Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday announced all 42 candidates from West Bengal for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Springing a major surprise, the state's ruling party named ex-India cricketer Yusuf Pathan, and has fielded him from Berhampore, a seat held since 1999 by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Congress' Bengal unit chief, who, in all likelihood, will again contest from the constituency.
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Take a look at TMC candidates from West Bengal for the general elections. With 42 members, the state has the third-highest representation in the 543-member Lok Sabha, after Uttar Pradesh (80) and Maharashtra (48).
| Constituency | Candidate | |
| 1. | Diamond Harbour | Abhishek Banerjee |
| 2. | Krishnanagar | Mahua Moitra |
| 3. | Berhampore | Yusuf Pathan |
| 4. | Dum Dum | Saugata Roy |
| 5. | Cooch Behar | Jagdish Chandra Basunia |
| 6. | Alipurduar | Prakash Chik Baraik |
| 7. | Jalpaiguri | Nirmal Chandra Rai |
| 8. | Darjeeling | Gopal Lama |
| 9. | Raiganj | Krishna Kalyani |
| 10. | Balurghat | Biplab Mitra |
| 11. | Malda North | Prasun Banerjee |
| 12. | Malda South | Shanawaz Ali Rehman |
| 13. | Jangipur | Khalilur Rehman |
| 14. | Ranaghat | Mukut Mani Adhikari |
| 15. | Bangaon | Biswajit Das |
| 16. | Barrackpore | Partha Bhowmick |
| 17. | Barasat | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar |
| 18. | Basirhat | Haji Nurul Islam |
| 19. | Joynagar | Pratima Mondal |
| 20. | Mathurapur | Bapi Haldar |
| 21. | Jadavpur | Sayoni Ghosh |
| 22. | Kolkata South | Mala Roy |
| 23. | Kolkata North | Sudip Bandopadhyay |
| 24. | Howrah | Prasun Banerjee |
| 25. | Uluberia | Sajda Ahmed |
| 26. | Srirampur | Kalyan Banerjee |
| 27. | Hooghly | Rachana Banerjee |
| 28. | Arambagh | Mitali Bagh |
| 29. | Tamluk | Debangshu Bhattacharya |
| 30. | Kanthi | Uttam Barik |
| 31. | Ghatal | Dipak Adhikari |
| 32. | Jhargram | Kalipada Soren |
| 33. | Midnapore | June Maliah |
| 34. | Purulia | Shantiram Mahato |
| 35. | Bankura | Arup Chakraborty |
| 36. | Bishnupur | Sujata Mondal Khan |
| 37. | Burdwan | Dr Sharmila Sarkar |
| 38. | Burdwan-Durgapur | Kirti Azad |
| 39. | Asansol | Shatrughan Sinha |
| 40. | Bolur | Asit Mal |
| 41. | Birbhum | Shatabdi Roy |
| 42. | Murshidabad | Abu Taher Khan |
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