West Bengal Panchayat Election Result: Counting of votes is under way for the panchayat elections in West Bengal. Since the announcement of polling dates by the State Election Commission on June 8, a series of violent incidents took place, leading to the loss of lives across the party lines.. A total of 69.85% voter turnout was recorded till 5pm in 696 booths in 19 districts of West Bengal, where polling for the panchayat elections was declared void. No major incident was reported in the repolling ordered by the State Election Commission (SEC) on Sunday evening amid allegations of tampering with ballot boxes and the violence that left 15 people dead. Polling was held on Saturday in over 61,000 booths for the three-tier panchayat elections, with a voter turnout of 80.71 per cent. In several places, ballot boxes were looted, set on fire and thrown in ponds, leading to violence. There are 63,229 gram panchayat seats and 9,730 panchayat samiti seats in 22 districts, while 928 zilla parishad seats in 20 districts as Darjeeling and Kalimpong have a two-tier system with Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) and Siliguri sub-divisional council at the top. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates: