South 24 Parganas, May 24 -- With his victory near certain in the repoll for the Falta assembly constituency in West Bengal, BJP candidate Debangshu Panda on Sunday thanked the people of the constituency for their support.

Debangshu Panda told ANI that people of Falta have showered their blessings on the BJP in the constituency, seen as a stronghold of Trinamool Congress.

"Eighteen rounds of counting have been done, and we are leading by a margin of 92,000. Three rounds are remaining...I want to thank the people of Falta," he said.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate is in second place by a distant margin and Abdur Razzak Molla of Congress is in third position.

Jahangir Khan of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) had annou...