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Big lead for Left Front in Bengal panchayat polls

The ruling Left Front in West Bengal maintained a sizeable lead over its main rival, the Trinamul Congress-Bharatiya Janata Party combine, in the countryside as results of the three-tier panchayat election continued to pour in.

Of about 12,850 seats declared so far, the Front won 7,500.

Though occupying the second position as counting progressed, the Trinamul Congress-BJP combine has been able to make a dent in some of the Left Front strongholds, bagging 3,700 seats so far.

The Congress, with 1,650 seats, has been relegated to the third place.

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