Kolkata: The TMC’s request for a recount of votes at Nandigram constituency was rejected by the Election Commission on Sunday. The Election Commission declared the BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari won the election with 1736 votes.

The Returning Officer has said that the result will be officially declared after the VVPAT slips are tallied with the votes on the Electronic Voting Machines. After a day of yo-yo competition, the results this evening indicated that Mamatha Banerjee had lost to Adhikari by 1,736 votes in the contest that was the centerpiece of the assembly election in the State. The TMC has declared the counting process “fishy”. Mamatha alleged “malpractices” and said she would approach the Courts.

She also said that Nandigram people give whatever verdict they want, I accept that. Nandigram was a sacrifice that was needed in the larger victory. We have won the state, she said.