Falta election results 2026 highlights: BJP’s Debangshu Panda sweeps Falta by margin of over 1 lakh votes

Falta election results LIVE: BJP candidate Debangshu Panda on Sunday secured a big win on the Falta seat in the West Bengal Assembly, taking the party's tally to 208 seats in the House.

Panda recorded a massive win with a margin of 1,09,021 votes against Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi.

Falta underwent re-polling amid irregularities reported in the polling during the 2nd phase on April 29. The results for the same were declared today.

Falta election results LIVE: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday set a similar victory target for the BJP in a bypoll to the Nandigram seat, from which he resigned as MLA after choosing to retain the Bhabanipur constituency.

In his first visit to Nandigram as chief minister, where he served as a three-term MLA and called home, Adhikari reassured his supporters that despite vacating the seat, he remained firmly rooted in his political home turf.

"Can you give us a Falta-like margin in Nandigram too?" he asked, triggering loud cheers from his supporters.

Falta election results LIVE: Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged vandalism of party offices, and workers "forced to flee" as the BJP recorded a big win in re-polling in Falta Assembly constituency.

In a statement on X, Banerjee alleged that the Election Commission took no action against the alleged flouting of the Model Code of Conduct in Falta, and sought an explanation from the poll body.

“The Falta AC repoll counting today exposes glaring inconsistencies. By 3:30 pm in the afternoon today, all 21 rounds were completed. On 4th May, till the same time, only 2- 4 rounds had taken place. The country deserves an explanation from the ECI. Although more than 1000 workers from Falta have been forced to flee their homes in the last 10 days, the Election Commission continued to turn a blind eye. Party offices were vandalised in broad daylight even when the Model Code of Conduct was in force,” Banerjee wrote on X.

BJP candidate Debangshu Panda secured a big win on the Falta seat, taking the party's tally to 208 seats in the state assembly.

Falta election results LIVE: Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan, who was once among the most talked-about faces of the Falta campaign, slipped to fourth place with just 7,783 votes and forfeited his deposit.

Two days before polling, Khan announced that he was stepping aside "for Falta's interest", a move the BJP mocked as an attempt to "run away" from the battle.

However, since withdrawal of nomination was not possible at that time, his name remained on the EVMs.

Falta election results LIVE: BJP's Debangshu Panda recorded a massive win with a margin of 1,09,021 votes against Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi as Falta underwent re-polling amid irregularities reported in the polling during the 2nd phase on April 29.

Speaking to ANI, the BJP candidate thanked voters, saying: "People of Falta have showered their blessings on BJP... I want to thank the people of Falta."

Falta election results LIVE: The BJP has secured a massive win in the Falta bypoll, defeating the nearest rival by a margin of over 1 lakh votes.

Falta election results LIVE: BJP candidate Debangshu Panda wins by a margin of 1,09,021 votes, according to Election Commission.

Falta election results LIVE: After 22 rounds of counting, here is the latest trend:

Debangshu Panda (BJP) - 1,49,666

Sambhu Nath Kurmi (CPI-M) - 40,645

Abdur Razzak Molla (Congress) - 10,084

Falta election results LIVE: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged “glaring inconsistencies” in Falta counting. He said that while 21 rounds of counting were completed by 3:30 pm in Falta, only 2-4 rounds were completed on May 4. He demanded an explanation from the ECI.

“Although more than 1000 workers from Falta have been forced to flee their homes in the last 10 days the Election Commission continued to turn a blind eye. Party offices were vandalised in broad daylight even when the Model Code of Conduct was in force,” Banerjee said in a post on X.

Falta election results LIVE: After 20 rounds of counting, BJP's Debangshu Panda has secured 1,45,063 votes, while CPI(M)’s Sambhu Nath Kurmi is trailing with 40,576 votes. The margin has widened to 1,04,487 votes.

Falta election results LIVE: The BJP's tally in West Bengal is set to rise to 208 from 207. However, the effective assembly strength would remain unchanged since Suvendu Adhikari vacated Nandigram upon retaining Bhabanipur.

Falta election results LIVE: Reacting to the massive lead of BJP in Falta bypoll, the party's candidate Debangshu Panda said, “People of Falta have showered their blessings on BJP. 18 rounds of counting have been done, and we are leading by a margin of 92,000. 3 rounds are still remaining…I want to thank the people of Falta.”

After 19 rounds of counting, here is the latest trends:

Debangshu Panda (BJP) - 1,37,473

Sambhu Nath Kurmi (CPI-M)- 38,265

Abdur Razzak Molla (Congress) - 9,758

Falta election results LIVE: Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari's prediction has come true for Falta as BJP's Debangshu Panda is now leading with a margin of 99,208 votes after 19 rounds of counting.

Falta election results LIVE: As the Election Commission counted the votes for the Falta, Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan continued to accumulate votes on the official results portal. This comes despite Jahangir Khan publicly announcing withdrawal from the election contest earlier this week. After 17 rounds of counting, Khan secured 5,914 votes. Read more

Falta election results LIVE: It appears West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari's prediction is coming true for Falta. At the end of campaigning for Falta seat, the newly elected BJP CM said Devanshu Panda would register a massive win by a margin of at least 1,00,000 votes. After 18 rounds of counting, the margin is nearing 1 lakh-mark. While the BJP candidate secured 1,29,075 votes, the CPI(M) candidate got 37,186 votes.

Falta election results LIVE: Debangshu Panda of the BJP is leading with 120,494 votes, while Sambhu Nath Kurmi of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is trailing with 35,322 votes. The margin between the two candidates has now reached 85,172 votes.

Falta election results LIVE: Debangshu Panda of the BJP maintained a comfrtable lead against his nearest CPI(M) rival by over 76,000 votes after 16 rounds of counting, according to the Election Commission. While Panda bagged 1,11,270 votes, establishing a lead of 76,397 votes over CPI(M) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi, who polled 34,873 votes.

Falta election results LIVE: Debangshu Panda, the candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party has maintained his lead in Falta. Based on the results published by the ECI, on the 16th round of counting, Panda is in the lead with over 76,000 votes.

Falta election results LIVE: BJP's Debangshu Panda raced ahead of his nearest CPI(M) rival by over 69,000 votes after 15 rounds of counting on Sunday in the repoll to West Bengal's Falta assembly constituency, according to the Election Commission.

After 15 of the 21 counting rounds, Panda bagged 1,03,089 votes, establishing a lead of 69,673 votes over CPI(M) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi, who polled 33,416 votes.

Falta election results LIVE: On BJP leading in Falta repoll, BJP spokesperson Keya Ghosh said, “……earlier elections were rigged, but now, people are voting according to their own will.”

On AJUP Chief Humayun Kabir’s statement, she says, “I urge him not to make any provocative remarks that can lead to communal clashes. Learn to respect the law…”

Falta election result LIVE: Despite TMC's Jahangir Khan publicly announcing withdrawal from the election contest earlier this week, he continued to accumulate votes on the official results portal.

Here's why

According to Section 37 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, a candidate is legally permitted to withdraw their nomination only up to a strictly specified deadline following the initial scrutiny of papers. Once that timeline expires, the final list of contesting candidates is legally locked.

For Phase 2 of the West Bengal assembly elections, which included the Falta constituency, the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures was April 13. Because Jahangir Khan announced his decision to step away on May 19, weeks after this statutory deadline, his name and symbol could not legally be removed from the ballot.

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Falta election result LIVE: As of 1 pm, BJP’s Debangshu Panda is leading with 52853 votes against CPI(M) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi, who has received 27545 votes. Congress is trailing far behind with 6918 votes, as per Election Commission.

Falta election result LIVE: On Manoj Agarwal-led Bengal election machinery, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee said, “…we have said this several times that the Election Commission did not act fairly, rather they favoured BJP…there was complete understanding between the CEO and BJP…in the counting halls, they rigged the whole election. Candidates and agents of TMC were lynched and thrown away…CISF and CRPF have played the role of looters…rampant rigging had been done.

On the appointment of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Rathan Kelkar, as Chief Secretary in Kerala, he says, “It is wrong. This appointment does not satisfy the Constitution of morality itself…”