By Jayanta Gupta,
TNN, May 2, 2013, 09.31PM IST
KOLKATA: Left unions have dominated
the elections held in Eastern, South Eastern and Metro Railways to decide the
employees' bodies that would be permitted to interact with the management.
According to law, to qualify as a recognised body, a union would either have to
bag at least 35% of the total votes polled or 30% of the total votes.
In Eastern Railway, the Left-backed
Eastern Railway Men's Union (ERMU) bagged 42,601 votes and was declared the
leading employees' body. The Congress-backed Eastern Railway Men's Congress (
ERMC) got 33,126 votes and came second. The Trinamool Congress-backed EREWC got
only 10,684 votes.
In South Eastern Railway, the
Congress-backed South Eastern Railway Men's Congress (SERMC) won 29,932 votes
and was declared the winner. The Left-backed South Eastern Railway Men's Union
came a close second with 27,536 votes while the Trinamool-backed South Eastern
Railway Men's Trinamool Congress (SERMTMC) got only 3,443 votes. In the Metro
Railway, the Left-backed Metro Railway Men's Union won and was declared the
recognised union.
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