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West Bengal Civic Elections 2015 – who will win?

West Bengal Civic Elections 2015 – who will win? By  Deepak Parvatiyar April 27, 2015 5.00/5 (100.00%) 1 vote Although all pre-poll predictions favour Trinamool Congress to romp home comfortably in the West Bengal Civic Polls, including the 144-member Kolkata Municipal Corporation, all eyes are set on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) given the recent inroads it has made in the West Bengal politics. You may also like to read West Bengal Civic Poll 2015 Results Elections in West Bengal West Bengal CEO The civic bodies in West Bengal include 88 municipalities, two municipal corporations – Siliguri and Chandannagar – and the Taherpur notified area. The civic polls that were held on 25 April 2015, covering 18 districts of West Bengal, were marred by spates of violence that forced re-polling in 36 booths of five districts on 27 April 2015. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections that were held on 18 April 2015 had also witnessed allegations of wi