New Delhi
The Election Commission of India on Saturday said that no re-poll has been recommended in either Tamil Nadu or West Bengal after the completion of scrutiny of the register of voters and other poll-day documents following the Assembly elections and bye-elections held on Thursday. The poll panel said it implemented consolidated instructions for post-poll scrutiny of the register of voters (Form 17A) along with other election-day records to improve transparency, detect possible malpractices and recommend re-poll wherever necessary, a statement said. In West Bengal, scrutiny was conducted on Friday across all 152 Assembly constituencies that went to polls in the first phase on Thursday. The exercise was carried out by returning officers in the presence of general observers and over 600 candidates or their representatives.