Motab Shaikh Wins Farakka After Roll Deletion Reversal Congress Counts Only Two Victories

His voter identity was erased then restored

Congress candidate Motab Shaikh clinched victory in West Bengal’s Farakka Assembly seat, overturning a rare electoral reversal after his name was deleted from the voter rolls during a special revision. An appellate tribunal later restored his eligibility. Shaikh won by 8,000+ votes, even as the BJP dominated the West Bengal Assembly elections with 207 seats, leaving Congress at just two.