West Bengal Panchayat Poll violence: Re-polling introduced at over 600 cubicles

After widespread stories of violence, arson, looting, and tampering with Ballot bins throughout Panchayat elections, the State Election Commission on Sunday night, 9 July, introduced to carry re-polling in Purulia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal.

West Bengal panchayat elections | Re-polling to be held in Purulia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri and South 24 Parganas tomorrow in West Bengal: State Election Commission pic.twitter.com/FE3RtZ43M0

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As per the knowledge obtained, the Bengal State Election Commission has ordered re-polling in these cubicles the place the voting was declared void. The SEC additional introduced {that a} contemporary ballot shall be held on Monday, that’s tomorrow, tenth of July from 7 am to five pm.

According to the announcement, re-polling shall be held in 604 cubicles for the Panchayat elections. 

As per India Today, the variety of cubicles in a district on which the SEC has introduced re-polling is as follows. 

175 cubicles will go for re-polling In Murshidabad. Similarly, 112 cubicles in Malda; 89 cubicles in Nadia; 46 in North 24 Parganas; 36 in South 24 Parganas; 31 in Purba Medinipur; 29 in Hooghly; 18 in Dakshin Dinajpur; 14 in Jalpaiguri; 14 in Birbhum; 10 in Paschim Medinipur; 8 in Bankura; 8 in Howrah; 6 in Paschim Bardhaman; 4 in Purulia; 3 in Purba Bardhaman; and 1 in Alipurduar.

In South 24 Paragans, re-polling shall be held at 36 cubicles, together with 10 in Diamond Harbour; 5 every in Gosaba and Joynagar; 4 in Basanti; three every in Kultali, Joynagar II; two in Mandir Bazar; and one every in Bishnupur, Baruipur, Mathurapur, and Magrahat.

Further, the SEC has additionally sought detailed stories from the district magistrates (DMs) on the deaths and violence reported through the Panchayat polling. 

In the state’s three-tier panchayat system, round 73,887 seats have been up for grabs through the current polls. There have been round 2.06 lakh candidates attempting their luck on these seats. As per media stories, the voter end up on this yr’s Panchayat election was round 66.28 %. Around 5.67 crore people residing within the state’s rural areas have been eligible to train their proper to vote.
Earlier, BJP, Congress, and different political events had accused the TMC has introduced down a reign of terror and has stifled democracy throughout the state. After quite a few incidences of politically motivated incidences of violence, arson, and killings of get together staff, the State BJP President Dr. Sukanta Majumdar needed to write a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah to intervene and restore democracy in West Bengal.