Trinamool Congress has released a list of contesting candidates for 291 seats in the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been fielded against Bharatiya Janata Party’s Suvendu Adhikari from the Bhabanipur seat. Mamata Banerjee is an incumbent MLA from Bhabanipur.
In 2021 Bengal election, Mamata Banerjee was defeated by Suvendu Adhikari on the Nandigram seat. This year, Suvendu Adhikari, MLA from Nandigram, has yet again challenged Mamata Banerjee from Babanipur — in a bid to unseat her.
Voting for all 294 assembly seats in West Bengal will be held in two phases – on April 23 and 29 – with 152 and 142 seats going to polls, respectively. Counting of votes will take place on May 4.
Chandrima Bhattacharya fielded from the Dum Dum Uttar seat, Madan Mitra from Kamarhati seat, Firhad Hakim from Kolkata Port seat, Kunal Ghosh from Beleghata seat, Dr Shashi Panja from the Shyampukur seat.
Aroop Biswas (minister who quit post Messi scandal) – Tollygunje
Firhad Hakim (also Kolkata mayor) – Kolkata Port
Ritabrata Banerjee (current RS MP and former CPM leader) – Uluberia Purba
Sayantika Banerjee (actress) – Baranagar
More details are being added
