2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Elections for the 18th Legislative assembly of West Bengal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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All 294 elected seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of the assembly constituencies in West Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| 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
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| All India Trinamool Congress | .svg){kind=small} |
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Mamata Banerjee | TBD | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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Suvendu Adhikari | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  |
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Mohammed Salim | TBD | |
| Indian National Congress |  |
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Subhankar Sarkar | TBD | |
| Indian Secular Front |  |
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Nawsad Siddique | TBD | |
| All India Forward Bloc |  |
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Naren Chatterjee | TBD | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party |  |
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Tapan Hore | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India |  |
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Swapan Banerjee | TBD | |
| Hamro Party |  |
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Ajoy Edwards | TBD | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |  |
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Hemant Soren | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation |  |
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Abhijit Majumder | TBD | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | |
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Samar Hazra | TBD | |
Candidates
Results
Results by alliance or party
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| All India Trinamool Congress | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress | |||||||||
| Indian Secular Front | |||||||||
| Other parties | |||||||||
| Independents | |||||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | — | 294 | — | |||||
Results by region
Results by division
| Division | Seats | ||||
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| AITC | BJP | SDA | Others | ||
| Jalpaiguri | 27 | ||||
| Malda | 49 | ||||
| Presidency | 108 | ||||
| Burdwan | 54 | ||||
| Medinipur | 56 | ||||
| Total | 294 |
Results by district
| District | Seats | ||||
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| AITC | BJP | SDA | 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 |
Results by constituency
References
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