Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Elections for the 18th Legislative assembly of West Bengal

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Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
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Leader  | Mamata Banerjee | Suvendu Adhikari
Party  | AITC | BJP
Leader since  | 20 May 2011  | 10 May 2021
Leader's seat  | Bhabanipur | Nandigram
Last election  | 48.08%, 213 seats  | 37.92%, 77 seats
Current seats  | 222  | 69
Seats needed  |  |  79

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Leader  | Mohammed Salim | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party  | CPI(M) | INC
Alliance  | SDA | SDA
Leader since  | 16 March 2022  | 18 July 2021
Leader's seat  | Chanditala | Did not contest
Last election  | 5.67%, 0 seats  | 3.03%, 0 seats
Current seats  | 0  | 0
Seats needed  |  148  |  148

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Assembly constituencies in West Bengal

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| Incumbent Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee
AITC

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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.

## Background[edit]

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, she won the by-election from Bhabanipur.[1][2]

## Schedule[edit]

Poll Event  | Schedule

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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]

Alliance/Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats Contested

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| All India Trinamool Congress+ |  | All India Trinamool Congress |  |  | Mamata Banerjee | TBD | TBD
| Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha |  |  | Anit Thapa | TBD
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | Suvendu Adhikari | TBD
| Secular Democratic Alliance |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  |  | Mohammed Salim | TBD | TBD
| Indian National Congress |  |  | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | TBD
| Hamro Party |  | Ajoy Edwards | TBD
| All India Forward Bloc |  |  | Debabrata Biswas | TBD
| Revolutionary Socialist Party |  |  | Manoj Bhattacharya | TBD
| Communist Party of India |  |  | Swapan Banerjee  | TBD
| Indian Secular Front |  |  | Nawsad Siddique | TBD
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |  |  | Provash Ghosh | TBD
| Gorkha Janmukti Morcha |  |  | Bimal Gurung | TBD

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur bypoll by landslide margin". BusinessLine. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
2. ^ "Mamata Banerjee back in Bengal Assembly with Bhabanipur win". The Hindu. 3 October 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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