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  BJP sweeps Arunachal panchayat polls; PM Modi calls it mandate for good governance

  India | December 21, 2025 21:47 IST

  In the zilla parishad segment, the BJP won 170 out of 245 zila parishad member (ZPM) seats, including 59 seats uncontested, establishing its clear dominance at the district level.

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  Uttarakhand Panchayat Polls: BJP and supported candidates register victory in three-tier elections

  India | August 02, 2025 11:04 IST

  BJP and its allies have won over 200 seats in Uttarakhand’s three-tier Panchayat elections, leading the state’s local governance ahead of Congress.

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  ​Bengal panchayat polls: After TMC's massive victory, BJP alleges 'loot' at counting centres

  July 13, 2023 17:06 IST

  The ruling TMC secured victory on all 20 Zila Parishads in the three-tier panchayat system, winning 880 seats, while the BJP emerged as its closest rival which won 31 seats out of the total 928. The Congress-Left Front alliance secured 15 seats while others won the remaining two seats.

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  Bengal panchayat poll: BJP alleges central forces 'deliberately' not deployed in sensitive areas

  July 09, 2023 17:46 IST

  BJP national vice president Dilip Ghosh said had the central forces been deployed in sensitive areas, there would not have been so much violence. TMC hit back and said there is no guarantee that doing so would have prevented the violence.

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  Bengal Panchayat election: Violence, bloodshed mark poll day's end; death toll climbs | 10 Points

  July 09, 2023 0:02 IST

  West Bengal Panchayat poll was held on Saturday, however, the reports of violence and deaths dominated the headlines the entire day. Political parties including the TMC, BJP, and Congress said that they lost their supporters in the violence.

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  West Bengal panchayat poll violence: 'Murders are its guarantee to power', Anurag Thakur slams TMC

  July 08, 2023 19:17 IST

  Anurag Thakur slammed Mamata Banerjee over the violence during the polling of the panchayat election and alleged that TMC considers ‘murders its guarantee to power’.

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  West Bengal panchayat election: Parties condemn violence on poll day, BJP demands President’s Rule

  July 08, 2023 16:21 IST

  The ruling TMC, which said that it lost six of its supporters in the violence, accused the opposition of instigating violence and hit out at the central forces for their failure to provide security to the voters.

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  Violence rocks Bengal's panchayat polls, 12 dead amidst allegations of strong-arm tactics

  July 08, 2023 23:59 IST

  West Bengal Panchayat Election HIGHLIGHTS: Violence rocked Bengal's rural polls as voting ended on Saturday leaving 12 people dead, ballot boxes vandalized and bombs thrown at rivals in a number of villages.

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  Panchayat elections in West Bengal today; pre-poll violence puts security in spotlight | Top Points

  July 08, 2023 0:02 IST

  The panchayat elections in West Bengal, which witnessed pre-poll violence leading to deaths, will be held today amid tight security. The Governor has appealed to the people to come out in large numbers and cast their votes.

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  Bengal panchayat polls: CPI(M) demands history sheeters be taken into custody to avoid unrest

  July 07, 2023 19:05 IST

  CPI(M) demanded that the history sheeters be taken into custody to percent the from creating any chaos during voting in the West Bengal panchayat polls on July 8.

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  After 'destroying' Kashmir, Manipur, BJP instigating divisive forces in Bengal: Mamata

  July 03, 2023 17:33 IST

  Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP is attempting to divide Bengal using 'divisive forces', after 'destroying' Kashmir and Manipur.

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  Congress appears to be serious about fighting BJP at Centre, not in West Bengal: TMC

  July 02, 2023 22:12 IST

  TMC has alleged that West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has never uttered a single word against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

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  Bengal panchayat polls: BJP expresses apprehensions over TMC attempting to rig elections

  July 01, 2023 20:48 IST

  BJP has expressed apprehensions that the TMC would attempt to rig panchayat polls on the voting day in West Bengal on July 8.

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  Bengal panchayat polls: SEC calls on Governor amid violent incidents

  June 26, 2023 0:02 IST

  State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha on Sunday met Governor CV Ananda Bose at the Raj Bhavan amid violent incidents in various parts of West Bengal ahead of the panchayat elections.

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  822 companies of central forces for West Bengal Panchayat polls, SEC tells Calcutta High Court

  India | June 23, 2023 19:52 IST

  The State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday (June 23) told the Calcutta High Court that a total of 822 companies of central forces have been requisitioned for the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal.

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  Bengal State EC disapproves of HC order to deploy Central Forces for panchayat polls

  June 19, 2023 16:53 IST

  WB state election commission said that being an independent constitutional body is solely vested with the powers to take decisions in respect of the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of the electoral rolls.

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  Calcutta HC orders deployment of central forces for West Bengal panchayat polls

  June 13, 2023 23:50 IST

  A division bench presided by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam directed the SEC to requisition central forces to work in tandem with the police force of West Bengal for the rural polls.

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  West Bengal: Opposition leaders 'assaulted', 'stopped' from filing nominations for panchayat polls

  June 12, 2023 23:39 IST

  The ruling Trinamool Congress accused the opposition parties of forming an 'unholy nexus' to delay the elections and tarnish the state's image due to fear of defeat.

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  Bengal panchayat polls: Tension mounts in Murshidabad over murder of Cong worker; party accuses TMC

  June 10, 2023 13:47 IST

  Bengal panchayat polls: Deceased Fulchand Sheikh's family alleged that was attacked by TMC’s goons when he was playing cards in Ratanpur village on Friday, June 9. However, the TMC has denied it has any role in the incident.

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  Bengal panchayat polls: PM Modi likely to address rally in tribal-dominated Purulia next week

  June 03, 2023 13:23 IST

  Bengal panchayat polls: According to sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi might come to the state either on June 8 or June 9. He is expected to address a rally at the tribal-dominated Purulia district.