Mamata’s TMC Moves Closer to Victory in West Bengal Panchayat Polls, with BJP in Second Place

In the July 8 elections, which were plagued by violence and resulted in the deaths of 19 people, the Trinamool Congress, which is now in power, is expected to retain control in half of the gram panchayats and win a majority of the panchayat samiti and zila parishad.

At 339 locations spread across 22 districts, the three-tier panchayat election vote counting got underway at 8 am on Tuesday. The findings will not be uploaded on the SEC website right away when the counting is finished, an official said.

TMC Wins 34,980 of 63,229 Seats in the WB Gram Panchayat Elections

The TMC has won 34,980 of the 63,229 gram panchayat seats and is in the lead in 570 of them, according to the State Election Commission’s figures as of 9:30 p.m.

With 9,735 seats won and 142 seats in which it is now in the lead, the BJP took second place. While the Congress gained 2,549 seats and is leading in 62, the CPI(M) has 2,940 seats and has a 65-seat majority.

TMC wins 6,467 out of 9,728 seats according to WB Panchayat Samiti polling

The Mamata Banerjee-led party had even more success in the panchayat samiti, where it won 6,467 seats and had the majority in 184. 9,728 seats in the panchayat samiti were up for election.

The CPI(M) has won 182 seats and is leading in 13, the BJP has won 990 seats and is in the lead in 48 seats, and the Congress has won 267 seats and is in the lead in 6 seats.

TMC Repeats 2018 Performance, Wins 685 Seats in WB Zila Parishad Polls

The TMC intends to continue its performance of TMC dominating all zila parishads from last year. Additionally, it is ahead in 144 additional zila parishad seats and has already won 685 of them. In comparison, the BJP has gained 21 seats and is in the lead in 6.

Congress has won six seats and is in the lead in five, compared to the CPI(M’s) two victories. 928 seats make up the whole zila parishad.

In order to prevent any unforeseen situations, prohibitory orders according to Section 144 of the CrPC have been issued outside of all counting sites by armed state police troops and central forces.

Poll results, according to Calcutta HC, would be subject to its final orders.

The West Bengal panchayat elections and the release of results will be subject to the Calcutta High Court’s final rulings in connection with cases it is currently considering regarding claims of electoral fraud on the day of voting, the court said on Wednesday.

The State Election Commission (SEC), the state government, and the federal government were ordered by the court to provide affidavits that addressed every claim made in the three petitions that alleged irregularities.

The court ordered the SEC to tell all of the candidates who have been deemed elected of this fact.

The petitioners asked for a directive to the SEC to order revoting in almost 50,000 booths, alleging widespread violence and electoral fraud during the panchayat election on July 8.

696 polling places underwent re-voting, and on July 11, voting results started to be tallied.