BJP releases 2nd list of 111 candidates for West Bengal polls, fields Rekha Patra from Hingalganj

According to the BJP's list, Rekha Patra has been fielded from Hingalganj (SC), Kalyan Chakraborty from Khardaha, and Roopa Ganguly from Sonarpur Dakshin.

Published on: Mar 19, 2026, 18:41:05 IST

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released its second list of 111 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, intensifying the contest with the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) across all 294 seats in the state.

BJP's Rekha Patra is contesting from Hingalganj (SC), Roopa Ganguly is contesting from Sonarpur Dakshin. (File photos)

According to the list, Rekha Patra has been fielded from Hingalganj (SC), Kalyan Chakraborty from Khardaha, and Roopa Ganguly from Sonarpur Dakshin.

The party has also nominated Nisith Pramanik from Mathabhanga, Shankar Adhikari from Chopra, Koustav Bagchi from Barrackpur, and Arup Choudhury from Kamarhati. Among other key names, Priyanka Tibrewal will contest from Entally, while Tapas Roy has been fielded from Maniktala.

S. No.	Constituency	Candidate Name
1	Mekliganj (SC)	Shri Dadhiram Roy
2	Mathabhanga (SC)	Shri Nisith Pramanik
3	Madarihat (ST)	Shri Lakshman Limbu
4	Maynaguri (SC)	Shri Kaushik Roy
5	Jalpaiguri (SC)	Shri Ananta Deb Adhikary
6	Mal (ST)	Shri Sukra Munda
7	Kalimpong	Shri Bharat Chetri
8	Kurseong	Shri Sonam Lama
9	Chopra	Shri Shankar Adhikari
10	Itahar	Smt. Sabita Barman
11	Harishchandrapur	Shri Ratan Das
12	Baishnabnagar	Shri Raju Karmakar
13	Farakka	Shri Sunil Chowdhury
14	Samserganj	Shri Shashthi Charan Ghosh
15	Jangipur	Adv. Chitto Mukherjee
16	Sagardighi	Shri Tapas Chakraborty
17	Raninagar	Shri Rana Pratap Singh Roy
18	Nabagram (SC)	Shri Dilip Saha
19	Khargram (SC)	Smt. Mitali Mal
20	Burwan (SC)	Shri Sukhen Kumar Bagdi
21	Kandi	Smt. Gargi Das Ghosh
22	Bharatpur	Smt. Anamika Ghosh
23	Tehatta	Shri Subrata Kabiraj
24	Nakashipara	Shri Shantanu Dey
25	Chapra	Shri Saikat Sarkar
26	Nabadwip	Shri Sruti Sekhar Goswami
27	Krishnanagar Dakshin	Shri Sadhan Ghosh
28	Krishnaganj (SC)	Shri Sukanta Biswas
29	Ranaghat Dakshin (SC)	Dr. Ashim Kumar Biswas
30	Bongaon Uttar (SC)	Shri Ashok Kirtania
31	Bongaon Dakshin (SC)	Shri Swapan Majumder
32	Gaighata (SC)	Shri Subrata Thakur
33	Swarupnagar (SC)	Shri Tarak Saha
34	Habra	Shri Debdas Mandal
35	Ashoknagar	Dr. Somoy Hira
36	Bijpur	Shri Sudipta Das
37	Jagatdal	Dr. Rajesh Kumar, IPS
38	Noapara	Shri Arjun Singh
39	Barrackpur	Shri Koustav Bagchi
40	Khardaha	Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty
41	Kamarhati	Shri Arup Choudhury
42	Dum Dum	Adv. Arijit Bakshi
43	Rajarhat New Town	Shri Piyush Kanodia
44	Bidhannagar	Dr. Sharadwat Mukhopadhyay
45	Rajarhat Gopalpur	Shri Tarun Jyoti Tiwari
46	Barasat	Shri Sankar Chatterjee
47	Haroa	Shri Bhaskar Mondal
48	Minakhan (SC)	Shri Rudrendra Patra
49	Sandeshkhali (ST)	Shri Sanat Sardar
50	Basirhat Dakshin	Dr. Suraj (Shourya) Banerjee
51	Hingalganj (SC)	Smt. Rekha Patra
52	Gosaba (SC)	Shri Vikarno Naskar
53	Sagar	Shri Sumanta Mandal
54	Kulpi	Shri Abni Naskar
55	Mandirbazar (SC)	Smt. Mallika Paik
56	Jaynagar (SC)	Shri Alok Halder
57	Baruipur Purba (SC)	Smt. Tumpa Sardar
58	Canning Paschim (SC)	Shri Prasanta Bayen
59	Baruipur Paschim	Shri Biswajit Paul
60	Magrahat Paschim	Shri Gour Sundar Ghosh
61	Satgachhia	Shri Agniswar Naskar
62	Sonarpur Dakshin	Smt. Roopa Ganguly
63	Bhangar	Shri Jayanta Gayen
64	Kasba	Shri Sandeep Banerjee
65	Jadavpur	Smt. Sarbori Mukherjee
66	Tollygunge	Smt. Papiya (Dey) Adhikari
67	Behala Purba	Shri Sunil Maharaj
68	Behala Paschim	Dr. Indranil Khan
69	Maheshtala	Shri Tamanath Bhowmik
70	Ballygunge	Dr. Shatrupa
71	Entally	Smt. Priyanka Tibrewal
72	Beleghata	Dr. Partha Choudhary
73	Jorasanko	Shri Vijay Ojha
74	Shyampukur	Smt. Poornima Chakraborty
75	Maniktala	Shri Tapas Roy
76	Kashipur-Belgachhia	Shri Ritesh Tiwari
77	Bally	Shri Sanjay Singh
78	Sankrail (SC)	Smt. Barnali Dhali
79	Uluberia Uttar (SC)	Shri Chiran Bera
80	Shyampur	Dr. Hiranmoy Chattopadhyay
81	Bagnan	Shri Premangshu Rana
82	Udaynarayanpur	Shri Prabhakar Pandit
83	Jagatballavpur	Shri Anupam Ghosh
84	Shibpur	Shri Bikas Bhattacharya
85	Champdani	Shri Dilip Singh
86	Balagarh (SC)	Smt. Sumana Sarkar
87	Pandua	Shri Tushar Kumar Majumdar
88	Chanditala	Shri Debashis Mukherjee
89	Jangipara	Shri Prasenjit Bag
90	Dhaniakhali (SC)	Smt. Barnali Das
91	Nandakumar	Shri Nirmal Khanra
92	Bhagabanpur	Shri Santanu Pramanik
93	Khejuri (SC)	Shri Subrata Paik
94	Egra	Shri Dibyendu Adhikari
95	Pingla	Smt. Swagata Manna
96	Baghmundi	Shri Rahidas Mahato
97	Purulia	Shri Sudip Kumar Mukherjee
98	Bankura	Shri Niladri Sekhar Dana
99	Bishnupur	Smt. Shukla Chatterjee
100	Khandaghosh (SC)	Shri Gautam Dhara
101	Bardhaman Dakshin	Smt. Moumita Biswas Misra
102	Kalna (SC)	Shri Siddharth Majumdar
103	Purbasthali Uttar	Shri Gopal Ghosh
104	Mangalkot	Shri Ritesh Ghosh
105	Galsi (SC)	Shri Raju Patra
106	Raniganj	Adv. Partho Ghosh
107	Labpur	Shri Debasis Ojha
108	Rampurhat	Shri Dhruva Saha
109	Murarai	Smt. Rinki Ghosh
110	Rampurhat	Shri Dhruba Saha
111	Murarai	Smt. Rinki Ghosh

Focus on high-profile contests

The second list builds on the BJP’s earlier announcement of 144 candidates. In the first list, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari was named from Nandigram, where he defeated Mamata Banerjee in 2021, as well as from Bhabanipur, currently represented by the TMC chief.

Other candidates announced earlier include BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul from Asansol Dakshin, actor-turned-politician Rudranil Ghosh from Shibpur, and Bankim Chandra Ghosh from Chakdaha.

Key timeline in West Bengal election 2026

Polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections will be conducted in two phases, on April 23 and April 29, with counting of votes scheduled for May 4.

As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), the first phase covering 152 constituencies will begin with the issuance of the gazette notification on March 30, 2026. The last date for filing nominations is April 6, scrutiny will take place on April 7, and candidates can withdraw nominations until April 9. Voting for this phase is slated for April 23.

For the second phase, covering 142 constituencies, the notification will be issued on April 2, 2026. The last date for filing nominations is April 9, scrutiny will be held on April 10, and the withdrawal deadline is April 13. Polling for this phase will take place on April 29.

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