Lagatar24 Desk
Kolkata, July 12: The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal seems poised for a landslide victory in the violence-hit panchayat elections. TMC is getting signs of a huge lead in the results announced after the counting of ballots so far. Buoyed by the party’s lead, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that this election has proved that only Trinamool resides in the hearts of the people of the state.
The counting of votes is going on since Tuesday morning after the three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal. According to the State Election Commission (SEC), till 11 am on Wednesday, the ruling Trinamool Congress has won 34,560 out of 63,229 gram panchayat seats while its candidates are ahead in another 705. According to the data released by the SEC, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 9,621 seats and its candidates are ahead in 169. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has won 2,908 seats and is ahead in 86 gram panchayat seats. The Congress has won 2,515 gram panchayat seats and is ahead in 71 others.
The ruling Trinamool Congress won 6,228 of the total 9,728 seats in the Panchayat Samiti, while it was ahead in 218 seats. The BJP has won 960 seats and is ahead in 50 seats, while the CPI(M) has won 171 seats and is leading in 13 other seats, and the Congress has won 254 seats and its candidates are ahead in nine.
On the other hand, Trinamool has won 592 out of total 928 Zilla Parishad seats and is ahead in the other 188 seats. BJP won 18 seats and is ahead in nine seats. The CPI(M) has won two seats and is ahead in one more, while the Congress has won six seats and its candidates are ahead in seven.
