Counting of votes in Bengal''s Falta Assembly repoll begins

KOLKATA: (May 24) Counting of votes for the repoll to the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal began at 8 am on Sunday, amid tight security, an Election Commission official said.

The repoll in all 285 booths of the constituency was conducted on May 21 after voting in the seat in South 24 Parganas district in the second phase of the Assembly elections on April 29 was countermanded following allegations of EVM tampering and irregularities.

"The counting is progressing peacefully. Adequate security arrangements have been made at the counting centre," a poll panel official said.