Ruling Trinamool Congress has retained Pujali and Domkol municipalities, wrested Raigunj and Mirik from Congress and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, and GJM retained Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong boards after results for Sunday’s polls for seven municipalities were declared today.
For the first time in three decades, 9-seat Mirik municipality in the Hills has been won by a mainstream party as the TMC won six and three went to GJM. The GJM won 31 seats of Darjeeling’s 32 wards and TMC wrested one, and the Kurseong 20-seat civic board was won by the GJM with 17 seats while TMC bagged 3.