Panchayat elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in May 2018. The polls were hit with widespread violence throughout the state. [1] [2] [3] The ruling All India Trinamool Congress won 1/3rd of the total electoral seats uncontested, although there were widespread instances of TMC cadres using violence to prevent candidates of the Opposition from filing their nominations.
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| Turnout | 82.13% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Local body type | Local body seats won | ||||
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| AITC | BJP | LF | INC | Others | |
| Gram Panchayats | 38118 | 5779 | 1713 | 1066 | 1960 |
| Panchayat Samitis | 8062 | 769 | 129 | 133 | 121 |
| Zilla Parishads | 793 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
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