Kolkata:
Monday’s Trinamool Congress led the way in all four municipal corporations in West Bengal, where polls were held on Feb. 12, according to data available on the state election commission’s website. In Bidhannagar, the Trinamool Congress won 24 of the 41 seats and was ahead of 10, while the Congress won in one ward, according to the SEC website at 11 a.m.
The ruling party won 10 of the 47 seats in Siliguri and led in three divisions, with both the BJP and CPI(M) winning two seats each.
In Chandannagar, the Trinamool Congress took 12 out of 32 seats and was ahead of nine, with the CPI(M) winning in one division. The Trinamool Congress won 28 of the 106 seats in Asansol and led in seven divisions, the data showed, adding that the BJP emerged victorious in three divisions and the CPI(M) in two.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee thanked the people for her party’s “thumping victory” in the citizen polls, calling it a mass victory.