LIVE BLOG: West Bengal Panchayat poll result

TMC marching ahead in 14,972 gram panchayat seats

Birbhum: BJP scripts victory in 6 Panchayats

BJP currently ahead in 262 Gram Panchayat seats

BJP wins in Suvendu Adhikari's booth in Nandigram

BJP has won in Leader of Oppositon Suvendu Adhikari's booth in Nandigram.

Bengal: TMC, BJP trade guns on Panchayat poll counting day

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP on Tuesday traded fire as initial trends in the counting for the three-tier Panchayat election in the state showed the TMC was far ahead of its rivals.

The polls, held on July 8, were marred by widespread violence. So far 38 people belonging to different political parties have died in violence since the announcement of the elections last month.

On Tuesday, West Bengal's Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari accused the ruling Trinamool Congress activists of making one last "desperate attempt" to "steal" the elections by "obstructing" the agents and candidates of BJP and other opposition political parties from entering the counting halls.

Taking to twitter, Adhikari stated, "Diamond Harbour Model" is in full swing on the Counting Day also. TMC goons are making the last desperate attempt to steal the Elections by obstructing the Counting Agents & Candidates of @BJP4Bengal and other opposition political parties from entering the Counting Hall."
Diamond Harbour is the Lok Sabha constituency of Trinamool Congress national general secretary and party chief Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee.

"They (opposition counting agents and candidates) are being restricted from going towards the venue from 1-2 kms afar. Bombs are being hurled to intimidate the Counting Agents. They are being mercilessly beaten up, even kidnapped," the BJP MLA from Nandigram said.

TMC set to sweep Gram Panchayat

Mamata Banerjee's TMC is all set to sweep the Gram Panchayat. TMC is leading in 1,218 seats, BJP in 288, Left in 109 and Congress in 136, ISF in 14, Others in 43 and Hung 1. 

Counting underway, Suvendu Adhikari flays TMC for obstruction

West Bengal's Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress activists of making one last "desperate attempt" to "steal" the Panchayat elections by "obstructing" the agents and candidates of BJP and other opposition political parties from entering the counting halls.

Counting of ballots for the three-tier Panchayat elections held on July 8 began at 8 AM on Tuesday in 338 centres across the state.

Taking to Twitter, Adhikari stated, "Diamond Harbour Model" is in full swing on the Counting Day also. TMC goons are making the last desperate attempt to steal the Elections by obstructing the Counting Agents & Candidates of @BJP4Bengal and other opposition political parties from entering the Counting Hall."

Diamond Harbour is the Lok Sabha constituency of Trinamool Congress national general secretary and party chief Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee.

"They (opposition counting agents and candidates) are being restricted from going towards the venue from 1-2 kms afar. Bombs are being hurled to intimidate the Counting Agents. They are being mercilessly beaten up, even kidnapped," the BJP MLA from Nandigram said.

Counting of votes taking place across 339 venues

Early trends show Trinamool Congress leading in majority seats

Initial trends are showing that Trinamool Congress is ahead in the majority of gram panchayat and zila parishad seats. The counting of votes for the three-tier polls to nearly 74,000 seats commenced at 8 am.