Bengal panchayat polls: Relief for Mamata Banerjee, Supreme Court says no re-election in uncontested seats
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Published: Aug 24, 2018, 06:19 IST | Updated: Aug 24, 2018, 06:19 IST
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In a big relief for Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, the Supreme Court on Friday said there will be no re-election in local body seats that went uncontested in panchayat polls in May.
In a relief for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Supreme Court today ruled that there will be no re-election in the local body seats that were won by Trinamool Congress uncontested in May this year.
The apex court said that whoever was aggrieved with the election results can file their petitions before the concerned court within 30 days.
The Trinamool Congress had won over 20,000 uncontested posts in the West Bengal Panchayat polls held in May this year.
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Out of 58,692 posts in Gram Panchayats, Zilla Parishads Panchayat Samitis, 20,159 were uncontested.
The West Bengal had been hit by violence during the panchayat polls, with opposition parties, particularly BJP alleging the TMC of using terror tactics to win the elections.