Kolkata: Violence-hit Bengal villager casts vote Trinamool Congress All 20 zilla parishads, 317 of 341 panchayat samitis and 2,644 of 3,317 gram panchayats are at stake on Wednesday for next year’s big Lok Sabha battle.
The BJP, which came second in six panchayat samitis and 220 gram panchayats, extended TMC’s dominance in the three-tier polls, which became a foregone conclusion as results and trends emerged on the first day of counting.
The once-powerful Left party ended up with two panchayat samitis and 38 gram panchayats, while the Congress could not win a single seat in the second phase of rural restructuring and four in the third.
“It is TMC all the way in rural Bengal. I would like to thank people for their love, affection and support towards TMC. CM Mamta Banerjee wrote on Facebook, this election has proved that only TMC lives in the hearts of the people of the state.
The BJP showed glimpses of fighting in Coochbehar and Alipurduar as well as in some districts like Nandigram in East Midnapore, the home turf of Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. But the vote share of the saffron party declined even in these places, which stretched from Dinhata in north Bengal to the Matua-dominated areas of Thakurnagar in south Bengal, which were considered its strongholds till two years ago.
The Trinamool made inroads into the BJP’s SC and ST territory, which gave the party eight of the 18 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 elections., These include Alipurduar, where the SC and ST population is around 51%, Coochbehar (51%), North Dinajpur (32%), South Dinajpur (45%), Jhargram (49%), Bankura (36%) and Purulia (40%). 37%).
With the 2022 urban local body election results where opposition parties won less than 10 of the 110-odd municipalities that went to polls, the Trinamool now controls nine out of 10 local civic bodies in the state’s cities, towns and villages. exercises control over. ,
The Congress and the Left Front together got around 1,700 gram panchayat seats in Murshidabad, while the TMC got close to 2,800. The Indian Secular Front showed glimpses of fighting in some areas like Bhangar in South 24-Parganas.
Unlike the 2018 rural polls, when CM Mamata Banerjee’s party won one out of every three seats (34.8%) unopposed, it got walkovers in only 9.8% of the seats this time. Trinamool saw an opportunity in this Examination Base. “We missed the opportunity to assess our and the opposition’s strengths and weaknesses in 2018 and because of this we lost some seats in the general elections next year,” said a senior party leader.
In last year’s urban local body polls, the Trinamool got 63% vote share and the BJP 13% vote share, one percentage point behind the CPM. Sources said if it ends with an equal vote share in the rural belt, the BJP will have to work overtime to retain its 18 Lok Sabha seats from 2019.
CM Mamata said that though Trinamool’s victory was worth celebrating, the violence before polling and on polling day left her ‘saddened’.
He said 19 people, mostly from the TMC, have been killed in poll-related violence since the election date was announced on June 8. Police sources put the number of casualties at 37. “I am giving a free hand to the police to take action against those behind the violence.” ,” news agency PTI quoted him as saying.
Watch West Bengal Panchayat Elections: TMC workers celebrate after victory in Purulia
The BJP, which came second in six panchayat samitis and 220 gram panchayats, extended TMC’s dominance in the three-tier polls, which became a foregone conclusion as results and trends emerged on the first day of counting.
The once-powerful Left party ended up with two panchayat samitis and 38 gram panchayats, while the Congress could not win a single seat in the second phase of rural restructuring and four in the third.
“It is TMC all the way in rural Bengal. I would like to thank people for their love, affection and support towards TMC. CM Mamta Banerjee wrote on Facebook, this election has proved that only TMC lives in the hearts of the people of the state.
The BJP showed glimpses of fighting in Coochbehar and Alipurduar as well as in some districts like Nandigram in East Midnapore, the home turf of Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. But the vote share of the saffron party declined even in these places, which stretched from Dinhata in north Bengal to the Matua-dominated areas of Thakurnagar in south Bengal, which were considered its strongholds till two years ago.
The Trinamool made inroads into the BJP’s SC and ST territory, which gave the party eight of the 18 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 elections., These include Alipurduar, where the SC and ST population is around 51%, Coochbehar (51%), North Dinajpur (32%), South Dinajpur (45%), Jhargram (49%), Bankura (36%) and Purulia (40%). 37%).
With the 2022 urban local body election results where opposition parties won less than 10 of the 110-odd municipalities that went to polls, the Trinamool now controls nine out of 10 local civic bodies in the state’s cities, towns and villages. exercises control over. ,
The Congress and the Left Front together got around 1,700 gram panchayat seats in Murshidabad, while the TMC got close to 2,800. The Indian Secular Front showed glimpses of fighting in some areas like Bhangar in South 24-Parganas.
Unlike the 2018 rural polls, when CM Mamata Banerjee’s party won one out of every three seats (34.8%) unopposed, it got walkovers in only 9.8% of the seats this time. Trinamool saw an opportunity in this Examination Base. “We missed the opportunity to assess our and the opposition’s strengths and weaknesses in 2018 and because of this we lost some seats in the general elections next year,” said a senior party leader.
In last year’s urban local body polls, the Trinamool got 63% vote share and the BJP 13% vote share, one percentage point behind the CPM. Sources said if it ends with an equal vote share in the rural belt, the BJP will have to work overtime to retain its 18 Lok Sabha seats from 2019.
CM Mamata said that though Trinamool’s victory was worth celebrating, the violence before polling and on polling day left her ‘saddened’.
He said 19 people, mostly from the TMC, have been killed in poll-related violence since the election date was announced on June 8. Police sources put the number of casualties at 37. “I am giving a free hand to the police to take action against those behind the violence.” ,” news agency PTI quoted him as saying.
Watch West Bengal Panchayat Elections: TMC workers celebrate after victory in Purulia