West Bengal Panchayat Election Result 2023 LIVE: The counting of ballots in the panchayat and rural elections in West Bengal is underway amid tight security.
Over 33 people were slain in political clashes across the state since the date of the panchayat elections was announced at the beginning of last month.
80.71 percent of eligible voters participated in the three-tier panchayat elections conducted on July 8 in over 61,000 polling stations. In several locations, ballot boxes were looted, set on fire and thrown in ponds, leading to violence. The level of violence on election day necessitated the redoing of nearly 696 voting stations.
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The BJP criticized the Trinamool Congress government on Tuesday for the "state-sponsored" violence during the West Bengal panchayat elections, labeling Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "ruthless" and claiming that at least 45 people were killed in the clashes.
In several locations, ballot boxes were vandalized, ballot papers were burned, and bombs were thrown at rivals during the rural elections held on July 8. Monday, 696 polling stations in 19 districts where voting was declared invalid due to allegations of ballot box tampering and violence re-voted.
The national spokesman for the BJP, Sambit Patra, asserted that the ruling TMC's "dadagiri politics" continued on the day of ballot counting, as counting began on Tuesday and initial trends began to emerge.
At a press conference in the nation's capital, he claimed that the BJP's counting agents and those of other opposition parties were prevented from visiting the counting centres and described the election violence as unprecedented.
"According to media reports, at least 45 individuals perished during the panchayat election violence. The terms bombing, fraudulent voting, and rigging appear most frequently in media reports... This is 'nirmamata', not'mamata' (endearment) "Patra was billed.
Recent trends indicate that the BJP has secured 946 gram panchayat seats, while the CPIM has won approximately 750 seats.
The TMC leads in 1,629 gram panchayat seats, while the BJP leads in 364 seats, according to recent trends. The CPIM has 362 more seats than the Congress, which has 118.
Initial trends indicate that the Trinamool Congress leads in the majority of gram panchayat and zila parishad seats. None of the BJP, Congress, or other political parties have won any seats. In West Bengal, the counting of ballots for the three-tiered panchayat elections for nearly 74,000 seats began at 8 a.m. amid tight security.
The ongoing tallying for the West Bengal panchayat election is taking place at approximately 339 locations in 22 districts. A state election commission official said Tuesday that the counting will presumably continue for the next two days. At least 80 to 90 members of the central force will secure each of the 339 counting centers, according to officials.