South Dinajpur, May 4 -- Allegations of a technical glitch in the voting machine have emerged from Balurghat assembly constituency as TMC candidate Arpita Ghosh raised concerns over discrepancies in the machine's battery charge levels.

Speaking to ANI, Ghosh said, "The result coming in Balurghat is due to a technical glitch. On the day of voting, when polling started, the machine had 98% charge, but after polling throughout the day, it dropped slightly below 70%. But today, when the same machine arrived here for counting, it shows 92-95% charge."

Ghosh further claimed that the TMC lodged a formal complaint to the Returning Officer (RO) and warned of further legal action if no steps were taken.

"We have given a letter to the RO. If they...