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Over 81 percent vote in Bengal, opposition seeks repoll after 'massive rigging'

Kolkata: Over 81 percent of the 1.39 crore electors Wednesday cast their ballot in nine Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal, with the Election Commission calling the exercise "free and fair". However, the opposition parties

However, he said that despite the large-scale malpractices, the Left Front will win the maximum number of seats in this phase.

In Delhi, Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi said the poll panel will scrutinise the report of election observers and the video recordings related to allegations of booth capturing.

"If the reports are found to be true, we may go for repoll in those booths," he said.

State Congress president Adhir Chowdhury said the Trinamool activists "looted the votes".

"We had high hopes that the Election Commission would ensure the proper environment for the polls. But in this phase, they have miserably failed," he said.