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Mamata Banerjee moves high court against Nandigram election results

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved the Calcutta High Court, challenging the election results of the Nandigram seat in the state Assembly polls, reported ANI on Thursday. The High Court will hear the matter on Friday.

Banerjee had lost the Nandigram seat to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari, her former close aide who had joined the saffron party before the elections.

There was massive confusion surrounding the results of the seat on the day of the counting on May 2. The confusion emerged after it was reported around 4.30 pm that Banerjee had won the seat by a margin of 1,200 votes though the counting of votes was under progress. Later, the Election Commission declared that Adhikari had defeated Banerjee by a margin of 1,956 votes.