The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) released the list of its candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections on Tuesday (17 March 2026). Trinamool Chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that the party will contest 291 seats out of 294 seats in the state. He said that Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) led by Anit Thapa will contest on three seats.
How many Muslim candidates are in TMC’s list?
This list released by the party includes the names of many senior TMC leaders of West Bengal including Mamata Banerjee, who have been made candidates. Let us tell you that CM Mamata Banerjee will contest against BJP leader Shubhendu Adhikari from Bhawanipur assembly seat. Party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that out of 291 TMC candidates in the West Bengal elections, 52 are women, 95 are Scheduled Caste-Scheduled Tribe and 47 are minorities.
CM Mamata’s assurance to party workers
TMC has fielded Farhad Hakim from Kolkata Port, Kunal Ghosh from Beleghata seat, Jyotipriyo Mallik from Habra seat. CM Mamata Banerjee claimed to win more than 226 seats in the 2026 assembly elections. The Chief Minister also tried to reassure those party leaders and workers who could not find a place in the list of candidates. He said that such leaders will be accommodated in the organization.
TMC played a bet in front of Shubhendu Adhikari
Pabitra Kar, who recently joined TMC, has been given ticket from Nandigram, where he will also face Subhendu Adhikari. BJP has given tickets to Shubhendu Adhikari from both Nandigram and Bhawanipur assembly seats. Along with this, Sabina Yasmin will contest from Sujapur seat, Zakir Hussain from Jangipur seat, Byron Biswas from Sagardighi seat, Udayan Guha from Dinhata seat.
Gautam from Siliguri seat, Ashish Marjeet from Khagram, Soham Chakraborty from Karimpur seat, Apoorva Sarkar from Kandi seat, Sangeeta Roy Basunia from Sitai seat, Abhinav Bhattacharya from Krishnanagar North seat, Pundrikaksh Saha from Navadweep, Rajeev Biswas from Haringhata seat, Bina Mandal from Swaroop Nagar seat, Sapna Barman from Rajganj seat, Jyotipriya Mallik from Howrah seat, Krishnanagar Nagar South seat. Ujjwal Vishwas, Saugata Kumar Barman will contest from Ranaghat South seat, Atindranath Mandal will contest from Kalyani seat.
The hold of Muslim voters is strong in these districts
Out of 294 seats in West Bengal, Muslim voters play a decisive role in about 40 to 45 assembly constituencies. Muslim population is highest in districts like Malda, Birbhum, Murshidabad, North Dinajpur and South 24 Parganas. In many assembly constituencies of these districts, more than half of the total voters are Muslims.
Who got the chance on Humayun Kabir’s seat?
TMC has fielded Mustafizur Rahman from Bharatpur seat of Murshidabad district. TMC’s Himayun Kabir was the MLA from this seat, who had created the Babri controversy. After the announcement of construction of Babri Masjid in Beldanga of Murshidabad district, TMC had expelled Himayun Kabir from the party. After being expelled from TMC, he had claimed to form a new party.
