NEW DELHI: Though the counting of votes for the violence-marred July 8 panchayat elections in West Bengal are still counting and the results are yet to be declared, it is almost evident that the ruling Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has swept it with the BJP as a distant second.
Election was held for 63,229 gram panchayat seats, 9,730 panchayat samiti seats and 928 zilla parishad seats in 22 districts of the state. Repolling took place on July 10 on 697 of the 61,636 booths due to poll-related irregularities.
