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
 
Leader Mamata Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar
Party AITC BJP
Alliance AITC + -
Last election 48.08%, 213 seats 37.92%, 77 seats
Seats before 220 69
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Mohammed Salim
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance - Left Front
Last election 3.03%, 0 seats 4.73%, 0 seats
Seats before 1 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
Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India Trinamool Congress AITC Mamata Banerjee TBD

  Bharatiya Janata Party
Party Symbol Leader(s) Contesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP
Sukanta Majumdar TBD

  Sanjukta Morcha
Party Symbol Leader(s) Bloc(s) Contesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M)
Mohammed Salim Left Front TBD
All India Forward Bloc AIFB
Debabrata Biswas TBD
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP
Manoj Bhattacharya TBD
Communist Party of India CPI
Swapan Banerjee TBD
Indian National Congress INC
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury UPA TBD
Indian Secular Front[lower-alpha 1] ISF
Abbas Siddiqui - TBD

Notes
  1. Indian Secular Front is an unregistered political party and it contested the last election on the "Envelope" symbol and name of Bihar-based political party Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP).

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.
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