The Communist Party of India (CPI-M) candidate allegedly ate a paper ballot to avoid an election loss in the Bengal district, according to the ABP. there is

TMC candidate Mahadeb Matti has denied claims that CPI-M candidate Rabindranath Majumudar ate the ballot. Exit I got it.

Matty reportedly said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to rig the votes and claimed he had won by 46 votes. (Related: ‘Dark clouds’: India’s PM Modi warns of China threat in speech to US Congress)

‘Won by four votes, but TMC men swallowed the ballot’: CPI-M claims losing to Habra in Bengal pollhttps://t.co/fniPa20Lq3
Source: ‘ABP Live’ via Dailyhunt

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Majumuda reportedly said he had won the election by four votes before being informed that a recount was needed to certify the results. That’s when Matty arrived at the counting center, where he claimed he ate almost half of the ballot, according to the report.

TMC reportedly won the majority of the seats. They reportedly now have 18,606 grams of panchayat seats out of 27,985 declared seats. The party with the second most seats is the BJP with 4,482 seats, ABP said.

Panchayat seats weighing 63,229 grams are on sale in West Bengal, according to ABP. BJP reportedly leads with 2,419 undeclared races.

In India, there have been reports of violence at polling stations in Panchayat. Of the total 33 poll-related deaths this year, 15 died on Saturday, the report said. About 60% of the dead were reportedly affiliated with the ruling TMC party.

Allegations of vote tampering prompted the SEC to re-vote 696 seats on Monday.