West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is leading in 67 out of 91 civic bodies even as counting of votes in the recently-concluded West Bengal municipal corporation elections is underway on Tuesday April 28,2015
The civic polls were held in 91 municipalities across the state on Saturday April 25,2015 which recorded a voter turnout of 79%
There are 7,636 candidates contesting for 1,946 wards of the 91 municipal bodies - one Notified Area, two Municipal Corporations (Siliguri and Chandannagar) and 88 municipalities - spread across north and south Bengal
Voting for Kolkata Municipal Corporation took place on Saturday April 18,2015.
The election to the 144-member Kolkata Municipal corporation was being viewed as a litmus test for all the political parties.
For Trinamool Congress it was a fight to prove whether it still retained its popularity with urban voters, while for the CPI-M led Left Front it was an opportunity to see if they were able regain their lost ground.
Kolkata's Mayor and TMC candidate from ward from 131, Shovan Chattopadhyay, is leading over his nearest CPI(M) rival by a massive lead.
The TMC, which in the last KMC polls had won 95 seats, increased its tally to 114 while the main opposition CPI(M)-led Left Front was reduced to just 15 from 33
The BJP, which was hoping to replace the Left as the main opposition in the KMC, miserably failed, managing to increase its tally from three to just seven seats.
The results in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation showed the CPI(M)-led Left Front has managed to regain some of its lost ground capturing 23 of the 47 seats.
TMC bagged 17 seats in Siliguri Municipal Corporation, which was regarded as a prestige fight for TMC leader and state minister Gautam Deb and CPI(M) leader and former minister Ashok Bhattacharya.
The Congress won five seats while the BJP got two seats and an independent won one seat in Siliguri.
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