South 24 Parganas, May 21 -- The repolling has begun across all 285 polling stations in the 144-Falta Assembly Constituency in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Thursday.

Voting, which started at 7 AM, will conclude at 6 PM today. Votes are scheduled to be counted on May 24.

The re-poll in Falta comes after irregularities were reported in the polling during the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026, conducted in two phases on April 23 and 29.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered a fresh poll to be held across all polling stations in the Falta Constituency, even as repolling was held in 15 booths in Paschim Magrahat and Diamond Harbour assembly constituencies.

According to the ECI, directives for fresh re-polling wer...