West Bengal Panchayat Election 2023 Results Latest Updates: The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday secured victory in over 28,985 gram panchayat seats in West Bengal and was main in one other 1,540 seats, whereas the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged 7,764 seats and was forward in 417 seats out of the 63,229 gram panchayat seats throughout the state. Counting of votes for the three-tier panchayat polls to just about 74,000 seats, which moreover the gram panchayat seats additionally consists of 9,728 panchayat samiti seats and 928 zilla parishad seats, started at 8 am on Tuesday. There are round 339 counting venues unfold throughout 22 districts.
The counting for the West Bengal panchayat election 2023 is prone to proceed for the subsequent two days as it’ll take time for the ballots to be counted and the outcomes to be compiled.
According to the newest knowledge launched by the West Bengal Election Commission, the Left Front has secured 2,468 seats, of which the CPI(M) alone has received 2,409. The Left is at present main in 260 seats. The Congress has received 2,022 seats and is main in 139. Other events have received 725 seats and are main in 23 seats, whereas independents — which included TMC rebels — have thus far received 1,656 seats and led in 104 seats.
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The ruling TMC has received 2,155 Panchayat samiti seats and is main in 493. BJP has received 214 and is main in 113 seats, whereas CPI(M) has received 47 seats and is main in 48 others and Congress has received in 38 seats and is main in 23 seats.
The Mamata-led occasion has additionally received all 77 Zila Parishad outcomes declared thus far and is main in 92 others whereas CPI(M) is main in 5 seats, whereas Congress is main in 1 and the BJP in 10.
In Darjeeling hills, out of the 598 seats in Darjeeling and 281 in Kalimpong, the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) is main in lots of areas and is predicted to be the brand new numero uno within the Bengal hill districts.
As preliminary traits began pouring in, a disagreement broke out between the TMC and the BJP, with the latter accusing the ruling occasion of ‘making final determined makes an attempt to loot votes by blocking opposition brokers from coming into counting centres’.
“TMC goons are making desperate attempts to steal the elections by obstructing the counting agents and candidates of the BJP and other opposition political parties from entering counting centres. They are being restricted from going towards the venue, and bombs are being hurled to intimidate counting agents,” chief of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari mentioned.
Refuting the allegations, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh mentioned, “Sensing defeat, they are making baseless allegations.”
“Rejected by people and sensing humiliating defeat, this is BJP’s last attempt to come up with lame excuses to make up for its own organisational failures,” he added.
Violence rocked West Bengal’s panchayat election on Saturday
Violence had rocked West Bengal’s rural polls on Saturday, leaving as many as 15 folks useless whereas poll containers have been vandalised, poll papers torched, and bombs thrown at rivals in a number of locations. Of these killed, 11 have been reportedly affiliated with Mamata Banerjee’s occasion. The complete dying toll within the state for the reason that ballot course of started on June 8, when the dates have been introduced, has thus far crossed 30.
A voter turnout of 80.71 per cent was recorded on Saturday, whereas a vote share of 69.85 was recorded until 5 pm in 696 cubicles throughout West Bengal, the place re-polling was held on Monday. A complete of 5.67 crore folks dwelling within the state’s rural areas have been eligible to resolve the destiny of two.06 lakh candidates in 73,887 seats of the panchayat system.
The resolution for re-polling was taken after reviewing reviews of violence and tampering with poll containers and poll papers on Saturday.
It is notable that Saturday’s violence was in line with the state’s historical past of violent rural elections, together with the 2003 panchayat polls, which gained notoriety for its cumulative dying toll of 76 throughout the ballot course of, with practically 40 killed on the day of polling.
This yr, with greater than 30 killed since polls have been introduced earlier final month, the toll remained virtually equal to that of the earlier panchayat elections in 2018. However, this time, the Opposition had fielded candidates in additional than 90 per cent of seats, not like in 2018 rural polls, when the ruling TMC had received 34 per cent of the seats uncontested.
Panchayat election 2023 end result: TMC emerged victorious in 2018
In the 2018 West Bengal Panchayat elections, the ruling TMC had emerged victorious in 90 per cent of the panchayat seats and all of the 22 zilla parishads.
The elections have been marred by widespread violence, with the Opposition alleging they have been prevented from submitting nominations in a number of seats.
