The TMC has fielded the Bengal Chief Minister from Bhabanipur. Suvendu Adhikari is BJP’s candidate from the contituency.
File photos of Suvendu Adhikari and Mamata Banerjee (ANI)
The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday released its list of all candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, setting the stage for a high-octane contest between Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari.
The TMC has fielded the Bengal Chief Minister from Bhabanipur, a constituency she currently represents. Suvendu Adhikari is BJP’s candidate from the Bhabanipur contituency.
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Adhikari will also contest from Nandigram, where he defeated CM Banerjee in the 2021 Assembly Elections. After losing Nandigram to Adhikari, Banerjee won the Bhabanipur Assembly bypoll.
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CM Banerjee, alongside his nephew Trinamool general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, announced the names of 291 of 294 candidates. The party has left three seats for its ally Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha.
“We will win more than 226 seats in the 2026 assembly polls,” Banerjee said. In 2021, the TMC had won 213 seats.
| AC No | AC Name | District | Name of Candidate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mekliganj (SC) | Coochbehar | Paresh Chandra Adhikary |
| 2 | Mathabhanga (SC) | Coochbehar | Sablu Barman |
| 3 | Coochbehar Uttar (SC) | Coochbehar | Partha Pratim Roy |
| 4 | Coochbehar Dakshin | Coochbehar | Avijit De Bhowmick (Hippy) |
| 5 | Sitalkuchi (SC) | Coochbehar | Harihar Das |
| 6 | Sitai (SC) | Coochbehar | Sangita Roy Basunia |
| 7 | Dinhata | Coochbehar | Udayan Guha |
| 8 | Natabari | Coochbehar | Sailen Barma |
| 9 | Tufanganj | Coochbehar | Shib Sankar Paul |
| 10 | Kumargram (ST) | Alipurduar | Rajeev Tirkey |
| 11 | Kalchini (ST) | Alipurduar | Birendra Bara |
| 12 | Alipurduar | Alipurduar | Suman Kanjilal |
| 13 | Falakata (SC) | Alipurduar | Subhash Chandra Roy |
| 14 | Madarihat (ST) | Alipurduar | Jayprakash Toppo |
| 15 | Dhupguri (SC) | Jalpaiguri | Dr Nirmal Chandra Roy |
| 16 | Maynaguri (SC) | Jalpaiguri | Ram Mohan Roy |
| 17 | Jalpaiguri (SC) | Jalpaiguri | Krishna Das |
| 18 | Rajganj (SC) | Jalpaiguri | Swapna Barman |
| 19 | Dabgram-Phulbari | Jalpaiguri | Ranjan Shil Sharma |
| 20 | Mal (ST) | Jalpaiguri | Bulu Chik Baraik |
| 21 | Nagrakata (ST) | Jalpaiguri | Sanjay Kujur |
| 22 | Kalimpong | Kalimpong | |
| 23 | Darjeeling | Darjeeling | |
| 24 | Kurseong | Darjeeling | |
| 25 | Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) | Darjeeling | Sankar Malakar |
| 26 | Siliguri | Darjeeling | Goutam Deb |
| 27 | Phansidewa (ST) | Darjeeling | Reena Toppo Ekka |
| 28 | Chopra | Uttar Dinajpur | Hamidul Rahaman |
| 29 | Islampur | Uttar Dinajpur | Kanaia Lal Aggarwal |
| 30 | Goalpokhar | Uttar Dinajpur | Md. Ghulam Rabbani |
| 31 | Chakulia | Uttar Dinajpur | Minhajul Arfin Azad |
| 32 | Karandighi | Uttar Dinajpur | Gautam Paul |
| 33 | Hemtabad (SC) | Uttar Dinajpur | Satyajit Barman |
| 34 | Kaliaganj (SC) | Uttar Dinajpur | Nitai Baishya |
| 35 | Raiganj | Uttar Dinajpur | Krishna Kalyani |
| 36 | Itahar | Uttar Dinajpur | Mosaraf Hussain |
| 37 | Kushmandi (SC) | Dakshin Dinajpur | Rekha Roy |
| 38 | Kumarganj | Dakshin Dinajpur | Toraf Hossain Mondal |
| 39 | Balurghat | Dakshin Dinajpur | Arpita Ghosh |
| 40 | Tapan (ST) | Dakshin Dinajpur | Chintamoni Biha |
| 41 | Gangarampur (SC) | Dakshin Dinajpur | Goutam Das |
| 42 | Harirampur | Dakshin Dinajpur | Biplab Mitra |
| 43 | Habibpur (ST) | Malda | Amal Kisku |
| 44 | Gazole (SC) | Malda | Prasenjit Das |
| 45 | Chanchal | Malda | Prasun Banerjee |
| 46 | Harishchandrapur | Malda | Md. Matebur Rahman |
| 47 | Malatipur | Malda | Abdur Rahim Boxi |
| 48 | Ratua | Malda | Samar Mukherjee |
| 49 | Manikchak | Malda | Kabita Mandal |
| 50 | Maldaha (SC) | Malda | Lipika Barman Ghosh |
| 51 | English Bazar | Malda | Asis Kundu |
| 52 | Mothabari | Malda | Md. Najrul Islam |
| 53 | Sujapur | Malda | Sabina Yeasmin |
| 54 | Baisnabnagar | Malda | Chandana Sarkar |
| 55 | Farakka | Murshidabad | Amirul Islam |
| 56 | Samserganj | Murshidabad | Nur Alam |
| 57 | Suti | Murshidabad | Emani Biswas |
| 58 | Jangipur | Murshidabad | Jakir Hossain |
| 59 | Raghunathganj | Murshidabad | Janab Akhruzzaman |
| 60 | Sagardighi | Murshidabad | Bayron Biswas |
| 61 | Lalgola | Murshidabad | Dr. Abdul Aziz |
| 62 | Bhagawangola | Murshidabad | Reyat Hussain Sarkar |
| 63 | Raninagar | Murshidabad | Soumik Hussain |
| 64 | Murshidabad | Murshidabad | Shaoni Singha Roy |
| 65 | Nabagram (SC) | Murshidabad | Pranab Chandra Das |
| 66 | Khargram (SC) | Murshidabad | Ashish Marjit |
| 67 | Burwan (SC) | Murshidabad | Pratima Rajak |
| 68 | Kandi | Murshidabad | Apurba Sarkar (David) |
| 69 | Bharatpur | Murshidabad | Mustafizur Rahaman (Sumon) |
| 70 | Rejinagar | Murshidabad | Ataur Rahman |
| 71 | Beldanga | Murshidabad | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury |
| 72 | Baharampur | Murshidabad | Naru Gopal Mukherjee |
| 73 | Hariharpara | Murshidabad | Niamot Seikh |
| 74 | Naoda | Murshidabad | Shahina Mumtaz |
| 75 | Domkal | Murshidabad | Humayun Kabir (Ex IPS) |
| 76 | Jalangi | Murshidabad | Babar Ali |
| 77 | Karimpur | Nadia | Soham Chakraborty |
| 78 | Tehatta | Nadia | Dilip Poddar |
| 79 | Palashipara | Nadia | Rukbanur Rahman |
| 80 | Kaliganj | Nadia | Alifa Ahmed |
| 81 | Nakashipara | Nadia | Kallol Kha |
| 82 | Chapra | Nadia | Jeber Sekh |
| 83 | Krishnanagar Uttar | Nadia | Avinabha Bhattacharya |
| 84 | Nabadwip | Nadia | Pundarikakshya Saha |
| 85 | Krishnanagar Dakshin | Nadia | Ujjwal Biswas |
| 86 | Santipur | Nadia | Braja Kishore Goswami |
| 87 | Ranaghat Uttar Paschim | Nadia | Tapas Ghosh |
| 88 | Krishnaganj (SC) | Nadia | Samir Kumar Poddar |
| 89 | Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) | Nadia | Barnali Dey Roy |
| 90 | Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) | Nadia | Dr. Sougata Kumar Burman |
| 91 | Chakdaha | Nadia | Subhankar Singha (Jishu) |
| 92 | Kalyani (SC) | Nadia | Dr. Atindra Nath Mondal |
| 93 | Haringhata (SC) | Nadia | Dr. Rajib Biswas |
| 94 | Bagdah (SC) | North 24 Pgs | Madhuparna Thakur |
| 95 | Bangaon Uttar (SC) | North 24 Pgs | Biswajit Das |
| 96 | Bangaon Dakshin (SC) | North 24 Pgs | Rituparna Addhya |
| 97 | Gaighata (SC) | North 24 Pgs | Narottam Biswas |
| 98 | Swarupnagar (SC) | North 24 Pgs | Bina Mondal |
| 99 | Baduria | North 24 Pgs | Burhanul Mokaddin (Liton) |
| 100 | Habra | North 24 Pgs | Jyotipriya Mallick (Balu) |
| 101 | Ashoknagar | North 24 Pgs | Narayan Goswami |
| 102 | Amdanga | North 24 Pgs | Peerzada Kasem Siddiqui |
| 103 | Bijpur | North 24 Pgs | Subodh Adhikary |
| 104 | Naihati | North 24 Pgs | Sanat Dey |
| 105 | Bhatpara | North 24 Pgs | Amit Gupta |
| 106 | Jagatdal | North 24 Pgs | Somenath Shyam Ichini |
| 107 | Noapara | North 24 Pgs | Trinankur Bhattacharya |
| 108 | Barrackpore | North 24 Pgs | Raju Chakrabarty (Raj) |
| 109 | Khardaha | North 24 Pgs | Devdeep Purohit |
| 110 | Dum Dum Uttar | North 24 Pgs | Chandrima Bhattacharya |
| 111 | Panihati | North 24 Pgs | Tirthankar Ghosh (Puchi) |
| 112 | Kamarhati | North 24 Pgs | Madan Mitra |
| 113 | Baranagar | North 24 Pgs | Sayantika Banerjee |
| 114 | Dum Dum | North 24 Pgs | Bratya Basu |
| 115 | Rajarhat Newtown | North 24 Pgs | Tapash Chatterjee |
| 116 | Bidhannagar | North 24 Pgs | Sujit Bose |
| 117 | Rajarhat Gopalpur | North 24 Pgs | Aditi Munshi |
| 118 | Madhyamgram | North 24 Pgs | Rathin Ghosh |
| 119 | Barasat | North 24 Pgs | Sabyasachi Dutta |
| 120 | Deganga | North 24 Pgs | Anisur Rahaman (Bidesh) |
| 121 | Haroa | North 24 Pgs | Md. Mufti Abdul Matin |
| 122 | Minakhan (SC) | North 24 Pgs | Usha Rani Mondal |
| 123 | Sandeshkhali (ST) | North 24 Pgs | Jharna Sardar |
| 124 | Basirhat Dakshin | North 24 Pgs | Surajit Mitra (Badal) |
| 125 | Basirhat Uttar | North 24 Pgs | Md Tauseef Rehman |
| 126 | Hingalganj (SC) | North 24 Pgs | Ananda Sarkar |
| 127 | Gosaba (SC) | South 24 Pgs | Subrata Mondal |
| 128 | Basanti (SC) | South 24 Pgs | Nilima Bishal Mistry |
| 129 | Kultali (SC) | South 24 Pgs | Ganesh Chandra Mondal |
| 130 | Patharpratima | South 24 Pgs | Samir Kumar Jana |
| 131 | Kakdwip | South 24 Pgs | Manturam Pakhira |
| 132 | Sagar | South 24 Pgs | Bankim Chandra Hazra |
| 133 | Kulpi | South 24 Pgs | Barnali Dhara |
| 134 | Raidighi | South 24 Pgs | Tapas Mondal |
| 135 | Mandirbazar (SC) | South 24 Pgs | Joydeb Halder |
| 136 | Jaynagar (SC) | South 24 Pgs | Biswanath Das |
| 137 | Baruipur Purba (SC) | South 24 Pgs | Bivas Sardar |
| 138 | Canning Paschim (SC) | South 24 Pgs | Paresh Ram Das |
| 139 | Canning Purba | South 24 Pgs | Md. Baharul Islam |
| 140 | Baruipur Paschim | South 24 Pgs | Biman Banerjee |
| 141 | Magrahat Purba (SC) | South 24 Pgs | Sharmistha Purkait |
| 142 | Magrahat Paschim | South 24 Pgs | Shamim Ahmed |
| 143 | Diamond Harbour | South 24 Pgs | Pannalal Halder |
| 144 | Falta | South 24 Pgs | Jahangir Khan |
| 145 | Satgachia | South 24 Pgs | Somashree Betal |
| 146 | Bishnupur (SC) | South 24 Pgs | Dilip Mondal |
| 147 | Sonarpur Dakshin | South 24 Pgs | Arundhuti Maitra (Lovely) |
| 148 | Bhangar | South 24 Pgs | Saokat Molla |
| 149 | Kasba | South 24 Pgs | Javed Ahmed Khan |
| 150 | Jadavpur | South 24 Pgs | Debabrata Majumdar |
| 151 | Sonarpur Uttar | South 24 Pgs | Firdousi Begum |
| 152 | Tollyganj | South 24 Pgs | Aroop Biswas |
| 153 | Behala Purba | South 24 Pgs | Subhasish Chakraborty |
| 154 | Behala Paschim | South 24 Pgs | Ratna Chatterjee |
| 155 | Maheshtala | South 24 Pgs | Subhasis Das |
| 156 | Budge Budge | South 24 Pgs | Ashok Kumar Deb |
| 157 | Metiabruz | South 24 Pgs | Abdul Khaleque Molla |
| 158 | Kolkata Port | Kolkata | Firhad Hakim |
| 159 | Bhabanipur | Kolkata | Mamata Banerjee |
| 160 | Rashbehari | Kolkata | Debasish Kumar |
| 161 | Ballygunge | Kolkata | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay |
| 162 | Chowrangee | Kolkata | Nayna Bandopadhyay |
| 163 | Entally | Kolkata | Sandipan Saha |
| 164 | Beleghata | Kolkata | Kunal Ghosh |
| 165 | Jorasanko | Kolkata | Vijay Upadhayay |
| 166 | Shyampukur | Kolkata | Dr. Shashi Panja |
| 167 | Maniktala | Kolkata | Shrreya Pandey |
| 168 | Kashipur Belgachhia | Kolkata | Atin Ghosh |
| 169 | Bally | Howrah | Kailash Mishra |
| 170 | Howrah Uttar | Howrah | Goutam Chowdhury |
| 171 | Howrah Madhya | Howrah | Arup Roy |
| 172 | Shibpur | Howrah | Dr Rana Chatterjee |
| 173 | Howrah Dakshin | Howrah | Nandita Choudhary |
| 174 | Sankrail (SC) | Howrah | Priya Paul |
| 175 | Panchla | Howrah | Gulshan Mullick |
| 176 | Uluberia Purba | Howrah | Ritabrata Banerjee |
| 177 | Uluberia Uttar (SC) | Howrah | Bimal Kumar Das |
| 178 | Uluberia Dakshin | Howrah | Pulak Roy |
| 179 | Shyampur | Howrah | Nadebasi Jana |
| 180 | Bagnan | Howrah | Arunava Sen |
| 181 | Amta | Howrah | Sukanta Paul |
| 182 | Udaynarayanpur | Howrah | Samir Kumar Panja |
| 183 | Jagatballavpur | Howrah | Subir Chatterjee |
| 184 | Domjur | Howrah | Tapas Maity |
| 185 | Uttarpara | Hooghly | Sirsanya Bandopadhyay |
| 186 | Sreerampur | Hooghly | Tanmoy Ghosh |
| 187 | Champdani | Hooghly | Arindam Guin |
| 188 | Singur | Hooghly | Becharam Manna |
| 189 | Chandannagar | Hooghly | Indranil Sen |
| 190 | Chunchura | Hooghly | Debangshu Bhattacharya |
| 191 | Balagarh (SC) | Hooghly | Ranjan Dhara |
| 192 | Pandua | Hooghly | Samir Chakraborty (Bua) |
| 193 | Saptagram | Hooghly | Bidesh Bose |
| 194 | Chanditala | Hooghly | Swati Khandoker |
| 195 | Jangipara | Hooghly | Snehasis Chakraborty |
| 196 | Haripal | Hooghly | Dr. Karabi Manna |
| 197 | Dhanekhali (SC) | Hooghly | Asima Patra |
| 198 | Tarakeswar | Hooghly | Ramendu Singha Roy |
| 199 | Pursurah | Hooghly | Partha Hazari |
| 200 | Arambag (SC) | Hooghly | Mita Bag |
| 201 | Goghat (SC) | Hooghly | Dr. Nirmal Maji |
| 202 | Khanakul | Hooghly | Palash Roy |
| 203 | Tamluk | Purba Medinipur | Dipendra Narayan Roy |
| 204 | Panskura Purba | Purba Medinipur | Asim Kumar Maji |
| 205 | Panskura Paschim | Purba Medinipur | Siraj Khan |
| 206 | Moyna | Purba Medinipur | Chandan Mondal |
| 207 | Nandakumar | Purba Medinipur | Sukumar Dey |
| 208 | Mahisadal | Purba Medinipur | Tilak Kumar Chakraborty |
| 209 | Haldia (SC) | Purba Medinipur | Tapasi Mandal |
| 210 | Nandigram | Purba Medinipur | Pabitra Kar |
| 211 | Chandipur | Purba Medinipur | Uttam Barik |
| 212 | Patashpur | Purba Medinipur | Pijus Kanti Panda |
| 213 | Kanthi Uttar | Purba Medinipur | Debasis Bhunia (Lalu) |
| 214 | Bhagabanpur | Purba Medinipur | Manab Kumar Porua |
| 215 | Khejuri (SC) | Purba Medinipur | Rabin Chandra Mandal |
| 216 | Kanthi Dakshin | Purba Medinipur | Tarun Kr Jana |
| 217 | Ramnagar | Purba Medinipur | Akhil Giri |
| 218 | Egra | Purba Medinipur | Tarun Maity |
| 219 | Dantan | Paschim Medinipur | Manik Maity |
| 220 | Nayagram (ST) | Jhargram | Dulal Murmu |
| 221 | Gopiballavpur | Jhargram | Ajit Mahata |
| 222 | Jhargram | Jhargram | Mangal Soren |
| 223 | Keshiary (ST) | Paschim Medinipur | Ramjiban Mandi |
| 224 | Kharagpur Sadar | Paschim Medinipur | Pradip Sarkar |
| 225 | Narayangarh | Paschim Medinipur | Pratibha Rani Maity |
| 226 | Sabang | Paschim Medinipur | Manas Ranjan Bhunia |
| 227 | Pingla | Paschim Medinipur | Ajit Maity |
| 228 | Kharagpur | Paschim Medinipur | Dinen Roy |
| 229 | Debra | Paschim Medinipur | Rajib Banerjee |
| 230 | Daspur | Paschim Medinipur | Asis Hudait |
| 231 | Ghatal (SC) | Paschim Medinipur | Shyamali Sardar |
| 232 | Chandrakona (SC) | Paschim Medinipur | Surjya Kanta Doloi |
| 233 | Garbeta | Paschim Medinipur | Uttara Singha (Hazra) |
| 234 | Salboni | Paschim Medinipur | Srikanta Mahata |
| 235 | Keshpur (SC) | Paschim Medinipur | Seuli Saha |
| 236 | Medinipur | Paschim Medinipur | Sujoy Hazra |
| 237 | Binpur (ST) | Jhargram | Birbaha Hansda |
| 238 | Bandwan (ST) | Purulia | Rajib Lochan Saren |
| 239 | Balarampur | Purulia | Shantiram Mahato |
| 240 | Baghmundi | Purulia | Sushanta Mahato |
| 241 | Joypur | Purulia | Arjun Mahato |
| 242 | Purulia | Purulia | Sujoy Banerjee |
| 243 | Manbazar (ST) | Purulia | Sandhya Rani Tudu |
| 244 | Kashipur | Purulia | Soumen Beltharia |
| 245 | Para (SC) | Purulia | Manik Bauri |
| 246 | Raghunathpur (SC) | Purulia | Hazari Bauri |
| 247 | Saltora (SC) | Bankura | Uttam Bauri |
| 248 | Chhatna | Bankura | Swapan Kumar Mandal |
| 249 | Ranibandh (ST) | Bankura | Dr. Tanushree Hansda |
| 250 | Raipur (ST) | Bankura | Thakur Moni Soren |
| 251 | Taldangra | Bankura | Falguni Singhababu |
| 252 | Bankura | Bankura | Dr. Anup Mondal |
| 253 | Barjora | Bankura | Goutam Mishra (Shyam) |
| 254 | Onda | Bankura | Subrata Dutta (Gope) |
| 255 | Bishnupur | Bankura | Tanmoy Ghosh |
| 256 | Katulpur (SC) | Bankura | Harakali Pratihar |
| 257 | Indas (SC) | Bankura | Shyamali Roy Bagdi |
| 258 | Sonamukhi (SC) | Bankura | Dr Kallol Saha |
| 259 | Khandaghosh (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Nabin Chandra Bag |
| 260 | Bardhaman Dakshin | Purba Bardhaman | Khokon Das |
| 261 | Raina (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Mandira Dalui |
| 262 | Jamalpur (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Bhootnath Mallick |
| 263 | Monteswar | Purba Bardhaman | Siddiqullah Chowdhury |
| 264 | Kalna (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Deboprasad Bag |
| 265 | Memari | Purba Bardhaman | Rasbihari Halder |
| 266 | Bardhaman Uttar (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Nisith Kumar Malik |
| 267 | Bhatar | Purba Bardhaman | Shantanu Koner |
| 268 | Purbasthali Dakshin | Purba Bardhaman | Swapan Debnath |
| 269 | Purbasthali Uttar | Purba Bardhaman | Vasundhara Goswami |
| 270 | Katwa | Purba Bardhaman | Rabindranath Chatterjee |
| 271 | Ketugram | Purba Bardhaman | Sekh Sahonawez |
| 272 | Mangalkot | Purba Bardhaman | Apurba Chowdhury (Achal) |
| 273 | Ausgram (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Shyamaprasanna Lohar |
| 274 | Galsi (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Alok Kumar Majhi |
| 275 | Pandabeswar | Paschim Bardhaman | Narendranath Chakraborty |
| 276 | Durgapur Purba | Paschim Bardhaman | Pradip Mazumdar |
| 277 | Durgapur Paschim | Paschim Bardhaman | Kavi Dutta |
| 278 | Raniganj | Paschim Bardhaman | Kalobaran Mondal |
| 279 | Jamuria | Paschim Bardhaman | Hareram Singh |
| 280 | Asansol Dakshin | Paschim Bardhaman | Tapas Banerjee |
| 281 | Asansol Uttar | Paschim Bardhaman | Moloy Ghatak |
| 282 | Kulti | Paschim Bardhaman | Abhijit Ghatak |
| 283 | Barabani | Paschim Bardhaman | Bidhan Upadhyay |
| 284 | Dubrajpur (SC) | Birbhum | Chandra Naresh Bauri |
| 285 | Suri | Birbhum | Ujjal Chatterjee |
| 286 | Bolpur | Birbhum | Chandranath Sinha |
| 287 | Nanoor (SC) | Birbhum | Bidhan Chandra Majhi |
| 288 | Labpur | Birbhum | Abhijit Sinha (Rana) |
| 289 | Sainthia (SC) | Birbhum | Nilabati Saha |
| 290 | Mayureswar | Birbhum | Abhijit Roy |
| 291 | Rampurhat | Birbhum | Asish Banerjee |
| 292 | Hansan | Birbhum | Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sk) |
| 293 | Nalhati | Birbhum | Rajendra Prasad Singh |
| 294 | Murarai | Birbhum | Mosarraf Hossain |
Earlier on Monday, the BJP had also releases its first list of 144 candidates. Senior leader Dilip Ghosh will contest from Kharagpur Sadar and Biman Mahto from Salboni in West Medinipur district. The BJP has fielded Sawapan Gasgupta from the Rasbehari seat in South Kolkata.
The BJP’s first list of candidates came just a day after the Election Commission of India announced the dates for the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry. Voting in four states and a Union Territory will be held between April 9 and April 29, with the counting of votes taking place on May 4.
While elections in three states – Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu – and the Union Territory of Puducherry will be held in a single phase, the Election Commission has announced a two-phase polling schedule for the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026.
In the first phase, polling will be held in 152 Assembly Constituencies on April 23. The gazette notification for the first phase will be issued on March 30, with the last date for filing nominations on April 6, scrutiny on April 7, and the last date for withdrawal of candidature on April 9.
The second phase will see the remaining 142 Assembly Constituencies go to the polls on April 29. The gazette notification for this phase will be issued on April 2, the last date for filing and withdrawing nominations will be April 9, and April 13, respectively.
The counting of votes for both phases will take place on May 4, and the results are also likely to be announced the same day.
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