Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
March - April 2026
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 2011 2021
Leader's seat Bhabanipur Nandigram
Last election 48.08%, 213 seats 37.92%, 77 seats
Current seats 221 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 Sujan Chakraborty Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LF
Leader since 2022 2021
Leader's seat Jadavpur Did not contest[c 1]
Last election 4.73%, 0 seat 3.03%, 0 seat
Current seats 0 0
Seats needed Increase 148 Increase 148
Assembly constituencies in West Bengal
Incumbent Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee
TMC


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, later 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
AITC+ All India Trinamool Congress Abhishek Banerjee TBD TBD
Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha Anit Thapa TBD
Bharatiya Janata Party Sukanta Majumdar TBD
Sanjukta Morcha Communist Party of India (Marxist) Mohammed Salim TBD TBD
All India Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas TBD
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Manoj Bhattacharya TBD
Communist Party of India Swapan Banerjee TBD
Indian National Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury TBD
Indian Secular Front Nawsad Siddique TBD

Notes

      1. ↑ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury sits as an MP in the Lok Sabha for Baharampur

      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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