India, May 3 -- The counting of votes for the Assembly elections in West Bengal has been scheduled for May 4 (Monday) by the Election Commission of India.

The 294 constituencies in Bengal voted in two phases to elect their government on April 23 and April 29, with the EC saying the voter turnout of 92.47 per cent was the state's highest since independence.

However, of these, the vote counting will be conducted in 293 seats, with the results for one seat now postponed. This is owing to a repolling ordered in Falta Assembly constituency by the ECI on May 21.

The poll body on Saturday ordered repolling in Falta citing severe electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process during the voting held on April 29 in the second phase ...