Trinamool countinues to sweep West Bengal municipal polls

TMC wins 198 wards out of 226 in Biddhanagar, Asansol, Chandernagore and Siliguri

Continuing its winning streak in the local body elections, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday won four more municipal corporations — Biddhanagar, Asansol, Chandernagore and Siliguri — that went to polls last week.

The West Bengal ruling party won the four urban local bodies with a convincing majority, sweeping close to 90% of the wards. Of the 226 wards across the four municipal corporations, the TMC won 198. The outcome of the polls to the municipal corporation across the State was similar to the results of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation held in December 2021, when TMC won 134 of the 144 wards.

 Of the 41 municipal wards in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, located in the northern fringes of Kolkata, the TMC won 39 while the Congress and an Independent won one each. The Trinamool Congress secured 73% votes, the Left parties 10%, BJP 8% and the Congress 4%.