The counting of votes for the three-tier panchayat polls to nearly 74,000 seats in West Bengal began on Tuesday morning amid tight security. There are around 339 counting venues spread across 22 districts.
According to the counting so far, TMC is leading in 8692 seats, BJP in 1453 and CPM in 894 seats. Congress is ahead in only 344 seats. | Latest News India
West Bengal panchayat election results: A total 5.67 crore people living in rural areas were eligible to decide fate of 2.06 lakh candidates in 73,887 seats. | Kolkata News
The West Bengal State Election Commission has announced repolling in all booths where voting for rural elections was voided due to vote-tampering and violence.
The day also saw instances of booth capturing, damaging of ballot boxes and assault of presiding officers being reported from several districts such as Murshidabad, Cooch Behar, Malda, South 24 Parganas, North Dinajpur and Nadia.