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]
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All 294 elected seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of the assembly constituencies in West Bengal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| 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
| Party | Symbol | Leader(s) | Seats contested | |
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| All India Trinamool Congress | 
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Mamata Banerjee | TBD | |
| Party | Symbol | Leader(s) | Seats contested | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
Sukanta Majumder Suvendu Adhikari |
TBD | |
| Party | Leader(s) | Symbol | Contesting Seats | |
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| Left Front | ||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Mohammed Salim Sujan Chakraborty |
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| All India Forward Bloc | Naren Chatterjee |  |
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| Revolutionary Socialist Party | Tapan Hore |  |
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| Communist Party of India | Swapan Banerjee |  |
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| Marxist Forward Bloc | Samar Hazra |
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| Congress and allies | ||||
| Indian National Congress | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Subhankar Sarkar |
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| Hamro Party | Ajoy Edwards | |||
| Others | ||||
| Indian Secular Front | Nawsad Siddique | 
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| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | Abhijit Majumder | 
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Others
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | Provash Ghosh | TBD | ||
| Samajwadi Party | 
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Kiranmoy Nanda | TBD | |
Results
Results by party or alliance
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| AITC | 294 | ||||||||
| BJP | 294 | ||||||||
| SDA | CPI(M) | ||||||||
| INC | |||||||||
| ISF | |||||||||
| AIFB | |||||||||
| RSP | |||||||||
| CPI | |||||||||
| CPI(M-L)L | |||||||||
| HP | |||||||||
| Total | 294 | ||||||||
| SUCI(C) | TBD | ||||||||
| Others | |||||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | - | 294 | - | |||||
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||
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| SDA | AITC | BJP | Others | |||||
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||
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| SDA | AITC | BJP | Others | |||||
Exit polls
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||
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| SDA | AITC | BJP | Others | |||||
References
- ^ "Legislative Assemblies : Term of State/House". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "BJP hopeful of turnaround in Bengal in 2026 Assembly elections". The Telegraph India. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ "'No room for complacency': TMC sets agenda for State poll". The Hindu. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "West Bengal: Mamata cocks a snook at Modi, gets ready for strong showing in 2026 Assembly polls". Money Control. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "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.