Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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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[edit]
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[edit]
Poll Event | Schedule |
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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[edit]
Alliance/Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats Contested | ||||
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All India Trinamool Congress+ | All India Trinamool Congress | Mamata Banerjee | TBD | TBD | ||||
Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha | Anit Thapa | 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 | ||||||
Hamro Party | Ajoy Edwards | TBD | ||||||
All India Forward Bloc | Debabrata Biswas | TBD | ||||||
Revolutionary Socialist Party | Manoj Bhattacharya | TBD | ||||||
Communist Party of India | Swapan Banerjee | TBD | ||||||
Indian Secular Front | Nawsad Siddique | TBD | ||||||
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | Provash Ghosh | TBD | ||||||
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha | Bimal Gurung | TBD |
References[edit]
- ^ "Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur bypoll by landslide margin". BusinessLine. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Mamata Banerjee back in Bengal Assembly with Bhabanipur win". The Hindu. 3 October 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 November 2023.