West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) party appears set to sweep the Panchayat polls, counting of which began at 8 am on Tuesday and is being continued today as well. As per Election Commission’s 11 pm district-wise update on Day 1 of counting, TMC had bagged 2,571 gram panchayats out of the total 3317. TMC’s nearest rival BJP had won 224 Gram Panchayats, Left 15 , Congress 10, others 114 , while 242 were hung. In all, elections are being held for 63,229 gram panchayat seats.