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Murshidabad DEO debunks Abhishek Banerjee's claim on Rejinagar booth votes
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News18•09-10-2026, 22:53
Murshidabad DEO debunks Abhishek Banerjee's claim on Rejinagar booth votes
- •BJP candidate Sakharav Sarkar won the Rejinagar by-election by a margin of over 75000 votes.
- •Social media allegations claimed BJP received more votes than total voters in booth number 109.
- •Both Abhishek Banerjee and Mamata Banerjee raised allegations of rigging based on this data.
- •The Murshidabad District Election Officer dismissed the allegations as completely baseless and fake.
- •The actual voter count for booth 109 is 1109 with 972 total votes cast according to official records.
Key Questions Answered
Social media allegations claimed that the BJP received 909 votes in booth number 109, which supposedly had only 772 registered voters. Trinamool leaders Abhishek and Mamata Banerjee weaponized these figures to accuse the party of rigging the by-election.
The District Election Officer of Murshidabad dismissed the claims as completely baseless and fake. According to the official voter list, booth number 109 actually had 1,109 total voters, with 972 votes cast during the election.
Mamata's Trinamool candidate, Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, finished a miserable fourth in the minority-dominated Rejinagar by-election, securing only 3,833 votes.
