New Delhi: Election Commission sources told TOI on Friday that not a single repoll has been recommended at 44,376 polling stations in West Bengal and 75,064 polling stations in Tamil Nadu. This is a break from the pattern of multiple re-polls recommended in previous elections, especially in Bengal, due to political violence and alleged electoral malpractices. Both Bengal and Tamil Nadu saw the highest ever voting percentage on Thursday. Bengal recorded around 92.9% voting in the first phase after the names of around 83 lakh voters were removed from the state’s electoral rolls due to SIR.Three-point verification was conducted at all polling stations in Bengal on Thursday to keep a close watch on electoral malpractices, colloquially known as ‘Chapa’, ‘source jamming’ and ‘booth jamming’ linked to the previous elections in the state.The first point of verification was the immediate area around the polling station. Section 163 of the BNSS (which corresponds to Section 144 of the erstwhile IPC) was imposed in an area within 200 meters of polling stations on Thursday. The identity cards of every person entering this area were checked and only genuine voters, election officials etc. were allowed entry.The second round of verification was done at the point of entry into the polling station. Booth level officials and NSS and NCC volunteers were deployed to check each person before queuing up to vote. This included verifying the identity of ‘Pardansheen’ women (women who cover their faces as a religious custom) by female staff. Later, as per the instructions of the Election Commission, the identity card, voter card or voter slip of each person was checked before being allowed to proceed in the queue of voters.The third verification was the general identity check conducted by the polling officer inside the polling station, before the voter gets his finger inked and casts his vote.