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West Bengal elections 2026: BJP releases first candidate list with 144 names | Full List
The list was released a day after the Election Commission announced the poll schedule for elections in four states and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
The BJP on Monday released the first list of candidates for Assembly elections in West Bengal. The list was released a day after the Election Commission announced the poll schedule for elections in four states and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
The elections in West Bengal will be held in two phases - April 23 and April 29. As per CEC Gyanesh Kumar, the number of phases for the assembly elections in Bengal has been reduced for “convenience."
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Full list of 144 candidate and their constituencies:
1. Sukumar Roy — Coochbehar Uttar
2. Savitri Barman — Sitalkuchi
3. Ajay Roy — Dinhata
4. Malati Rava Roy — Tufanganj
5. Manoj Kumar Oraon — Kumargram
6. Bishal Lama — Kalchini
7. Paritosh Das — Alipurduars
8. Deepak Barman — Falakata
9. Sikha Chatterjee — Dabgram-Phulbari
10. Puna Bhengra — Nagrakata
11. Anandamay Barman — Matigara-Naxalbari
12. Shankar Ghosh — Siliguri
13. Durga Murmu — Phansidewa
14. Sarjit Biswas — Goalpokhar
15. Manoj Jain — Chakulia
16. Biraj Biswas — Karandighi
17. Utpal Maharaj — Kaliaganj
18. Kaushik Chowdhury — Raiganj
19. Tapas Chandra Roy — Kushmandi
20. Suvendu Sarkar — Kumarganj
21. Bidyut Roy — Balurghat
22. Budhrai Tudu — Tapan
23. Satyendra Nath Rai — Gangarampur
24. Debabrata Majumder — Harirampur
25. Joyel Murmu — Habibpur
26. Chinmoy Deb Barman — Gazole
27. Ratan Das — Chanchal
28. Ashish Das — Malatipur
29. Abhishek Singhania — Ratua
30. Gaur Chandra Mandal — Manikchak
31. Gopal Chandra Saha — Maldaha
32. Nibaran Ghosh — Mothabari
33. Abhiraj Chaudhary — Sujapur
34. Mahabir Ghosh — Suti
35. Surjit Poddar — Raghunathganj
36. Amar Kumar Das — Lalgola
37. Bhaskar Sarkar — Bhagawangola
38. Gouri Sankar Ghosh — Murshidabad
39. Bapan Ghosh — Rejinagar
40. Bharat Kumar Jhawar — Beldanga
41. Subrata Maitra — Baharampur
42. Tanmoy Biswas — Hariharpara
43. Rana Mandal — Nowda
44. Nanda Dulal Pal — Domkal
45. Naba Kumar Sarkar — Jalangi
46. Samarendranath Ghosh — Karimpur
47. Anima Dutta — Palashipara
48. Bapan Ghosh — Kaliganj
49. Parthasarathi Chatterjee — Ranaghat Uttar Paschim
50. Ashim Biswas — Ranaghat Uttar Purba
51. Bankim Chandra Ghosh — Chakdaha
52. Asim Kumar Sarkar — Haringhata
53. Sukriti Sarkar — Baduria
54. Arindam Dey — Amdanga
55. Soumitra Chatterjee — Naihati
56. Pawan Kumar Singh — Bhatpara
57. Sajal Ghosh — Baranagar
58. Tarun Kanti Ghosh — Deganga
59. Narayan Chandra Mondal — Basirhat Uttar
60. Bikash Sardar — Basanti
61. Madhabi Mahalder — Kultali
62. Asit Kumar Haldar — Patharpratima
63. Deepankar Jana — Kakdwip
64. Palash Rana — Raidighi
65. Ashim Sapui — Canning Purba
66. Dipak Kumar Halder — Diamond Harbour
67. Agniswar Naskar — Bishnupur
68. Tarun Kumar Adak — Budge Budge
69. Veer Bahadur Singh — Metiaburuz
70. Suvendu Adhikari — Bhabanipur
71. Swapan Das Gupta — Rashbehari
72. Umesh Rai — Howrah Uttar
73. Rudranil Ghosh — Shibpur
74. Mangalanand Puri Maharaj — Uluberia Dakshin
75. Amit Samanta — Amta
76. Gobinda Hazra — Domjur
77. Swaraj Ghosh — Saptagram
78. Santu Pan — Tarakeswar
79. Biman Ghosh — Pursurah
80. Hemanta Bag — Arambag
81. Prashanta Dighar — Goghat
82. Susanta Ghosh — Khanakul
83. Subrata Maity — Panskura Purba
84. Sintu Senapati — Panskura Paschim
85. Ashok Dinda — Moyna
86. Subhash Panja — Mahisadal
87. Suvendu Adhikari — Nandigram
88. Tapan Maity — Haldia
89. Sumita Sinha — Patashpur
90. Arup Kumar Das — Kanthi Uttar
91. Chandra Sekhar Mondal — Kanthi Dakshin
92. Ajit Kumar Jana — Ramnagar
93. Pradip Kumar Bijoli — Dantan
94. Lakshmikant Sahu — Nayagram
95. Bhadra Hembrem — Gopiballavpur
96. Amiya Kisku — Jhargram
97. Rajesh Mahto — Keshiary
98. Dilip Ghosh — Kharagpur Sadar
99. Rama Prasad Giri — Narayangarh
100. Amal Panda — Sabang
101. Tapan Bhuya — Kharagpur
102. Shubhashish Om — Debra
103. Tapan Dutta — Daspur
104. Sital Kapat — Ghatal
105. Sukanta Dolui — Chandrakona
106. Biman Mahto — Salboni
107. Suvendu Samanta — Keshpur
108. Pranat Tudu — Binpur
109. Labsen Baske — Bandwan
110. Jaladhar Mahto — Balarampur
111. Moyna Murmu — Manbazar
112. Kamalkanta Hansda — Kashipur
113. Nadiar Chand Bauri — Para
114. Mamoni Bauri — Raghunathpur
115. Chandana Bauri — Saltora
116. Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay — Chhatna
117. Kshudiram Tudu — Ranibandh
118. Kshetra Mohan Hansda — Raipur
119. Souvik Patra — Taldangra
120. Billeshwar Singha — Barjora
121. Amarnath Shakha — Onda
122. Laxmikanta Majumdar — Katulpur
123. Nirmal Kumar Dhara — Indus
124. Dibakar Gharami — Sonamukhi
125. Subhash Patra — Raina
126. Arun Halder — Jamalpur
127. Saikat Panja — Monteswar
128. Sanjay Das — Bardhaman Uttar
129. Soumen Karfa — Bhatar
130. Anadi Ghosh — Ketugram
131. Kalita Maji — Ausgram
132. Jitendra Kumar Tewari — Pandabeswar
133. Chandra Shekhar Banerjee — Durgapur Purba
134. Lakshman Chandra Ghorui — Durgapur Paschim
135. Bijan Mukherjee — Jamuria
136. Agnimitra Paul — Asansol Dakshin
137. Krishnendu Mukherjee — Asansol Uttar
138. Ajay Kumar Poddar — Kulti
139. Anup Kumar Saha — Dubrajpur
140. Jagannath Chattopadhyay — Suri
141. Dilip Kumar Ghosh — Bolpur
142. Khokan Das — Nanoor
143. Dudh Kumar Mondal — Mayureswar
144. Nikhil Banerjee — Hansan
Why did EC reduce the phases for West Bengal? CEC answers
West Bengal election 2026 date: Election Commission of India on Sunday announced West Bengal elections 2026 will be held in two phases on April 23 and April 29, as opposed to the eight-phased polls that were held in 2021.
The counting of votes for the West Bengal assembly elections 2026 will take place on May 4, along with that of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu.
Asked why the number of phases in West Bengal has come down from eight to just two, the chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said the poll body had had detailed deliberation and found it necessary to reduce the number of phases and bring it down to an extent where it was convenient for everybody.
