Left retains dominance in panchayat polls

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LOCALCORRESPONDENT

21 May, 2008 11:43:00

The early indications from counting centres of the three-layer panchayat elections in West Bengal, indicate that the Left would retain its dominance in the rural areas, a position it has enjoyed since it came to power in 1977.

The early indications from counting centres of the three-layer panchayat elections in West Bengal, marred by violence that claimed 19 lives, indicate that the Left would retain its dominance in the rural areas, a position it has enjoyed since it came to power in 1977.

However, the Left suffered a setback in the Nandigram area in West Midnapore district, and in to a lesser extent in South 24-Parganas district close to Kolkata.

However, the state's largest and most prosperous district, Bardhaman, was already in Left control. About 10 per cent of results were in by 11 am, and the Left had won around five per cent seats uncontested in the state.

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