Counting entered a second day for the violence-marred West Bengal rural polls on Wednesday. CM Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress dominated the results on day one, gaining over three times as many seats as its closest rival BJP in gram panchayats. TMC looks set to sweep the West Bengal Panchayat Polls, continuing the success streak from the previous elections.

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As per SEC’s latest update (11.30 pm on Tuesday), confirmed seat wins party-wise are as below: 

Gram Panchayat Seats (total seats: 63,229)

TMC: Won 30,391 gram panchayat seats, leading in 1,767 BJP: Won 8,239 seats, leading in 447 CPI(M): Won 2,534, leading in 237Congress: Won 2,158 seats, leading in 151

Panchayat Samiti Seats (total: 9,728)

TMC: Won 2,612 seats, leading in 627 BJP: Won 275, leading in 149 seatsCPI(M): Won 63 seats, leading in 53 Congress: Won in 50 seats, leading in 26

Zila Parishad Seats (total: 928 seats)

TMC: Won all 88 seats for which results declared so far, leading in 163 BJP: Leading in 13CPI(M): Leading in 4Congress: Leading in 2 

On Monday, the process of counting of votes was largely peaceful with a few stray incidents of crude bombs, lathi charge and ruckus outside counting centres. 

(Inputs from PTI)