Some outcomes are nonetheless awaited.
Kolkata:
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) swept the West Bengal panchayat elections, successful a majority in all three tiers of the agricultural native authorities. The TMC gained 2,552 out of three,317 gram panchayats, 232 panchayat samitis, and 12 out of 20 zilla parishads. The BJP was a distant second, successful solely 212 gram panchayats, 7 panchayat samitis, and no zilla parishads.
Some outcomes are nonetheless awaited.
“It is TMC all the way in which in rural Bengal. I need to thank the individuals for his or her love, affection and assist in the direction of the TMC. This election has proved that solely TMC resides within the coronary heart of the individuals of the state,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned in a Fb submit.
The counting of votes for the panchayat elections started yesterday morning. Over 74,000 seats are up for grabs, together with 63,229 gram panchayat seats, 9,730 panchayat samiti seats, and 928 zilla parishad seats.
The polls, billed as a take a look at of recognition for Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, noticed rampant violence on Saturday.
The repolling on Monday was once more marred by violence in a number of cubicles, ensuing within the deaths of 15 individuals. Repolling was held in 696 cubicles amid allegations of electoral fraud, sales space capturing, and a number of studies of electoral irregularities and voter suppression through the polling.
Explosives had been detonated close to a counting middle in Murshidabad yesterday morning whereas the police had to make use of batons to disperse a crowd in Howrah.
Opposition BJP has accused the Trinamool of creating “determined makes an attempt to loot votes” by stopping opposition observers from coming into counting facilities.
“TMC goons are making determined try to steal the elections by obstructing the counting brokers and candidates of the BJP and different opposition political events from coming into counting centres. They’re being restricted from going in the direction of the venue, and bombs are being hurled to intimidate counting brokers,” chief of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, mentioned, as quoted by information company PTI.
The Trinamool has claimed that 60 per cent of the individuals killed in ballot violence had been both their staff or supporters.
“Even a malicious marketing campaign with baseless propaganda to malign the AITC State Govt in WB could not sway the voters!” mentioned Trinamool chief Abhishek Banerjee in response to the allegations of ballot manipulation.
“Grateful to the individuals for changing Opposition’s ‘No Vote To Mamata’ marketing campaign to ‘Now Vote For Mamata’,” he added.
The dejection of the mixed opposition of BJP, CPIM & INC pales compared to the unhappiness that should be felt by pals from mainstream media.
Even a malicious marketing campaign with baseless propaganda to malign the AITC State Govt in WB could not sway the voters! (1/2)
— Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) July 11, 2023
The rampant violence and allegations of poll field tampering prompted West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose to submit a report back to Union House Minister Amit Shah. Mr Bose additionally warned of stern motion towards these concerned within the violence.
