KMC election TMC wins 13 wards leads in 108 BJP ahead in five seats
Kolkata Dec 21 PTI The ruling Trinamool Congress looks set to retain power in KMC for the third consecutive term with its candidates leading in 112 wards and winning 13 seats that went to polls while BJP nominees were ahead in five wards SEC officials said on TuesdayCounting of votes for 144 wards of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC began this morning at 8 amAs per the trends the TMC has taken the lead in 112 wards and has won 13 seats The BJP is leading in five wards while the CPIM and the Congress are leading in one ward each the State Election Commission official saidTMC candidate in ward number 117 Amit Singh and Kakoli Bag in ward number 119 have emerged victorious data on the SEC website showedLok Sabha MP and five-time councillor Mala Roy retained her seat in ward number 88 for the sixth consecutive time and TMC MLA and sitting councillor Debashis Kumar also won in ward number 85TMC MLA and sitting councillor Atin Ghosh was leading in ward number 11 in north Kolkata In ward number 13 the partys Anindya Routh was ahead of othersThe BJP is leading in ward number 22 23 41 42 and 50 and the Congress in ward number 45 The CPIM is leading in ward number 103The KMC is divided into 144 administrative wards which are grouped into 16 boroughs Sporadic incidents of violence including hurling of bombs at two booths marred the KMC elections on Sunday even as over 63 per cent of the nearly 405 lakh voters exercised their franchiseThe TMC has been in power in KMC since 2010In the last KMC polls in 2015 it had won 124 seats whereas the Left Front bagged 13 The BJP and the Congress had secured five and two seats respectively PTI PNT RBT RBT
Kolkata Dec 21 PTI The ruling Trinamool Congress looks set to retain power in KMC for the third consecutive term with its candidates leading in 112 wards and winning 13 seats that went to polls while BJP nominees were ahead in five wards SEC officials said on TuesdayCounting of votes for 144 wards of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC began this morning at 8 amAs per the trends the TMC has taken the lead in 112 wards and has won 13 seats The BJP is leading in five wards while the CPIM and the Congress are leading in one ward each the State Election Commission official saidTMC candidate in ward number 117 Amit Singh and Kakoli Bag in ward number 119 have emerged victorious data on the SEC website showedLok Sabha MP and five-time councillor Mala Roy retained her seat in ward number 88 for the sixth consecutive time and TMC MLA and sitting councillor Debashis Kumar also won in ward number 85TMC MLA and sitting councillor Atin Ghosh was leading in ward number 11 in north Kolkata In ward number 13 the partys Anindya Routh was ahead of othersThe BJP is leading in ward number 22 23 41 42 and 50 and the Congress in ward number 45 The CPIM is leading in ward number 103The KMC is divided into 144 administrative wards which are grouped into 16 boroughs Sporadic incidents of violence including hurling of bombs at two booths marred the KMC elections on Sunday even as over 63 per cent of the nearly 405 lakh voters exercised their franchiseThe TMC has been in power in KMC since 2010In the last KMC polls in 2015 it had won 124 seats whereas the Left Front bagged 13 The BJP and the Congress had secured five and two seats respectively PTI PNT RBT RBT
