Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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.

Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
March - April 2026
All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mamata Banerjee Sukanta Majumder
Party TMC BJP
Leader since 20 May 2011 20 September 2021
Leader's seat Bhabanipur Did not stand[c 1]
Last election 48.08%,
213 seats		 37.92%,
77 seats
Seats before 221 69
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Mohammed Salim Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance SM SM
Leader since 16 March 2022 18 July 2021
Leader's seat Chanditala Did not stand[c 2]
Last election 4.73%,
0 seats		 3.03%,
0 seats
Seats before 0 0
Map of the assembly constituencies in West Bengal
Chief Minister before election

Mamata Banerjee
TMC

 Elected Chief Minister

TBD

Background

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, later she won the by-election from Bhabanipur.[1][2][3]

Schedule
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

  All India Trinamool Congress
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested
1. All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee TBD

  Bharatiya Janata Party
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party Suvendu Adhikari TBD

  Sanjukta Morcha
No. Party[4] Flag Symbol Leader(s) Leader Photo Contesting Seats
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Mohammed Salim TBD
2. Indian National Congress
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury TBD
3. Indian Secular Front
Nawsad Siddique TBD
4. Revolutionary Socialist Party
Manoj Bhattacharya TBD
5. All India Forward Bloc
Debabrata Biswas TBD
6. Communist Party of India
Swapan Banerjee TBD

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls
Vote Share Projections
Polling agency Date published Sample size Margin of Error Lead
TMC BJP SM Others
Seat Projections
Polling agency Date published Sample size Margin of Error Majority
TMC BJP SM Others

Exit polls
Polling agency Date published Sample size Margin of Error Majority
TMC BJP SM Others

Notes
      1. Sukanta Majumdar sits as an MP in the Lok Sabha for Balurghat
      2. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury sits as an MP in the Lok Sabha for Baharampur

      References
      1. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
      2. "EC announces bypoll schedule for 3 West Bengal seats, relief for Mamata Banerjee". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
      3. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
      4. "Left Wants Opposition Together, Mamata Playing Spoilsport—CPM's Mohd Salim". NewsClick. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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