2018 West Bengal Panchayat elections

Panchayat elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in May 2018. The polls were hit with widespread violence.[1][2] [3]

2018 West Bengal Panchayat elections
14 May, 2018
Turnout72.5%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
AITC
BJP
LF
Leader Mamata Banerjee Dilip Ghosh Surja Kanta Mishra
Party AITC BJP CPI (M)
Seats won Gram Panchayat : 18,652

Panchayat Samiti :1570
Zilla Parishad : 19

 Gram Panchayat : 515

Panchayat Samiti :128
Zilla Parishad : 1

 Gram Panchayat : 166
Panchayat Samiti :79
Zilla Parishad :  –

References
  1. "Post Panchayat poll clashes rock Bengal". 15 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via The Economic Times.
  2. "Amid Violence, Campaign for Bengal Panchayat Polls Ends". Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. "West Bengal Panchayat election results 2018: All you need to know". Financial Expression. 17 May 2018.


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