Counting entered a second day for the violence-marred West Bengal rural polls on Wednesday. CM Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress dominated the results on day one, gaining over three times as many seats as its closest rival BJP in gram panchayats. TMC looks set to sweep the West Bengal Panchayat Polls, continuing the success streak from the previous elections.
As per SEC’s latest update (11.30 pm on Tuesday), confirmed seat wins party-wise are as below:
Gram Panchayat Seats (total seats: 63,229)
TMC: Won 30,391 gram panchayat seats, leading in 1,767
BJP: Won 8,239 seats, leading in 447
CPI(M): Won 2,534, leading in 237
Congress: Won 2,158 seats, leading in 151
Panchayat Samiti Seats (total: 9,728)
TMC: Won 2,612 seats, leading in 627
BJP: Won 275, leading in 149 seats
CPI(M): Won 63 seats, leading in 53
Congress: Won in 50 seats, leading in 26
Zila Parishad Seats (total: 928 seats)
TMC: Won all 88 seats for which results declared so far, leading in 163
BJP: Leading in 13
CPI(M): Leading in 4
Congress: Leading in 2
On Monday, the process of counting of votes was largely peaceful with a few stray incidents of crude bombs, lathi charge and ruckus outside counting centres.
(Inputs from PTI)
