BJP's Debangshu Panda wins Bengal's Falta Assembly seat by over 1.09 lakh votes

KOLKATA: (May 24) BJP candidate Debangshu Panda won the Falta assembly seat on Sunday by a 1.09 lakh votes, breaching the stronghold of the Trinamool Congress, whose nominee Jahangir Khan slipped to fourth position.

Just days before the repoll, Khan announced that he would not be in the contest, a decision the TMC described as his personal.

Panda secured 1,49,666 votes while CPI(M)'s Sambhu Nath Kurmi came second with 40,645 votes cast in his favour. Congress candidate Abdur Razzak Molla stood third with 10,084 votes.