Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

The Next West Bengal legislative assembly election is expected to be held in March–April 2026 to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.^[1] Mamata Banerjee is the incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election

← 2021 By March–April 2026 2031 →
← outgoing members
All 294 elected seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Leader Mamata Banerjee Suvendu Adhikari Party AITC BJP Leader since 1998 2020 Leader's seat Bhabanipur Nandigram Last election 48.02%, 215 seats 37.97%, 77 seats Current seats 221 66 Seats needed 82   Leader Mohammed Salim Subhankar Sarkar Party CPI(M) INC Alliance SDA SDA Leader since 2022 2022 Leader's seat TBA TBA Last election 4.71%, 0 seat 2.93%, 0 seat Current seats 0 0 Seats needed 148 148
Map of the assembly constituencies in West Bengal
Incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee AITC

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

  Trinamool Congress

Party		Symbol	Leader(s)	Seats contested
	All India Trinamool Congress		Mamata Banerjee	TBD

  Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Symbol	Leader(s)	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party		Sukanta Majumder Suvendu Adhikari	TBD

  Sanjukta Morcha

Party		Leader(s)	Symbol	Contesting Seats
Left Front
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Mohammed Salim Sujan Chakraborty
	All India Forward Bloc	Naren Chatterjee
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Tapan Hore
	Communist Party of India	Swapan Banerjee
	Marxist Forward Bloc	Samar Hazra
Congress and allies
	Indian National Congress	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Subhankar Sarkar
	Hamro Party	Ajoy Edwards
Others
	Indian Secular Front	Nawsad Siddique
	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	Abhijit Majumder

Others

Party		Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)		Provash Ghosh	TBD
	Samajwadi Party		Kiranmoy Nanda	TBD

Results

Results by party or alliance

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	AITC						294
	BJP						294
	SDA		CPI(M)
			INC
			ISF
			AIFB
			RSP
			CPI
			CPI(M-L)L
			HP
		Total					294
	SUCI(C)						TBD
	Others
	NOTA
Total					100%	-		294	-

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Vote Share Projections

Polling agency	Date published	Sample size	Margin of Error					Lead
				SDA	AITC	BJP	Others

Seat Projections

Polling agency	Date published	Sample size	Margin of Error					Lead
				SDA	AITC	BJP	Others

Exit polls

Polling agency	Date published	Sample size	Margin of Error					Lead
				SDA	AITC	BJP	Others

References

1. "Legislative Assemblies : Term of State/House". eci.gov.in.
2. "BJP hopeful of turnaround in Bengal in 2026 Assembly elections". The Telegraph India. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
3. "'Govt change in Bengal possible only if BJP remains in power in Delhi… Poll a semi-final for 2026': Dilip Ghosh". The New Indian Express. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
4. "'No room for complacency': TMC sets agenda for State poll". The Hindu. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
5. "West Bengal: Mamata cocks a snook at Modi, gets ready for strong showing in 2026 Assembly polls". Money Control. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
6. "TMC govt won't last till 2026 if BJP gets even one more seat than them in LS polls: Sukanta Majumdar". The Economic Times. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.