A repoll will be held Sunday in a booth of the Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency where an FIR has been registered against the local Trinamool Congress legislator on allegations of false voting during the May 7 polls, according to an Election Commission official.
Election Commission's special observer to West Bengal Sudhir Kumar Rakesh said the repoll will take place in the Sahapur Primary School of the Sonamukhi assembly segment in Bankura district.
As many as 10 people have been arrested in connection with the case and police are on the lookout for the others named in the first information report.
Deepali Saha, the MLA from Sonamukhi, is reportedly absconding.
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