Left wins Kolkata civic polls after 5 years
West Bengal's ruling Left Front on Tuesday returned to power in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) after five long years, ousting the Trinamool Congress-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance.
The Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), won 72 of the 136 seats declared. The Trinamool-BJP team managed to grab only 43 seats.
The United Democratic Alliance led by the Congress party bagged 19 seats. Two seats went to smaller parties.
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