Overview
- Repolling, which began Saturday, covers 11 booths in Magrahat Paschim and 4 in Diamond Harbour from 7 am to 6 pm after the Election Commission voided the earlier vote based on field reports.
- Election officials reinforced a three-layer cordon at strongrooms and counting sites with state police, CAPF, CRPF and RAF, introduced QR-coded IDs for entry, and set up live oversight from EC and CEO control rooms.
- Kolkata Police barred gatherings of five or more within 200 metres of strongrooms under Section 163 of the new criminal procedure code, citing recent tensions outside counting centres.
- The TMC alleged repeated CCTV blackouts and irregular activity at strongrooms and sought full footage and logs, while the BJP flagged taped or ink-darkened EVM buttons in Falta; the EC said strongrooms remain sealed, CCTV runs round the clock, and postal ballots were being segregated as per procedure.
- Following a BJP complaint about an allegedly unauthorised strongroom opening, authorities suspended six officials and began inquiries, and the TMC separately moved the Supreme Court after the High Court upheld the EC’s plan to use central and PSU staff as counting supervisors.