Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Elections for the 18th Legislative assembly of West Bengal

Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election

* * *

| <- 2021 | By March–April 2026 | 2031 ->

|
|

<- outgoing members

* * *

All 294 elected seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
|  |

|
|
|

Leader  | Mamata Banerjee | Suvendu Adhikari | Mohammed Salim
Party  | AITC | BJP | CPI(M)
Alliance  | INDIA | NDA | LF
Leader since  | 1998  | 2020  | 2022
Leader's seat  | Bhabanipur | Nandigram | TBA
Last election  | 44.91%, 215 seats  | 38.15%, 77 seats  | 5.67%, 0 seat
Current seats  | 221  | 66  | 0
Seats needed  |  |  82  |  144

* * *

Map of the assembly constituencies in West Bengal

* * *

| Incumbent Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee
AITC

|

The Next West Bengal legislative assembly election is expected to be held in March–April 2026 to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1] Mamata Banerjee is the incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal.[2][3][4][5][6]

## Schedule

[edit]

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

[edit]

###  Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

[edit]

Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats contested

|
|
|
|

| All India Trinamool Congress |  |  | Mamata Banerjee | TBD
| Indian National Congress |  |  | Subhankar Sarkar[7] | TBD
| Hamro Party |  |  | Ajoy Edwards | TBD

###  Left Front

[edit]

Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats contested

|
|
|
|

| Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  |  | Mohammed Salim | TBD
| Communist Party of India |  |  | Swapan Banerjee  | TBD
| All India Forward Bloc |  |  | Naren Chatterjee  | TBD
| Revolutionary Socialist Party |  |  | Tapan Hor  | TBD

###  National Democratic Alliance

[edit]

Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats contested

|
|
|
|

| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | Suvendu Adhikari | TBD

### Others

[edit]

Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats contested

|
|
|
|

| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |  |  | Provash Ghosh | TBD
| Indian Secular Front |  |  | Nawsad Siddique | TBD
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |  |  | Dipankar Bhattacharya | TBD

## See also

[edit]

* Elections in West Bengal
* Politics of West Bengal

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Legislative Assemblies : Term of State/House". eci.gov.in.
2. ^ "BJP hopeful of turnaround in Bengal in 2026 Assembly elections". The Telegraph India. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
3. ^ "'Govt change in Bengal possible only if BJP remains in power in Delhi… Poll a semi-final for 2026': Dilip Ghosh". The New Indian Express. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
4. ^ "'No room for complacency': TMC sets agenda for State poll". The Hindu. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
5. ^ "West Bengal: Mamata cocks a snook at Modi, gets ready for strong showing in 2026 Assembly polls". Money Control. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
6. ^ "TMC govt won't last till 2026 if BJP gets even one more seat than them in LS polls: Sukanta Majumdar". The Economic Times. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
7. ^ "Congress appoints Subhankar Sarkar as president of West Bengal unit". The Times of India. 21 September 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

* v
* t
* e

Elections in West Bengal

General elections|

* 1951–52
* 1957
* 1962
* 1967
* 1971
* 1977
* 1980
* 1984
* 1989
* 1991
* 1996
* 1998
* 1999
* 2004
* 2009
* 2014
* 2019
* 2024

Legislative Assembly|

* 1952
* 1957
* 1962
* 1967
* 1969
* 1971
* 1972
* 1977
* 1982
* 1987
* 1991
* 1996
* 2001
* 2006
* 2011
* 2016
* 2021
* Next

Local elections|

| Municipal|

* 2010
* 2015
* 2021
* 2022

|

Panchayat|

* 2013
* 2018
* 2023

Elections in India
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template