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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Elections for the 18th Legislative assembly of West Bengal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Legislative Assembly elections are expected to be held in West Bengal in March–April 2026 to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3][4][5]
Quick facts All 294 elected seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority, Leader ...
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Background
The tenure of West Bengal Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 7 May 2026.[6] The previous assembly elections were held in March–April 2021. After the election, the incumbent All India Trinamool Congress formed the state government again after winning 215 out of 294 seats in the assembly, with Mamata Banerjee sworn in as the Chief Minister.[7][8][9]
Schedule
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| 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 |
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Parties and alliances
TMC-led Alliance
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| TMC-led Alliance | |||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Trinamool Congress তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস |
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Mamata Banerjee | TBD | |
| Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha ভারতীয় গোর্খা প্রজাতান্ত্রিক মোর্চা |
Anit Thapa | TBD | |||
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National Democratic Alliance
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| National Democratic Alliance | |||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টি |
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Suvendu Adhikari | TBD | |
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Left Front
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| Left Front | |||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Communist Party of India (Marxist) ভারতের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি (মার্কসবাদী) |
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Mohammed Salim | TBD | |
| All India Forward Bloc সারা ভারত ফরওয়ার্ড ব্লক |
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Naren Chatterjee | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India ভারতের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি |
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Swapan Banerjee | TBD | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) বিপ্লবী সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল |
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Tapan Hore | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation ভারতের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি (মার্কসবাদী লেনিনবাদী) লিবারেশন |
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Abhijit Majumder | TBD | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc মার্কসবাদী ফরওয়ার্ড ব্লক |
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Samar Hazra | TBD | ||
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Others
More information Party, Flag ...
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Indian National Congress ভারতীয় জাতীয় কংগ্রেস |
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Subhankar Sarkar | TBD | |
| Indian Secular Front ইন্ডিয়ান সেকুলার ফ্রন্ট |
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Nawsad Siddique | TBD | |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) ভারতের সমাজতান্ত্রিক ঐক্য কেন্দ্র (কমিউনিস্ট) |
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Provash Ghosh | TBD | |
| Indian Gorkha Janshakti Front ভারতীয় গোর্খা জনশক্তি ফ্রন্ট |
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Ajoy Edwards | TBD | ||
| Samajwadi Party সমাজবাদী পার্টি |
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Kiranmoy Nanda | TBD | |
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Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
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Results
Results by alliance or party
More information Alliance/ Party, Popular vote ...
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| TMC+ | Trinamool Congress | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha | |||||||||
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||
| LF | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||||||||
| All India Forward Bloc | |||||||||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | |||||||||
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| Independents | |||||||||
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| Total | 100% | — | 294 | — | |||||
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Results by division
More information Division, Seats ...
| Division | Seats | ||||
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| AITC+ | NDA | SM | Others | ||
| Jalpaiguri | 27 | ||||
| Malda | 49 | ||||
| Presidency | 108 | ||||
| Burdwan | 54 | ||||
| Medinipur | 56 | ||||
| Total | 294 |
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Results by district
More information District, Seats ...
| District | Seats | ||||
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| AITC+ | NDA | SM | Others | ||
| Cooch Behar | 9 | ||||
| Alipurduar | 5 | ||||
| Jalpaiguri | 7 | ||||
| Kalimpong | 1 | ||||
| Darjeeling | 5 | ||||
| Uttar Dinajpur | 9 | ||||
| Dakshin Dinajpur | 6 | ||||
| Malda | 12 | ||||
| Murshidabad | 22 | ||||
| Nadia | 17 | ||||
| North 24 Parganas | 33 | ||||
| South 24 Parganas | 31 | ||||
| Kolkata | 11 | ||||
| Howrah | 16 | ||||
| Hooghly | 18 | ||||
| Purba Medinipur | 16 | ||||
| Paschim Medinipur | 15 | ||||
| Jhargram | 4 | ||||
| Purulia | 9 | ||||
| Bankura | 12 | ||||
| Purba Bardhaman | 16 | ||||
| Paschim Bardhaman | 9 | ||||
| Birbhum | 11 | ||||
| Total | 294 |
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Results by constituency
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References
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