BJP has released the first list of 144 candidates for West Bengal elections. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given tickets to Subhendu Adhikari and Dilip Ghosh. BJP has fielded Shubhendu Adhikari from two seats – Nandigram and Bhawanipur seat. CM Mamata Banerjee had won the elections from Bhawanipur last time.
In the 2021 assembly elections, Subhendu Adhikari defeated CM Mamata Banerjee by about 2000 votes from Nandigram seat. After counting of 17 rounds, Shubhendu Adhikari’s victory was declared. Then Mamata Banerjee had accused BJP of rigging during the elections. After that defeat, Mamata Banerjee contested the by-election from Bhawanipur seat and won. Now, to corner Mamata Banerjee, the same BJP has once again fielded Shubhendu Adhikari from her own seat.
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BJP has given ticket to Dilip Kumar Ghosh from Bolpur Assembly, Agnimitra Paul from Asansol South, Dilip Ghosh from Kharagpur Sadar, former Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Das Gupta from Rashbehari seat. The party has fielded Deepak Kumar Halder from Diamond Harbour, Krishnendu Mukherjee from Asansol North, Bapan Ghosh from Kaliganj, Sukumar Roy from Cooch Behar North, Shankar Ghosh from Siliguri and Nikhil Banerjee from Hassan.
The Election Commission has announced on Sunday (15 March 2025) that the assembly elections for 294 seats of West Bengal will be held in two phases on 23 April and 29 April 2026. Counting of votes will take place on 4 May 2026. In the last assembly elections, TMC under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee had won 215 seats, while BJP became the main opposition party with 77 seats.
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