Tag: West Bengal Elections

Left worried over retaining Panchayat seats, decides to launch anti-TMC campaign

In a bid to avoid a massive poll debacle, the West Bengal CPI-M is all set to strengthen the booth level organisation before panchayat. During a four-day state party conference, a major section of CPI-M leaders expressed concern, whether the party will be able to retain existing panchayat and panchayat samity seats following BJP’s rapid …

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March 12, 2018

Optics in Bengal

An assembly by-election in a rural constituency would not have been of much moment were it not for the striking psephological swing, as evident in West Bengal’s Contai South constituency. By any reckoning, the victory of the Trinamul candidate, Chandrima Bhattacharya, with a margin of 42,526 votes has strengthened the party’s fort, given the three …

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April 16, 2017