Bengal Civic Poll Results

West Bengal Municipal Elections: Trinamool Heads For Landslide Victory

Ten months after its landslide victory in the West Bengal assembly polls, the ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday steamrolled the entire opposition in the civic elections, bagging 93 of 107 municipalities.

BJP Takes Control Of Bhatpara Municipality, Its First In West Bengal

The BJP Tuesday took control of the Bhatpara Municipality, its first civic body in West Bengal, after a majority of its Trinamool Congress councillors switched over to the BJP days after the Lok Sabha polls results are announced.

Trinamool Scores Landslide Victory in Violence-Marred Bengal Civic Polls

In a major boost for ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of next year's assembly polls, the party today scored landslide victory in violence-marred elections to Bidhannagar and Asansol Municipal Corporations and wrested Bally civic body from the Left Front.

Mamata magic works in civic polls, her party puts Congress on notice

The Mamata magic remains intact a year after she powered a historic victory against the Left in West Bengal and became the state's Chief Minister. Her Trinamool Congress has won four of the six civic bodies. However, the CPM held onto Haldia near Nandigram, which is being seen as a setback for Ms Banerjee. Cooper's Camp, traditionally a Congress st...

Bengal civic polls results

Results in six municipality polls in Bengal out today; test for Mamata's Trinamool Congress

Results will be declared today in the crucial elections to six municipalities across West Bengal, the first poll since the Trinamool ousted the Left in a landslide victory in the 2011 Assembly polls on the back of a huge anti-incumbency wave.

Buddhadeb to skip Politburo meet?

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya will skip the two-day CPI (M) Politburo meeting in New Delhi beginning on Saturday."I am not going. I am staying here," he told reporters at the state secretariat here.Bhattacharya skipping the politburo meet follows the drubbing of the ruling Left Front in the civic elections at the hands of Trinam...

West Bengal Municipal Election Results

Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress (TMC) have won the West Bengal civic polls, seen as the semi-final before next year's state elections.  Here are the results at a glance: Battle for Bengal (Total 81 seats) Left Front 18 (-36) Trinamool 33 (+22) Congress 7 Battle for Kolkata (Total 141 seats) Left 33 (...

Bengal civic polls: Results at a glance

The counting of votes is being held for 81 civic bodies in West Bengal today.Here are the results so far: Battle for Bengal (Leads in 67 seats out of 81) Left Front 24 (-30) Trinamool 34 (+23) Congress 9 (-7) Battle for Kolkata (Results in 141 seats) Left 31 (-42) Trinamool 98 (+56) Congress 9 (-6)  

Bengal civic polls: Mamata sweeps Kolkata, close contest in other seats

Kolkata has given Mamata Banerjee a giant victory.  Her Trinamool Congress (TMC) has swept the Kolkata civic polls, winning 97 of the 141 seats. That's a gain of 55 seats for the TMC. The state's civic polls are the semi-final for the West Bengal elections next year.  Outside Kolkata, it's proving to be a much closer battle between the TM...

Battleground Bengal: Civic polls verdict today

All eyes are on West Bengal today as the counting of votes in the recently held civic polls for 81 civic bodies takes place in the state. The most hard-fought contest is, of course, for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation which the Left snatched from the Trinamool in 2005.These polls are seen as the semi-finals ahead of the Assembly elections next ye...