Voting will be held again for the West Bengal Assembly elections on Saturday (May 2, 2026) at 15 polling booths of South 24 Parganas. Voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm at 11 polling booths of Magrahat West and four polling booths of Diamond Harbour.

Voting on these seats was held in the second phase on April 29, which the Election Commission has canceled and announced to conduct re-voting. The Election Commission said that complaints of irregularities were received during voting at these polling booths on April 29, after which this decision was taken. The decision to conduct re-voting has been taken based on the reports received from the returning officers and observers of Magrahat West Assembly Constituency and Diamond Harbor Assembly Constituency.

The Election Commission canceled the voting under the Representation of the People Act, 1951. According to the Election Commission, a demand has been made to conduct re-voting at 77 polling booths in South 24 Parganas district. However, currently the Election Commission has announced re-polling only at 15 polling booths, no information has been revealed regarding re-polling at the remaining 62 polling booths.

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During voting on April 29, incidents of violence were also reported from Basanti area of ​​South 24 Parganas. Here an attack was carried out targeting Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Vikas Sardar. According to the information, the BJP candidate’s car was vandalized in Basanti, which created a tense situation there. The incident took place at booth number 76, where BJP candidate Vikas Sardar was allegedly attacked while visiting the booth.

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According to sources, when the candidates went to inspect the polling booth, some people attacked them. During this incident his car was also vandalized. An attempt was also made to snatch weapons from his security personnel. It is alleged that despite the presence of central forces, the security personnel did not intervene to control the situation or help in the rescue operations. Due to this incident the tension in the area had increased further.