Kolkata, May 6 -- West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Wednesday submitted the Gazette Notification of the recently concluded Assembly election results to Governor RN Ravi, paving the way for government formation in the state.

Following the submission, the Governor is expected to invite the party with a majority to form the government.

"We have submitted the Election Commission's notification to the Governor. Repolling will be held in Falta, and we have provided the Governor with the list of winners for the other 293 seats. They will now form the new assembly," Agarwal told reporters.

He declined to comment on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's reported refusal to resign, saying, "That has nothing to do with the ECI...