Team News Riveting
Kolkata, July 11
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is all set to record a thumping victory in Bengal’s countryside registering major gains in North Bengal and Jungal Mahal districts over its prime opponent, the BJP.
Till the reports last came in, trends were available from the 2,582 out of 3,317 Gram Panchayats of the state. While the TMC registered an overwhelming majority in 2,117 GPs, its nearest rival, the BJP had to remain content with control over just 184 GPs. The state’s prime Opposition party struggled to keep its edge over the Left-Congress combine which managed to bag 154 panchayats as per latest figures.
While the Congress won 76 GPs and the Left was marginally ahead with 78 wins at the lowest tier.
If the number are converted into seats, out of the 63,219 GP seats that went for polls, the TMC had already won 18,590 seats and led in 4,608 more. The corresponding figures for the BJP were 4,479 and 1,277 respectively. While Left-Congress combine managed to win 2,574 seats at the lowest panchayat tier, they were ahead in 1,032 till last reports came in from the office of the state election commission.
The Bengal’s ruling party’s biggest shot in the arm was its grassroots performance in some of the North Bengal districts where the BJP had shown significant promise in the previous elections. The only panchayat silver lining for the BJP so far were the outcome from Nandigram, the stronghold of the local MLA and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.
Of the 17 Gram Panchayats in Nandigram blocks I and II, BJP bagged seven of them while TMC was left with three, according to the trends available from 10 Gram Panchayats.
