported. Follow all the updates here:May 24, 2026 9:25:51 AM ISTFalta election result LIVE: Among key candidates in this seat are BJP's Debangshu Panda and the Congress's Abdul Razzak Molla. In a surprise development just ahead of the repoll, TMC's Jahangir Khan had announced the withdrawal of his nomination.May 24, 2026 9:21:32 AM ISTFalta election result LIVE: More than 87 per cent of the constituency’s 2.36 lakh voters turned up for the repoll. To ensure voting passed off smoothly, the Election Commission significantly stepped up security, deploying around 35 companies of central forces across the constituency, news agency PTI reported.May 24, 2026 9:14:46 AM ISTFalta election result LIVE: Repolling across all 285 booths in the constituency was held on May 21 after voting in the South 24 Parganas seat during the second phase of the Assembly elections on April 29 was scrapped over allegations of EVM tampering and other irregularities.“The counting is progressing peacefully. Adequate security arrangements have been made at the counting centre,” a poll panel official said.May 24, 2026 9:13:18 AM ISTFalta election result LIVE: The results are expected to be announced by Sunday evening. The counting of votes began at 8 am.May 24, 2026 9:07:08 AM ISTFalta election result LIVE: Voting first took place in Falta on April 29, but just before results for the seat were set to be announced on May 4, the ECI ordered a repoll for May 21. Special observer Sujeet Mishra had submitted a detailed report about the voting in Falta, following which the ECI ordered a repoll. As reported by HT earlier, the observer's report detailed violations across dozens of polling stations in the constituency. May 24, 2026 9:04:13 AM ISTFalta election result LIVE: Among key candidates in the fray in Falta are: BJP's Debangshu Panda, CPI(M)'s Sambhu Nath Kurmi and the Congress's Abdur Razzak Molla.TMC's Jahangir Khan was also among candidates but opted out of the race just before the repoll.May 24, 2026 8:56:24 AM ISTFalta election result LIVE: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun the counting of votes in Bengal's Falta seat days after a repoll was conducted on May 21. Tight security was seen outside a strong room in Diamond Harbour amid the counting of votes.