Kolkata (West Bengal): After the first two hours of counting the writing on the wall is clear. Trinamool Congress is all set to sweep in all the four municipal corporations--Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, Asansol Municipal Corporation, Chandernagore Municipal Corporation and the Siliguri Municipal Corporation--the elections for which were conducted onFebruary 12.
The trend after the two hours of counting also shows that the Left Front has emerged as the runners up in vote share in the majority of the wards of these four municipal corporations.
After two hours of counting, the trends are available for 57 out of 106 wards of Asansol Municipal Corporations according to which, Trinamool Congress candidates are either far ahead of their opponents or have been declared elected from 50 wards. BJP candidates are ahead or declared elected from four wards, while Left Front candidates are ahead or declared elected from two wards. Congress has been declared elected from one ward.
In the case of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, the trends for all the 41 wards are available after the first two hours of counting. While Trinamool Congress candidates are either way ahead of the opponents or declared elected from 39 wards, Congress candidate is ahead in one ward and an independent candidate is leading in one ward. Neither BJP nor Left Front could open their accounts after the first two hours of counting for Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation.