People's Democracy

(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

 Vol. XXVII

No. 18

May 04, 2003

Nominations Filed

The election process has gone on without any hitch. The latest report of the State Election Commission gives the following figures relating to the filing of nominations for the panchayat elections in West Bengal:

CPI (M)                                  50,599   (Of these 40 per cent are women.)

CPI                                             2,208,

Forward Bloc                             4,550,

RSP                                               5,722,

Forward Bloc (Marxist)                 10

WB Socialist Party                        153,

Pradesh Congress                      24,678

TMC                                            25,552

BJP                                               8,962

PDS                                             1,484