West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 | Election Commission recounts votes at Rajarhat New Town seat

The Election Commission announced that a recount was underway on Tuesday in West Bengal's Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency, the single seat where the result has been withheld.

"The recount is underway today, and once it is completed, we will announce the results," the poll panel official told PTI.

PTI reported that the recounting was being held as a candidate raised questions on the slender leading margin.

Trinamool Congress' Tapash Chatterjee was leading by 323 votes over his nearest rival, BJP's Piyush Kanodia, after the seventeenth round of counting on Monday, as displayed on the Election Commission's website.

Chatterjee is leading in the seat, according to the recent trends, an oficial informed PTI on Tuesday,

The trailing candidates include Kanodia of the BJP, Firdaus Ali Molla of the Aam Janata Unnayan Party, and Saptarshi Deb of the CPI(M), he added.