Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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.

Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
March - April 2026
All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Mamata Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar Abbas Siddiqui
Party AITC BJP ISF
Alliance - NDA -
Last election 47.94%, 213 seats 38.13%, 77 seats 1.36%, 1 seats
Seats before 220 71 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Mohammed Salim Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LF UPA
Last election 4.73%, 0 seats 2.93%, 0 seats
Seats before 0 0
Map of the assembly constituencies in West Bengal
Chief Minister before election

Mamata Banerjee
AITC

 Elected Chief Minister

TBD

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][3]

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

  All India Trinamool Congress
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Contested
1. All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee TBD

  National Democratic Alliance
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party Sukanta Majumdar TBD

  Left Front
No. Party[4] Flag Symbol Leader Seats Contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) Mohammed Salim TBD
2. All India Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas TBD
3. Revolutionary Socialist Party Manoj Bhattacharya TBD
4. Communist Party of India Swapan Banerjee TBD
5. Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation Dipankar Bhattacharya TBD

  United Progressive Alliance
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Contested
1. Indian National Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury TBD

  Indian Secular Front
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Contested
1. Indian Secular Front Abbas Siddiqui TBD

Notes

    References
    1. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
    2. "EC announces bypoll schedule for 3 West Bengal seats, relief for Mamata Banerjee". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
    3. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
    4. https://cpimwb.org.in/en/in-defense-of-constitution%e0%a6%83-joint-statement-by-the-left-parties/#:~:text=The%20Left%20parties%20%E2%80%93%20Communist%20Party%20of%20India,to%20safeguard%20our%20Constitution%20and%20strengthen%20India%E2%80%99s%20independence
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