BIG NEWS
- Petrol, diesel prices raised by Rs 2.61-2.71; hikes top Rs 7.5/litre within two weeks
- BJP wins Bengal's Falta Assembly seat by over 1.09 lakh votes; TMC in fourth place
- Potential US-Iran deal could restore Strait of Hormuz ship transit to pre-war levels within 30 days
- Centre's move to take over Delhi Gymkhana Club leaves staff worried over jobs, future
- Gunman killed by US Secret Service after opening fire near White House
- Centre tells Delhi’s Gymkhana Club to hand over 27.3-acre plot to ‘secure defence infra’
- Iran’s Araghchi holds talks with Asim Munir amid West Asia conflict
- US tightens green card rules, temporary residents must apply from their home countries
- HC pulls up WFI over decision to declare Vinesh Phogat ineligible
- Delhi High Court grants Umar Khalid three-day bail to meet mother before her surgery
BJP wins Bengal's Falta Assembly seat by over 1.09 lakh votes; TMC in fourth place
Public Lokpal
May 24, 2026
BJP wins Bengal's Falta Assembly seat by over 1.09 lakh votes; TMC in fourth place
KOLKATA: BJP candidate Debangshu Panda won the Falta assembly seat on Sunday by a 1.09 lakh votes, breaching the stronghold of the Trinamool Congress, whose nominee Jahangir Khan slipped to fourth position.
Just days before the repoll, Khan announced that he would not be in the contest, a decision the TMC described as his personal. However, since withdrawn of nomination was not possible at that time, his name remained on the EVMs.
Panda secured 1,49,666 votes while CPI(M)'s Sambhu Nath Kurmi came second with 40,645 votes cast in his favour. Congress candidate Abdur Razzak Molla stood third with 10,084 votes.
Khan got 7,783 votes in the 2.36 lakh-strong constituency. The TMC had held the seat continuously since 2011 and won it in 2021 with around 57 per cent of the votes polled.
The repoll was conducted on May 21 in all 285 booths under heavy central force deployment after the Election Commission ordered fresh voting following allegations of large-scale irregularities during the April 29 polling.
Khan, who cultivated a larger-than-life ‘Pushpa’-style image of defiance during the campaign and emerged as one of the most recognisable faces of the contest, dramatically announced two days before the repoll that he was stepping aside “for Falta’s interest”.
PTI
