In West Bengal, Counting of votes is underway for zilla parishads, panchayat samitis, and gram panchayat elections.
The process began at 8 AM amidst tight security. State Election Commission, said, as per initial trends available at 10 AM, the ruling Trinamool Congress surged ahead in 1,800 gram panchayat seats while BJP is leading in 100 gram panchayats and the CPI(M) in 30.
The panchayat elections were held for 621 zilla parishads, 6,123 panchayat samitis and 31,802 gram panchayats in West Bengal on Monday.
Repolling was done yesterday on 572 polling booths after the complaints of false voting and booth rigging.