As West Bengal’s election results loom, the fierce battle between TMC and BJP intensifies. With record voter turnout and claims of reverse polarization, experts dissect the implications of border dynamics and community sentiments on the state’s political future.The third round of voting in Falta, in Bengal’s Diamond Harbour, scheduled for May 21, is unprecedented, even by the standards of a state long accustomed to charged polling conditions.The Election Commission’s order for a repoll across all 285 polling stations, citing a ‘failure of the democratic process’, has punctured the political aura of inevitability. The infamously known ‘Diamond Harbour’ model has long defined this belt of South 24 Parganas. What was earlier projected as a model of electoral efficiency in Diamond Harbour now stands exposed to a harsher audit. n18oc_breaking-newsn18oc_indian18oc_politicsNews18 Mobile App – https://onelink.to/desc-youtube
Last Updated: May 03, 2026, 21:40 IST
