Kolkata, May 2 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday ordered repolls in 15 polling stations across two assembly constituencies where allegations of electronic voting machine tampering were received during the second phase of the elections in West Bengal. The repoll in Magrahat Paschim and Diamond Harbour - both held by the Trinamool Congress - will be conducted on May 2 from 7 am to 6 pm. ECI was yet to decide on the repolling from the controversial Falta constituency, where a showdown between a ECI police observer and the local TMC candidate made headlines. "Repolls have been ordered in 11 polling stations in Magrahat Paschim assembly seat and four polling stations in Diamond Harbour assembly constituency. We are still awaiting reports regarding the complaints from the Falta assembly seat," said a senior official of the poll panel in Kolkata. ECI had received at least 77 complaints related to EVM tampering during the second phase of elections in West Bengal. "While 32 came from Falta, 13 were received from Magrahat, 29 were received from Diamond Harbour and three were received from Budge Budge," an SAME? official said. In all, 142 assembly seats spread over eight districts went to polls in the second phase on Wednesday. Elections were held in 152 seats in the first phase on April 23. No orders for repolling were issued in the first phase. EC officials said that in some cases certain buttons on the EVM were found to be covered with adhesive tapes or blackened with ink. In some other cases, attar was used on the button so that if anyone cast their vote by pressing the button, they could be identified by rival parties. The order came days after exit polls predicted that the BJP was on course for a historic victory in the eastern state; chief minister Mamata Banerjee has dismissed the exit polls, claiming that the TMC will win at least 226 out of the 294 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded a repoll while alleging that the ruling TMC was behind the alleged tampering. "In several polling booths, the option to vote for the BJP has been blocked using a tape, effectively preventing voters from exercising their choice. This is the so-called 'Diamond Harbour Model,' the same template that helped Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee secure his Lok Sabha seat. We demand an immediate repoll in all affected booths in Falta where such incidents have occurred," Amit Malviya, head of the BJP's IT cell wrote on X on April 29. All the four assembly seats from where complaints were filed are TMC strongholds. "The BJP knows very well that it is going to lose the elections in these constituencies. Hence, they are demanding repolls. They are just harassing the people. Voters would again have to stand in the queue and cast their vote. BJP would lose anyway," TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said....