Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
← 2021 March - April 2026 2031 →
All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
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Leader Mamata Banerjee Suvendu Adhikari
Party AITC BJP
Leader since 20 May 2011 10 May 2021
Leader's seat Bhabanipur Nandigram
Last election 48.08%, 213 seats 37.92%, 77 seats
Current seats 222 69
Seats needed Steady Increase 79
 
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The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).jpg
Leader Mohammed Salim Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance SDA SDA
Leader since 16 March 2022 18 July 2021
Leader's seat Chanditala Did not contest
Last election 5.67%, 0 seats 3.03%, 0 seats
Current seats 0 0
Seats needed Increase 148 Increase 148
Assembly constituencies in West Bengal
Incumbent Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee
AITC



The Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election is speculated to be held on or before March-April 2026 to elect all 294 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Background

In the previous assembly elections, The AITC-GJM coalition won 214 seats out of 292 seats, with 2 seats being vacant. After the victory, Mamata Banerjee became the next chief minister of the state. 5 MLA, with Mukul Roy, joined the AITC from the BJP. After Mamata Banerjee lost from Nandigram, she won the by-election from Bhabanipur.[1][2]

Schedule

Poll Event Schedule
Notification Date TBD
Last Date for filing nomination TBD
Scrutiny of nomination TBD
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination TBD
Date of Poll TBD
Date of Counting of Votes TBD

Parties and alliances

Alliance/Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Contested
All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee TBD
Bharatiya Janata Party Suvendu Adhikari TBD
Secular Democratic Alliance Communist Party of India (Marxist) Mohammed Salim TBD TBD
Indian National Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury TBD
All India Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas TBD
Revolutionary Socialist Party Manoj Bhattacharya TBD
Communist Party of India Swapan Banerjee TBD
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Janardan Prasad TBD
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Shibu Soren TBD
Hamro Party Ajoy Edwards TBD
Indian Secular Front Nawsad Siddique TBD
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Provash Ghosh TBD
Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha Anit Thapa TBD
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Bimal Gurung TBD

References

  1. ^ "Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur bypoll by landslide margin". BusinessLine. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Mamata Banerjee back in Bengal Assembly with Bhabanipur win". The Hindu. 3 October 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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