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[[Panchayat]] elections were held in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]] in May 2018. The polls were hit with widespread violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/post-panchayat-poll-clashes-rock-bengal/articleshow/64172203.cms|title=Post Panchayat poll clashes rock Bengal|date=15 May 2018|access-date=7 June 2018|via=The Economic Times|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143329/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/post-panchayat-poll-clashes-rock-bengal/articleshow/64172203.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-violence-campaign-for-bengal-panchayat-polls-ends-1851326|title=Amid Violence, Campaign for Bengal Panchayat Polls Ends|access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/west-bengal-panchayat-election-2018-date-schedule-result-all-you-need-to-know/1118605/|title =West Bengal Panchayat election results 2018: All you need to know|date=May 17, 2018| publisher = Financial Expression}}</ref>
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2018 West Bengal Panchayat General Elections
| type = legislative
| country = India
| ongoing = no
| previous_election =
| previous_year = 2013
| election_date = 14 May 2018
| next_election =
| next_year = 2023
|turnout= 82.13%
| image1 = <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; font-size:35px;"> '''AITC'''</span></div>
| leader1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| alliance1 =
| party1 = All India Trinamool Congress
| leaders_seat1 =
| last_election1 =
| colour1 =
| seats1 = [[Gram Panchayat]] : 38,118 <br>
[[Panchayat Samiti]] :8,062 <br>
[[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]] : 793
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =

| image2 = <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal}}; font-size:35px;"> '''BJP'''</span></div>
| colour2 =
| leader2 = [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 =
| seats2 = [[Gram Panchayat]] : 5,779 <br>
[[Panchayat Samiti]] :769 <br>
[[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]] : 22
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =

| image3 = <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} ; font-size:35px;"> '''CPI(M)'''</span></div>
| leader3 = [[Surja Kanta Mishra]]
| party3 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| colour3 =
| last_election3 =
| seats3 = [[Gram Panchayat]] : 1483 <br>
[[Panchayat Samiti]] : 110 <br>[[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]] : {{dash}}
| seat_change3 =
| percentage3 =
| popular_vote3 =

| image4 = <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; font-size:35px;"> '''INC'''</span></div>
| leader4 = [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]]
| alliance4 =
| party4 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat4 =
| last_election4 =
| colour4 =
| seats4 = [[Gram Panchayat]] : 1066 <br>
[[Panchayat Samiti]] :133 <br>
[[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]] : 6
| seat_change4 =
| popular_vote4 =
| percentage4 =
| swing4 =

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| title =
| before_election =
| before_party =
| after_election =
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| previous_mps =
| elected_mps =
| next_mps =
}}

==Results==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2018 West Bengal Panchayat General Elections<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbsec.org/PublicPages/Home.aspx|title=PANCHAYAT GENERAL ELECTIONS 2018 Party-wise Result|website=www.wbsec.org|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Panchayat Election 2018 Final Result|url=http://wbsec.gov.in/results/panchayat_election_final_result?election_year=2018|publisher=West Bengal State Election Commission|access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref>
! rowspan="3" |Local body type
! colspan="5" |Local body seats won
|-
| style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
| style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| style="background:{{party color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}" |
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| style="background:black" |
|-
![[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
![[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
![[Left Front (West Bengal)|LF]]
![[Indian National Congress|INC]]
!Others
|-
|'''Gram Panchayats'''
|38118
|5779
|1713
|1066
|1960
|-
|'''Panchayat Samitis'''
|8062
|769
|129
|133
|121
|-
|'''Zilla Parishads'''
|793
|22
|1
|6
|2
|}

==References==
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