India, May 21 -- Repolling in all 285 polling stations of West Bengal's Falta assembly constituency began on Thursday morning amid tight security, with voters queuing up outside booths despite sweltering heat, Election Commission (ECI) officials said.

Polling began at 7am and voter turnout touched 20.47% by around 9am, officials said.

"Voting started at 7am at all the 285 polling stations amid tight security and was is underway peacefully. There were no reports of any untoward incident such as rigging and EVM tampering around 9am," an ECI official said.

The ECI ordered fresh elections in all polling stations of the Falta assembly seat on May 21, citing "severe electoral offences and subversion of democratic process" in a large number o...