The BGPM, which is led by GTA chief executive Anit Thapa, won 349 of the 598 seats in 70 gram panchayats in Darjeeling district, according to the latest results issued by the district administration.
Two-tier rural elections, as against three-tier polls in the rest of the state, were held in the area under Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, after 23 years on July 8
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) chief executive Anit Thapa claimed that his Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) will remain "the only relevant party " in the Himalayan foothills of West Bengal as it will "sweep the July 8 rural elections ".
Residents of West Bengal's hills in the north are getting prepared to cast their votes in the July 8 panchayat polls after 23 years, even as nominees are doing last-minute canvassing before the trail ends on Thursday.