Nomination papers filed by candidates in the West Bengal panchayat elections point to the political dominance of the Trinamool Congress (TMC). The party has filed 85,817 nominations for 73,887 seats of the three tier panchayats in West Bengal.
The State’s ruling party is followed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has filed nominations for 56,321 nominations or about 75% seats at the panchayat level. The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has filed nomination papers for 48,646 seats or 65% of the total seats. The Congress party has filed nominations for 17,750 seats.
Elections to about 63,239 seats at the Gram Panchayat level, 9,730 seats in Panchayat Samitis, and 928 Zilla Parishad seats in the State are scheduled on July 8.
