17th West Bengal Assembly

Indian state assembly

17th West Bengal Assembly

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Overview
Legislative body| West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Term| 5 May 2021 – present
Election| 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Government| Third Banerjee ministry
Opposition| Bharatiya Janata Party
Members| 294
Speaker of the House| Biman Banerjee
Deputy Speaker of the House| Asish Banerjee
Leader of the House| Mamata Banerjee
Deputy Leader of the House| Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
Leader of the Opposition| Suvendu Adhikari
Deputy Leader of the Opposition| Mihir Goswami
Party control| Trinamool Congress

The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of West Bengal constituted after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections which were concluded earlier on 29 April 2021 and the results were announced on 2 May 2021.[1] The tenure of West Bengal Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 7 May 2026.[2]

## Office bearers

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1  | Speaker |  | Biman Banerjee |  | Trinamool Congress | Baruipur Paschim | 8 May 2021  | [3]
2  | Deputy Speaker |  | Ashish Banerjee | Rampurhat | 2 May 2021  | [4]
3  | Leader of the House
(Chief Minister) |  | Mamata Banerjee | Bhabanipur | 5 May 2021  | [5]
4  | Leader of the Opposition |  | Suvendu Adhikari |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nandigram | 10 May 2021  | [6]
5  | Deputy Leader of the Opposition |  | Mihir Goswami | Natabari | [7]

## Members of Legislative Assembly

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District  | No.  | Constituency  | Name  | Party  | Remarks

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Cooch Behar | 1  | Mekliganj | Paresh Adhikary |  | Trinamool Congress |
2  | Mathabhanga | Sushil Barman |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
3  | Cooch Behar Uttar | Sukumar Roy |
4  | Cooch Behar Dakshin | Nikhil Ranjan Dey |
5  | Sitalkuchi | Baren Chandra Barman |
6  | Sitai | Jagadish Basunia |  | Trinamool Congress | Elected to Lok Sabha in June 2024
Sangita Roy | Won in November 2024 bypoll
7  | Dinhata | Nisith Pramanik |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Resigned in May 2021[8]
Udayan Guha |  | Trinamool Congress | Won in October 2021 bypoll
8  | Natabari | Mihir Goswami |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Deputy Leader of Opposition
9  | Tufanganj | Malati Rava Roy |
Alipurduar | 10  | Kumargram | Manoj Kumar Oraon |
11  | Kalchini | Bishal Lama |
12  | Alipurduars | Suman Kanjilal |  | Trinamool Congress | Defected from BJP to AITC[9]
13  | Falakata | Dipak Barman |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
14  | Madarihat | Manoj Tigga |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Elected to Lok Sabha in June 2024
Jay Prakash Toppo |  | Trinamool Congress | Won in November 2024 bypoll
Jalpaiguri | 15  | Dhupguri | Bishnu Pada Roy |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Died on 25 July 2023[10]
Nirmal Chandra Roy |  | Trinamool Congress | Won in 2023 bypoll
16  | Maynaguri | Kaushik Roy |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
17  | Jalpaiguri | Pradip Kumar Barma |  | Trinamool Congress |
18  | Rajganj | Khageshwar Roy |
19  | Dabgram-Phulbari | Shikha Chatterjee |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
20  | Mal | Bulu Chik Baraik |  | Trinamool Congress |
21  | Nagrakata | Puna Bhengra |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Kalimpong | 22  | Kalimpong | Ruden Sada Lepcha |  | Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha | Switched from GJM to BGPM[11]
Darjeeling | 23  | Darjeeling | Neeraj Zimba |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
24  | Kurseong | Bishnu Prasad Sharma |
25  | Matigara-Naxalbari | Anandamay Barman |
26  | Siliguri | Shankar Ghosh |
27  | Phansidewa | Durga Murmu |
Uttar Dinajpur | 28  | Chopra | Hamidul Rahman |  | Trinamool Congress |
29  | Islampur | Abdul Karim Chowdhury |
30  | Goalpokhar | Md. Ghulam Rabbani |
31  | Chakulia | Minhajul Arfin Azad |
32  | Karandighi | Goutam Paul |
33  | Hemtabad | Satyajit Barman |
34  | Kaliaganj | Soumen Roy |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Defected from BJP to AITC; later returned[12]
35  | Raiganj | Krishna Kalyani |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Defected from BJP to AITC; later resigned[13]
| Trinamool Congress | Won in July 2024 bypoll
36  | Itahar | Mosaraf Hussen |  | Trinamool Congress |
Dakshin Dinajpur | 37  | Kushmandi | Rekha Roy |
38  | Kumarganj | Toraf Hossain Mandal |
39  | Balurghat | Ashok Lahiri |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
40  | Tapan | Budhrai Tudu |
41  | Gangarampur | Satyendra Nath Ray |
42  | Harirampur | Biplab Mitra |  | Trinamool Congress |
Malda | 43  | Habibpur | Joyel Murmu |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
44  | Gazole | Chinmoy Deb Barman |
45  | Chanchal | Nihar Ranjan Ghosh |  | Trinamool Congress |
46  | Harishchandrapur | Tajmul Hossain |
47  | Malatipur | Abdur Rahim Boxi |
48  | Ratua | Samar Mukherjee |
49  | Manikchak | Sabitri Mitra |
50  | Maldaha | Gopal Chandra Saha |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
51  | English Bazar | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury |
52  | Mothabari | Sabina Yeasmin |  | Trinamool Congress |
53  | Sujapur | Muhammad Abdul Ghani |
54  | Baisnabnagar | Chandana Sarkar |
Murshidabad | 55  | Farakka | Manirul Islam |
56  | Samserganj | Amirul Islam |
57  | Suti | Emani Biswas |
58  | Jangipur | Jakir Hossain |
59  | Raghunathganj | Akhruzzaman |
60  | Sagardighi | Subrata Saha | Died on 29 December 2022[14]
Bayron Biswas | Won in 2023 bypoll as INC candidate, later defected to AITC[15]
61  | Lalgola | Ali Mohammad |
62  | Bhagabangola | Reyat Hossain Sarkar | Won in May 2024 bypoll
63  | Raninagar | Abdul Soumik Hossain |
64  | Murshidabad | Gouri Sankar Ghosh |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
65  | Nabagram | Kanai Chandra Mondal |  | Trinamool Congress |
66  | Khargram | Ashish Marjit |
67  | Burwan | Jiban Krishna Saha |
68  | Kandi | Apurba Sarkar |
69  | Bharatpur | Humayun Kabir |
70  | Rejinagar | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury |
71  | Beldanga | Hasanuzzaman Sheikh |
72  | Baharampur | Subrata Maitra |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
73  | Hariharpara | Niamot Sheikh |  | Trinamool Congress |
74  | Naoda | Sahina Mumtaz Begum |
75  | Domkal | Jafikul Islam |
76  | Jalangi | Abdur Razzak |
Nadia | 77  | Karimpur | Bimalendu Sinha Roy |
78  | Tehatta | Tapas Kumar Saha |  | Trinamool Congress | Died on 15 May 2025
Vacant
79  | Palashipara | Manik Bhattacharya |  | Trinamool Congress |
80  | Kaliganj | Nasiruddin Ahamed | Died on 1 February 2025[16]
Alifa Ahmed | Elected in June 2025 bypoll
81  | Nakashipara | Kallol Khan |
82  | Chapra | Rukbanur Rahman |
83  | Krishnanagar Uttar | Mukul Roy | Defected From BJP to AITC[17]
84  | Nabadwip | Pundarikakhsa Saha |
85  | Krishnanagar Dakshin | Ujjal Biswas |
86  | Santipur | Jagannath Sarkar |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Resigned in May 2021[8]
Braja Kishore Goswami |  | Trinamool Congress | Won in October 2021 bypoll
87  | Ranaghat Uttar Paschim | Parthasarathi Chatterjee |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
88  | Krishnaganj | Ashis Kumar Biswas |
89  | Ranaghat Uttar Purba | Ashim Biswas |
90  | Ranaghat Dakshin | Mukut Mani Adhikari |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Defected from BJP to AITC; later resigned
| Trinamool Congress | Won in July 2024 bypoll
91  | Chakdaha | Bankim Chandra Ghosh |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
92  | Kalyani | Ambika Roy |
93  | Haringhata | Ashim Kumar Sarkar |
North 24 Parganas | 94  | Bagdah | Biswajit Das |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Defected from BJP to AITC; later resigned[18]
Madhuparna Thakur |  | Trinamool Congress | Won in July 2024 bypoll
95  | Bangaon Uttar | Ashok Kirtania |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
96  | Bangaon Dakshin | Swapan Majumder |
97  | Gaighata | Subrata Thakur |
98  | Swarupnagar | Bina Mondal |  | Trinamool Congress |
99  | Baduria | Abdur Rahim Quazi |
100  | Habra | Jyotipriya Mallick |
101  | Ashokenagar | Narayan Goswami |
102  | Amdanga | Rafiqur Rahaman |
103  | Bijpur | Subodh Adhikary |
104  | Naihati | Partha Bhowmick | Elected to Lok Sabha in June 2024
Sanat Dey | Won in November 2024 bypoll
105  | Bhatpara | Pawan Singh |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
106  | Jagatdal | Somenath Shyam Ichini |  | Trinamool Congress |
107  | Noapara | Manju Basu |
108  | Barrackpur | Raj Chakraborty |
109  | Khardaha | Kajal Sinha | Died on 25 April 2021[19]
Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | Cabinet Minister; won in October 2021 bypoll
110  | Dum Dum Uttar | Chandrima Bhattacharya |
111  | Panihati | Nirmal Ghosh |
112  | Kamarhati | Madan Mitra |
113  | Baranagar | Tapas Roy | Resigned on 4 March 2024
Sayantika Banerjee | Won in June 2024 bypoll
114  | Dum Dum | Bratya Basu | Cabinet Minister
115  | Rajarhat New Town | Tapash Chatterjee |
116  | Bidhannagar | Sujit Bose |
117  | Rajarhat Gopalpur | Aditi Munshi |
118  | Madhyamgram | Rathin Ghosh | Cabinet Minister
119  | Barasat | Chiranjeet Chakraborty |
120  | Deganga | Rahima Mondal |
121  | Haroa | Haji Nurul Islam | Elected to Lok Sabha in June 2024
Sheikh Rabiul Islam | Won in November 2024 bypoll
122  | Minakhan | Usha Rani Mondal |
123  | Sandeshkhali | Sukumar Mahata |
124  | Basirhat Dakshin | Saptarshi Banerjee |
125  | Basirhat Uttar | Rafikul Islam Mondal |
126  | Hingalganj | Debesh Mondal |
South 24 Parganas | 127  | Gosaba | Jayanta Naskar | Died on 19 June 2021[20]
Subrata Mondal  | Won in October 2021 bypoll
128  | Basanti | Shyamal Mondal |
129  | Kultali | Ganesh Chandra Mondal |
130  | Patharpratima | Samir Kumar Jana |
131  | Kakdwip | Manturam Pakhira |
132  | Sagar | Bankim Chandra Hazra |
133  | Kulpi | Jogaranjan Halder |
134  | Raidighi | Aloke Jaldata |
135  | Mandirbazar | Joydeb Halder |
136  | Jaynagar | Biswanath Das |
137  | Baruipur Purba | Bivas Sardar |
138  | Canning Paschim | Paresh Ram Das |
139  | Canning Purba | Saokat Molla |
140  | Baruipur Paschim | Biman Banerjee | Speaker
141  | Magrahat Purba | Namita Saha |
142  | Magrahat Paschim | Giasuddin Molla |
143  | Diamond Harbour | Pannalal Halder |
144  | Falta | Sankar Kumar Naskar |
145  | Satgachia | Mohan Chandra Naskar |
146  | Bishnupur | Dilip Mondal |
147  | Sonarpur Dakshin | Arundhuti Maitra |
148  | Bhangar | Nawsad Siddique |  | Indian Secular Front |
149  | Kasba | Javed Ahmed Khan |  | Trinamool Congress |
150  | Jadavpur | Debabrata Majumdar |
151  | Sonarpur Uttar | Firdousi Begum |
152  | Tollygunge | Aroop Biswas | Cabinet Minister
153  | Behala Purba | Ratna Chatterjee |
154  | Behala Paschim | Partha Chatterjee |  | Independent | Suspended from AITC
155  | Maheshtala | Dulal Chandra Das |  | Trinamool Congress |
156  | Budge Budge | Ashok Kumar Deb |
157  | Metiaburuz | Abdul Khaleque Molla |
Kolkata | 158  | Kolkata Port | Firhad Hakim | Cabinet Minister
159  | Bhabanipur | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | Resigned on 21 May 2021[21]
Mamata Banerjee | Chief Minister; won in September 2021 bypoll
160  | Rashbehari | Debasish Kumar |
161  | Ballygunge | Subrata Mukherjee | Died in 2021[22]
Babul Supriyo | Won in April 2022 bypoll
162  | Chowrangee | Nayna Bandyopadhyay |
163  | Entally | Swarna Kamal Saha |
164  | Beleghata | Paresh Paul |
165  | Jorasanko | Vivek Gupta |
166  | Shyampukur | Shashi Panja |
167  | Maniktala | Sadhan Pande | Died on 20 February 2022[23]
Supti Pandey | Won in July 2024 bypoll
168  | Kashipur-Belgachhia | Atin Ghosh |
Howrah | 169  | Bally | Rana Chatterjee |
170  | Howrah Uttar | Gautam Chowdhuri |
171  | Howrah Madhya | Arup Roy | Cabinet Minister
172  | Shibpur | Manoj Tiwary | Cabinet Minister
173  | Howrah Dakshin | Nandita Chowdhury |
174  | Sankrail | Priya Paul |
175  | Panchla | Gulshan Mullick |
176  | Uluberia Purba | Bidesh Ranjan Bose |
177  | Uluberia Uttar | Nirmal Maji |
178  | Uluberia Dakshin | Pulak Roy |
179  | Shyampur | Kalipada Mondal |
180  | Bagnan | Arunava Sen |
181  | Amta | Sukanta Kumar Paul |
182  | Udaynarayanpur | Samir Kumar Panja |
183  | Jagatballavpur | Sitanath Ghosh |
184  | Domjur | Kalyan Ghosh |
Hooghly | 185  | Uttarpara | Kanchan Mullick |
186  | Sreerampur | Sudipto Roy |
187  | Champdani | Arindam Guin |
188  | Singur | Becharam Manna |
189  | Chandannagar | Indranil Sen |
190  | Chunchura | Asit Mazumdar |
191  | Balagarh | Manoranjan Byapari |
192  | Pandua | Ratna De Nag |
193  | Saptagram | Tapan Dasgupta |
194  | Chanditala | Swati Khandoker |
195  | Jangipara | Snehasis Chakraborty |
196  | Haripal | Karabi Manna |
197  | Dhanekhali | Ashima Patra |
198  | Tarakeswar | Ramendu Sinharay |
199  | Pursurah | Biman Ghosh |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
200  | Arambagh | Madhusudan Bag |
201  | Goghat | Biswanath Karak |
202  | Khanakul | Susanta Ghosh |
Purba Medinipur | 203  | Tamluk | Soumen Mahapatra |  | Trinamool Congress |
204  | Panskura Purba | Biplab Roy Chowdhury |
205  | Panskura Paschim | Firoja Bibi |
206  | Moyna | Ashoke Dinda |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
207  | Nandakumar | Sukumar De |  | Trinamool Congress |
208  | Mahisadal | Tilak Kumar Chakraborty |
209  | Haldia | Tapasi Mondal | Defected from BJP to AITC
210  | Nandigram | Suvendu Adhikari |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Leader of the Opposition
211  | Chandipur | Soham Chakraborty |  | Trinamool Congress |
212  | Patashpur | Uttam Barik |
213  | Kanthi Uttar | Sumita Sinha |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
214  | Bhagabanpur | Rabindranath Maity |
215  | Khejuri | Santanu Pramanik |
216  | Kanthi Dakshin | Arup Kumar Das |
217  | Ramnagar | Akhil Giri |  | Trinamool Congress |
218  | Egra | Tarun Kumar Maity |
Paschim Medinipur | 219  | Dantan | Bikram Chandra Pradhan |
Jhargram | 220  | Nayagram | Dulal Murmu |
221  | Gopiballavpur | Khagendra Nath Mahata |
222  | Jhargram | Birbaha Hansda |
Paschim Medinipur | 223  | Keshiary | Paresh Murmu |
224  | Kharagpur Sadar | Hiran Chatterjee |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
225  | Narayangarh | Surja Kanta Atta |  | Trinamool Congress |
226  | Sabang | Manas Bhunia |
227  | Pingla | Ajit Maity |
228  | Kharagpur | Dinen Roy |
229  | Debra | Humayun Kabir |
230  | Daspur | Mamata Bhunia |
231  | Ghatal | Sital Kapat |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
232  | Chandrakona | Arup Dhara |  | Trinamool Congress |
233  | Garbeta | Uttara Singha |
234  | Salboni | Srikanta Mahata |
235  | Keshpur | Seuli Saha |
236  | Medinipur | June Malia | Elected to Lok Sabha in June 2024
Sujoy Hazra | Won in November 2024 bypoll
Jhargram | 237  | Binpur | Debnath Hansda |
Purulia | 238  | Bandwan | Rajib Lochan Saren |
239  | Balarampur | Baneswar Mahato |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
240  | Baghmundi | Sushanta Mahato |  | Trinamool Congress |
241  | Joypur | Narahari Mahato |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
242  | Purulia | Sudip Kumar Mukherjee |
243  | Manbazar | Sandhya Rani Tudu |  | Trinamool Congress |
244  | Kashipur | Kamalakanta Hansda |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
245  | Para | Nadiar Chand Bouri |
246  | Raghunathpur | Vivekananda Bauri |
Bankura | 247  | Saltora | Chandana Bauri |
248  | Chhatna | Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay |
249  | Ranibandh | Jyotsna Mandi |  | Trinamool Congress |
250  | Raipur | Mrityunjoy Murmu |
251  | Taldangra | Arup Chakraborty | Elected to Lok Sabha in June 2024
Falguni Singhababu | Won in November 2024 bypoll
252  | Bankura | Niladri Sekhar Dana |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
253  | Barjora | Alok Mukherjee |  | Trinamool Congress |
254  | Onda | Amarnath Shakha |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
255  | Bishnupur | Tanmay Ghosh |  | Trinamool Congress | Defected from BJP to AITC[24]
256  | Katulpur | Harakali Protiher | Defected from BJP to AITC[25]
257  | Indas | Nirmal Kumar Dhara |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
258  | Sonamukhi | Dibakar Gharami |
Purba Bardhaman | 259  | Khandaghosh | Nabin Chandra Bag |  | Trinamool Congress |
260  | Bardhaman Dakshin | Khokan Das |
261  | Raina | Shampa Dhara |
262  | Jamalpur | Alok Kumar Majhi |
263  | Monteswar | Siddiqullah Chowdhury |
264  | Kalna | Deboprasad Bag |
265  | Memari | Madhusudan Bhattacharya |
266  | Bardhaman Uttar | Nisith Kumar Malik |
267  | Bhatar | Mangobinda Adhikari |
268  | Purbasthali Dakshin | Swapan Debnath |
269  | Purbasthali Uttar | Tapan Chatterjee |
270  | Katwa | Rabindranath Chatterjee |
271  | Ketugram | Sekh Sahonawez |
272  | Mangalkot | Apurba Chowdhury |
273  | Ausgram | Abhedananda Thander |
274  | Galsi | Nepal Ghorui |
Paschim Bardhaman | 275  | Pandabeswar | Narendranath Chakraborty |
276  | Durgapur Purba | Pradip Mazumdar |
277  | Durgapur Paschim | Lakshman Chandra Ghorui |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
278  | Raniganj | Tapas Banerjee |  | Trinamool Congress |
279  | Jamuria | Hareram Singh |
280  | Asansol Dakshin | Agnimitra Paul |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
281  | Asansol Uttar | Moloy Ghatak |  | Trinamool Congress |
282  | Kulti | Ajay Kumar Poddar |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
283  | Barabani | Bidhan Upadhyay |  | Trinamool Congress |
Birbhum | 284  | Dubrajpur | Anup Kumar Saha |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
285  | Suri | Bikash Roychoudhury |  | Trinamool Congress |
286  | Bolpur | Chandranath Singha |
287  | Nanoor | Bidhan Chandra Majhi |
288  | Labpur | Abhijit Sinha |
289  | Sainthia | Nilabati Saha |
290  | Mayureswar | Abhijit Roy |
291  | Rampurhat | Asish Banerjee | Deputy Speaker
292  | Hansan | Asok Kumar Chattopadhyay |
293  | Nalhati | Rajendra Prasad Singh |
294  | Murarai | Mosarraf Hossain |

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## See also

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* West Bengal Legislative Assembly
* 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections
* West Bengal
* Mamata Banerjee

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State of West Bengal

Capital: Kolkata

State symbols|

* Emblem: Emblem of West Bengal
* Anthem: Banglar Mati Banglar Jol
* Animal: Fishing cat
* Bird: White-throated kingfisher
* Flower: Night-flowering jasmine (Shiuli)
* Tree: Devil's tree (Saptaparni)
* Fish: Ilish

History|

* Gauda Kingdom
* Shashanka
* Pala Empire
* Sena dynasty
* Mallabhum kingdom
* Cooch Behar State
* Sher Shah Suri
* Mughal Empire
* Nawabs of Bengal
* East India Company
* Battle of Plassey
* Bengal Presidency
* Great Bengal famine of 1770
* Indian Rebellion of 1857
* Bengal Renaissance
* Bardhaman Raj
* Nadia Raj
* Jhargram Raj
* Sovabazar Raj
* Partition of Bengal (1905)
* Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
* Anushilan Samiti
* Jugantar
* Bengal famine of 1943
* Direct Action Day
* Noakhali riots
* Partition of Bengal (1947)
* Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)
* Bangladesh Liberation War
* Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
* Maritime history of Bengal

Geography|

* Bengal Basin
* Darjeeling Himalayan hill region
* Terai
* North Bengal plains
* Dooars
* Rarh region
* Sundarbans
* Western plateau and high lands
* Ganges Delta
* Climate
* Sandakphu (Highest point)
* Protected areas of West Bengal
* Rivers of West Bengal
* Ganga
* Damodar River
* Brahmaputra River
* Teesta River
* Hooghly River
* Khoai
* Tiger Hill, Darjeeling
* Siliguri Corridor

Governance|

* Chief Ministers
* Governor
* Legislative Assembly
* Human Rights Commission
* Political parties (All India Trinamool Congress
* Communist Party (Marxist)
* Indian National Congress
* Bharatiya Janata Party)
* Parliamentary constituencies
* Assembly constituencies
* CID West Bengal
* Kolkata Police

Rights groups|

* Matua Mahasangha
* Bangla Pokkho

Divisions and
districts|

| Burdwan division|

* Birbhum
* Hooghly
* Paschim Bardhaman
* Purba Bardhaman

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Jalpaiguri division|

* Alipurduar
* Cooch Behar
* Darjeeling
* Jalpaiguri
* Kalimpong

Malda division|

* Berhampore (declared)
* Dakshin Dinajpur
* Jangipur (declared)
* Malda
* Murshidabad
* Uttar Dinajpur

Medinipur division|

* Bankura
* Bishnupur (declared)
* Jhargram
* Paschim Medinipur
* Purba Medinipur
* Purulia

Presidency division|

* Basirhat (declared)
* Howrah
* Ichamati (declared)
* Kolkata
* Nadia
* North 24 Parganas
* Ranaghat (declared)
* South 24 Parganas
* Sundarbans (declared)

Cities and
towns|

* Alipore
* Asansol
* Berhampore
* Balurghat
* Bankura
* Barasat
* Bardhaman
* Bishnupur
* Hugli-Chuchura
* Cooch Behar
* Darjeeling
* Durgapur
* Haldia
* Howrah
* Jalpaiguri
* Jaynagar Majilpur
* Jiaganj Azimganj
* Kalimpong
* Kharagpur
* Kolkata
* Krishnanagar
* Kurseong
* Malda
* Midnapore
* Murshidabad
* Purulia
* Raiganj
* Siliguri
* Siuri
* Tamluk
* List of cities in West Bengal by population
* Cities and towns by district

Culture|

* Bengal Renaissance
* Bengali calendars
* Patachitra
* Chalchitra
* Arts of West Bengal
* Baul
* Bhadu
* Gombhira
* Chhau dance
* Cuisine
* Bengali
* Rabindra Sangeet
* Rabindra Nritya Natya
* Holi
* Dol Purnima
* Prostitution in Kolkata
* Pohela Boishakh
* Durga Puja
* Bhai Dooj
* Raksha Bandhan
* Ratha Yatra
* Architecture of Bengal
* Bengal temples
* Bengali language
* Bengali literature
* Feluda
* Lalmohan Ganguly
* Professor Shonku
* Tarini Khuro
* Kakababu
* Kiriti Roy
* Pather Panchali (novel)
* Bengali cinema
* Jatra
* Ghosts in Bengali culture

GI products|

* Baluchari sari
* Banglar Rosogolla
* Banglar Muslin
* Banglar Nolen Gur Sandesh
* Bankura horse
* Baruipur Guava
* Bengal Patachitra
* Bishnupur Motichur Laddu
* Chhau mask
* Darjeeling tea
* Dhaniakhali Sari
* Dhokra
* Fazli (mango)
* Garad Saree
* Gobindobhog
* Himsagar
* Jaynagarer Moa
* Kamarpukur Sada Bode
* Madurkathi
* Malda Nistari Silk Yarn
* Manasa chali
* Mihidana
* Murshidabad Chhanabora
* Nakshi kantha
* Radhunipagal rice
* Santiniketan Leather Goods
* Shantipuri sari
* Sitabhog
* Sundarban Honey
* Tangail Saree
* Tulaipanji

Demographics|

* Bengali people
* Bihari people
* Economy of West Bengal
* Gurkha
* Adivasi
* Rajbanshi
* Anglo-Indian people
* Ethnic communities in Kolkata
* List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate
* Discrimination against Bengalis in India

People|

* Rabindranath Tagore
* Satyajit Ray
* Kazi Nazrul Islam
* Anil Kumar Gain
* Ritwik Ghatak
* Subhas Chandra Bose
* Jamini Roy
* Bidhan Chandra Roy
* Jyoti Basu
* Nandalal Bose
* Jagadish Chandra Bose
* Meghnad Saha
* Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
* Sarat Chandra Bose
* Jnanadanandini Devi
* Abanindranath Tagore
* Satyendranath Tagore
* Satyendranath Dutta
* Raja Ram Mohan Roy
* Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
* Rani Rashmoni
* Ramakrishna
* Swami Vivekananda
* Sarada Devi
* Dwarkanath Tagore
* Sukumar Ray
* Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury
* Michael Madhusudan Dutt
* Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
* Sister Nivedita
* Mother Teresa
* Amartya Sen
* Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
* Nihar Ranjan Gupta

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Legislatures of India

Parliament of India|

* Rajya Sabha
* Lok Sabha

State Legislative Council|

| Current|

* Andhra Pradesh
* Bihar
* Karnataka
* Maharashtra
* Telangana
* Uttar Pradesh

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Former|

* Assam
* Bombay
* Jammu and Kashmir
* Madhya Pradesh
* Punjab
* Tamil Nadu
* West Bengal

State Legislative Assembly|

| Current|

* Andhra Pradesh
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Assam
* Bihar
* Chhattisgarh
* Delhi
* Goa
* Gujarat
* Haryana
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jammu and Kashmir
* Jharkhand
* Karnataka
* Kerala
* Madhya Pradesh
* Maharashtra
* Manipur
* Meghalaya
* Mizoram
* Nagaland
* Odisha
* Puducherry
* Punjab
* Rajasthan
* Sikkim
* Tamil Nadu
* Telangana
* Tripura
* Uttar Pradesh
* Uttarakhand
* West Bengal

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Former|

* Ajmer
* Bhopal
* Bombay
* Coorg
* Patiala and East Punjab States Union

British Raj|

* Council of India
* Imperial Legislative Council
* Council of State
* Central Legislative Assembly
* Chamber of Princes
* Provincial Legislatures
* Constituent Assembly of India

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Current assemblies of Indian parliament and state legislature

Lok Sabha: Eighteenth

| Andhra Pradesh|

Sixteenth

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Arunachal Pradesh|

Eleventh

Assam|

Fifteenth

Bihar|

Seventeenth

Chhattisgarh|

Sixth

Delhi|

Eighth

Goa|

Eighth

Gujarat|

Fifteenth

Haryana|

Fifteenth

Himachal Pradesh|

Fourteenth

Jammu and Kashmir|

Thirteenth

| Jharkhand|

Sixth

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Karnataka|

Sixteenth

Kerala|

Fifteenth

Madhya Pradesh|

Sixteenth

Maharashtra|

Fifteenth

Manipur|

N/A (President's rule)

Meghalaya|

Eleventh

Mizoram|

Ninth

Nagaland|

Fouteenth

Odisha|

Seventeenth

Puducherry|

Fifteenth

| Punjab|

Sixteenth

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Rajasthan|

Sixteenth

Sikkim|

Eleventh

Tamil Nadu|

Sixteenth

Telangana|

Third

Tripura|

Thirteenth

Uttar Pradesh|

Eighteenth

Uttarakhand|

Fifth

West Bengal|

Seventeenth
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