India, May 24 -- BJP candidate Debangshu Panda won the Falta assembly repoll in West Bengal by a margin of 1,09,021 votes, delivering a major victory for the party in a constituency earlier seen as a Trinamool Congress stronghold.

Speaking to ANI after he was declared the winner, Panda said the people of Falta had extended their support to the BJP.

"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.

Panda secured 1,49,666 votes, defeating CPI(M) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi, who polled 40,645 votes. Congress nominee Abdur Razzak Molla came third with 10,084 votes, while TMC candidate Jahangir Khan received around 7,783 votes. ...