West Bengal Panchayat Election Result 2023 Live Updates : TMC Sweeps polls
KOLKATA (ANI)- The counting of votes in the violence-hit panchayat and rural body elections in West Bengal is currently underway. This comes a day after repolling was held across 696 polling booths in 19 districts.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters celebrate their party candidates’ victory in the West Bengal panchayat elections 2023, at a counting center in North 24 Parganas on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)(Utpal Sarkar)
In this election, 37 people have lost their lives, with 18 killed on the day of polling on Saturday.
A total of 5.67 crore people living in the state’s rural areas were eligible to decide the fate of 2.06 lakh candidates in 73,887 seats of the panchayat system.
Bengal BJP loses to TMC in most panchayat areas where it won Lok Sabha and assembly seats
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trailed West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in most regions where it performed well in the 2021 Assembly and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, trend in the results to the July 8 panchayat elections and July 10 bypolls showed around 8 pm on Tuesday.
TMC resides in hearts of people: Mamata on panchayat poll win
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday thanked the people of West Bengal for the TMC’s huge win in the panchayat elections.
The counting for the election to the three-tier panchayat system, comprising zilla parishad, panchayat samiti and gram panchayat, was still underway.
Bengal BJP loses to TMC in most panchayat areas where it won Lok Sabha
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trailed West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in most regions where it performed well in the 2021 Assembly and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, trend in the results to the July 8 panchayat elections and July 10 bypolls showed around 8 pm on Tuesday.
TMC Tweeted after Won Panchayat Election
A MOMENTOUS DAY!
With people's love, trust, and support, we shall emerge VICTORIOUS.
People of Bengal, this victory belongs to YOU!#GramBanglayTMC pic.twitter.com/6AxEOPq8Zh
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) July 11, 2023
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