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.
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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Mamata Banerjee | TBD | TBD | ||
| Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha | 
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Anit Thapa | TBD | ||||
| Secular Democratic Alliance | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
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Mohammed Salim | TBD | TBD | ||
| Indian National Congress | 
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | TBD | ||||
| Hamro Party | 
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Ajoy Edwards | TBD | |||||
| All India Forward Bloc | 
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Debabrata Biswas | TBD | ||||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 
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Manoj Bhattacharya | TBD | ||||
| Communist Party of India | 
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Swapan Banerjee | TBD | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 
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Suvendu Adhikari | TBD | ||||
| Indian Secular Front | 
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Nawsad Siddique | TBD | ||||
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 
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Provash Ghosh | TBD | ||||
| Gorkha Janmukti Morcha |
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Bimal Gurung | TBD | ||||
Results edit
Results by party or alliance edit
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| AITC+ | AITC | ||||||||
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| SDA | CPI(M) | ||||||||
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| BJP | |||||||||
| ISF | |||||||||
| SUCI(C) | |||||||||
| Others | |||||||||
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| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | - | 294 | - | |||||
Surveys and polls edit
Opinion polls edit
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||||
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| AITC+ | SDA | BJP | ISF | SUCI(C) | Others | |||||
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||||
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| AITC+ | SDA | BJP | ISF | SUCI(C) | Others | |||||
Exit polls edit
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||||
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| AITC+ | SDA | BJP | ISF | SUCI(C) | Others | |||||
References edit
- ^ "Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur bypoll by landslide margin". BusinessLine. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Mamata Banerjee back in Bengal Assembly with Bhabanipur win". The Hindu. 3 October 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 November 2023.