The rural body elections were considered a key test for Bengal s ruling Trinamool and opposition BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Out of the 341 panchayat samitis, results for 141 have been announced. The Trinamool has won 129, followed by the BJP at nine and the Left Front at three at the time of reporting. According to poll analysts, a shift in the tribal vote bank away from the BJP and a clear division of the opposition votes benefitted the Trinamool.
Kolkata/UNI: Amidst an atmosphere of palpable tension following unbridled pre-poll violence, polling for the three-tier single-phase Panchayat election began at 7 am on Saturday.
West Bengal is gripped in violence as voting ensues for the 2023 Panchayat Elections. Numerous incidents of violence, vandalising poll booths, looting or
The Panchayat polls will be conducted in a single phase on July 8 across 20 districts and in the two-tier system in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts.