Agartala, July 24 - Despite the drubbing in the nationwide Lok Sabha polls, the ruling Left Front in Tripura has won handsomely in the three-tier local self-government elections, which the Communists attributed to its 'good organisational work' and development programmes in the northeastern state.

The main opposition Congress has done marginally better this time in the Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads.

Of the 511 Gram Panchayats (village councils), for which polls were held Monday, the Left Front got a majority in 416 GPs, while the Congress triumphed in 82 GPs - 49 more than in the last election in 2004.

Though the Congress could not secure majority in any of the 23 Panchayat Samitis and four Zilla Parishads, the opposition party managed 28 seats in Panchayat Samitis (out of 299 seats) and seven seats in Zilla Parishads (out of a total of 82 seats), while the remaining seats have gone in favour of the Left parties.

In the 2004 polls, the Congress had won 13 Panchayat Samiti seats and only one Zilla Parishad seat.

The Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could not open their accounts even in the village panchayats. The electoral performance of the Congress in north and western Tripura was better this time.