The Election Commission has ordered a repoll in 15 polling stations across West Bengal following reports received from Returning Officers and Observers regarding polling held during the 2026 Assembly elections.
Fresh voting will take place from 7 am to 6 pm on May 2.
According to the Commission’s order, repoll will be conducted in 11 polling stations of 142-Magrahat Paschim Assembly Constituency and four polling stations of 143-Diamond Harbour Assembly Constituency.
In its communication, the Election Commission said it had declared the polling held on April 29 at the identified polling stations as void.
“I am directed to state that on the basis of reports received from the concerned Returning Officers and the Observers of 142-Magrahat Paschim AC and 143-Diamond Harbour AC regarding poll taken for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal, 2026, held on 29th April, 2026 and after taking all material circumstances into account, the Commission hereby declares, under sub-section (2) of Section 58 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, that the poll taken on 29th April, 2026 for the aforesaid election at the following Polling Stations… to be void,” the order stated.
The Commission said the repoll would be conducted in accordance with its instructions contained in paragraph 13.62 of Chapter XIII of the Handbook for Returning Officers, 2023.
The repoll is part of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal, 2026.
