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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is ecstatic as the ruling Trinamool Congress decimated the opposition the BJP , Congress and CPI ( M) in the panchayat polls . Polls which also saw unprecedented violence.
Elections to the three-tier rural councils – the gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads – were held on 8 July and counting began on the 11th.
Banerjee in Facebook Post thanked voters for their “tremendous support and love”, adding that the results of the panchayat elections had once again proved that her party “reigned in the hearts of the Bengali people”.
Results declared by the state election commission till 8 am Wednesday showed the Trinamool had won 34,359 gram panchayat seats of the total 63,229. The party was leading in 752.
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Its nearest rival BJP won 9,545 and was leading in 180 seats. The CPI (M) won 2,885 and was leading in 96 seats, while the Congress bagged 2,498 seats and was leading in 72.
Of the 9,728 panchayat samiti seats, the Trinamool won 6,134 and was leading in 61. BJP won 939 and was ahead in 149 seats, while the CPI (M) won 165 seats and was leading in 14 others. The Congress won 244 seats and led in seven.
Of the 928 zila parishads, the Trinamool won 554and led in 201. The BJP won only 19 and was leading in seven. The CPI(M) won two and was leading in two more, while the Congress won four and led in 10.
