West Bengal Municipal Polls: TMC decimates opposition in civic polls, wins 93 of 107 municipalities
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"The TMC has already won 93 municipalities and is leading in seven others. The Left Front has won one civic body, and Hamro Party has won one," the State Election Commission (SEC) official said.
Kolkata: Ten months after its landslide victory in the West Bengal assembly polls, the ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday (March 2, 2022) steamrolled the entire opposition in the civic elections, bagging 93 of 107 municipalities, an SEC official said.
The TMC bagged Kanthi Municipality, the bastion of Leader of Opposition and Nandigram's BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari, while Hamro Party, a new entrant in hill politics, trounced TMC, GJM and BJP to win Darjeeling Municipality.
The CPI (M)-led Left Front won Taherpur Municipality in Nadia district.
The BJP and the Congress are yet to win a civic body, although the parties have won a few wards in some towns.
"The TMC has already won 93 municipalities and is leading in seven others. The Left Front has won one civic body, and Hamro Party has won one," the State Election Commission (SEC) official said.
