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
Leader Mamata Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar Party AITC BJP Leader since 2011 2021 Leader's seat Bhabanipur Did not contest Last election 48.08%, 213 seats 37.92%, 77 seats Current seats 222 69 Seats needed 79   Leader Mohammed Salim Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Party CPI(M) INC Alliance Left Front Leader since 2022 2021 Leader's seat Chanditala Did not contest Last election 5.67%, 0 seat 3.03%, 1 seat Current seats 0 0 Seats needed 148 148
Assembly constituencies in West Bengal
Incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee AITC

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

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

Parties and alliances

Alliance/Party				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
	All India Trinamool Congress					Abhishek Banerjee	TBD
	Bharatiya Janata Party					Sukanta Majumdar	TBD
	Left Front		Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Mohammed Salim	TBD	TBD
			All India Forward Bloc			Debabrata Biswas	TBD
			Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)			Manoj Bhattacharya	TBD
			Communist Party of India			Swapan Banerjee	TBD
	Indian National Congress					Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	TBD
	Indian Secular Front					Nawsad Siddique	TBD
	Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha					Anit Thapa	TBD
	Gorkha Janmukti Morcha					Bimal Gurung	TBD
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen					TBD	TBD