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Legislative Assembly elections were held in West Bengal on 23 and 29 April 2026 to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 4 May 2026.
| Poll event | Phases | |
| I | II | |
| Notification date | 30 March 2026 | 2 April 2026 |
| Last date for filing nomination | 6 April 2026 | 9 April 2026 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 7 April 2026 | 10 April 2026 |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 9 April 2026 | 13 April 2026 |
| Date of poll | 23 April 2026 | 29 April 2026 |
| Number of constituencies | 152 | 142 |
| Assembly Constituency numbers | AC 1–76AC 203–258 AC 275–294 | AC 77–202 AC 259–274 |
| Date of counting of votes | 4 May 2026 | |
| Date of completion of electoral process | 6 May 2026 | |
| All India Trinamool Congress+ | |||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
| All India Trinamool Congress | | | Mamata Banerjee | 291 | |
| Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha | | | Anit Thapa | 3 | |
| Total | 294 | ||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | | | Samik Bhattacharya | 294 | |
| Left Front+ | ||||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | | | Mohammed Salim | 195 | 197 | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | Ashish Chakraborty | 1 | ||||
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | | Subhas Roy | 1 | |||
| Indian Secular Front | | | Nawsad Siddiqui | 29 | 30 | |
| Social Democratic Party of India | | Hakikul Islam | 1 | |||
| All India Forward Bloc | | | Naren Chatterjee | 23 | ||
| Communist Party of India | | | Swapan Banerjee | 17 | ||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | | | Tapan Hore | 16 | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | | | Abhijit Majumder | 9 | ||
| West Bengal Socialist Party | | Manindra Chandra Paul | 1 | |||
| Independent | | Ajoy Edwards | 1 | |||
| Total | 294 | |||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
| Indian National Congress | | | Subhankar Sarkar | 294 | |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | | Torch Light | Chandidas Bhattacharya | 230 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | | | Jay Prakash Singh | 152 | |
| Aam Janata Unnayan Party | | | Humayun Kabir | 115 | |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | | | Imran Solanki | 12 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Mass Line | | | Alik Chakraborty | 2 | |
| Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha | | Motilal Mahato | 2 | ||
| Voting date | District | No. | Constituency | AITC+ | BJP | LF+ | INC | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | ||||||||
| 23 April 2026 | Cooch Behar | 1 | Mekliganj (SC) | AITC | Paresh Adhikary | BJP | Dadhiram Roy | AIFB | Kamal Roy | INC | Ila Rani Roy | ||||
| 2 | Mathabhanga (SC) | AITC | Sablu Barman | BJP | Nisith Pramanik | CPI(M) | Khagen Barman | INC | Khitendra Nath Barman | ||||||
| 3 | Cooch Behar Uttar (SC) | AITC | Partha Pratim Roy | BJP | Sukumar Roy | CPI(M) | Pranay Karji | INC | Partha Pratim Ishore | ||||||
| 4 | Cooch Behar Dakshin | AITC | Avijit Dey Bhowmik | BJP | Rathindra Nath Bose | AIFB | Nazmul Alam Sarkar | INC | Khokan Mian | ||||||
| 5 | Sitalkuchi (SC) | AITC | Harihar Das | BJP | Savitri Barman | CPI(M) | Nabadipti Adhikari | INC | Sukamal Barman | ||||||
| 6 | Sitai (SC) | AITC | Sangita Roy | BJP | Ashutosh Barma | AIFB | Arun Kumar Barma | INC | Rabin Roy | ||||||
| 7 | Dinhata | AITC | Udayan Guha | BJP | Ajay Roy | AIFB | Bikash Mondal | INC | Harihar Ray Singha | ||||||
| 8 | Natabari | AITC | Sailen Barman | BJP | Girija Shankar Roy | CPI(M) | Akik Hassan | INC | Biswajit Sarkar | ||||||
| 9 | Tufanganj | AITC | Shib Shankar Paul | BJP | Malati Rava Roy | CPI(M) | Dhananjoy Rava | INC | Debendra Nath Barma | ||||||
| Alipurduar | 10 | Kumargram (ST) | AITC | Rajeev Tirkey | BJP | Manoj Kumar Oraon | RSP | Kishore Minz | INC | Sudham Lama | |||||
| 11 | Kalchini (ST) | AITC | Birendra Bara | BJP | Bishal Lama | RSP | Passang Sherpa | INC | Anjan Chik Baraik | ||||||
| 12 | Alipurduars | AITC | Suman Kanjilal | BJP | Paritosh Das | CPI(M) | Shyamal Roy | INC | Mrinmoy Sarkar | ||||||
| 13 | Falakata (SC) | AITC | Subhas Chandra Roy | BJP | Dipak Barman | CPI(M) | Kamal Kishore Roy | INC | Akshoy Kumar Barman | ||||||
| 14 | Madarihat (ST) | AITC | Jay Prakash Toppo | BJP | Lakshman Limbu | RSP | Subhas Lohar | INC | Joy Prafulla Lakra | ||||||
| Jalpaiguri | 15 | Dhupguri (SC) | AITC | Nirmal Chandra Roy | BJP | Naresh Chandra Roy | CPI(M) | Niranjan Roy | INC | Harish Chandra Roy | |||||
| 16 | Maynaguri (SC) | AITC | Rammohan Roy | BJP | Dalim Chandra Roy | RSP | Sudeb Roy | INC | Jogen Sarkar | ||||||
| 17 | Jalpaiguri (SC) | AITC | Krishna Das | BJP | Ananta Deb Adhikary | CPI(M) | Debraj Barman | INC | Sudipto Mohonto | ||||||
| 18 | Rajganj (SC) | AITC | Swapna Barman | BJP | Dinesh Sarkar | CPI(M) | Kharendranath Roy | INC | Tushar Kanti Roy | ||||||
| 19 | Dabgram-Phulbari | AITC | Ranjan Shil Sharma | BJP | Shikha Chatterjee | CPI(M) | Dilip Singh | INC | Rohit Singh Sisodia | ||||||
| 20 | Mal (ST) | AITC | Bulu Chik Baraik | BJP | Sukra Munda | CPI(M) | Manu Oraon | INC | Rakesh Kujur | ||||||
| 21 | Nagrakata (ST) | AITC | Sanjay Kujur | BJP | Puna Bhengra | CPI(M) | Dilkumar Oraon | INC | Shinu Munda | ||||||
| Kalimpong | 22 | Kalimpong | BGPM | Ruden Sada Lepcha | BJP | Bharat Chhetri | CPI(M) | Rita Thapa | INC | Santa Kumar Pradhan | |||||
| Darjeeling | 23 | Darjeeling | BGPM | Bijoy Kumar Rai | BJP | Noman Rai | IND | Ajoy Edwards | INC | Madhap Rai | |||||
| 24 | Kurseong | BGPM | Amar Lama | BJP | Sonam Lama | CPI(M) | Uttam Sharma | INC | Saroj Kumar Khatri | ||||||
| 25 | Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) | AITC | Shankar Malakar | BJP | Anandamoy Barman | CPI(M) | Jharen Roy | INC | Amitava Sarkar | ||||||
| 26 | Siliguri | AITC | Goutam Deb | BJP | Shankar Ghosh | CPI(M) | Sharadindu Chakraborty | INC | Aloke Dhara | ||||||
| 27 | Phansidewa (ST) | AITC | Reena Toppo Ekka | BJP | Durga Murmu | CPI(ML)L | Sumanti Ekka | INC | Nabanita Tirkey | ||||||
| Uttar Dinajpur | 28 | Chopra | AITC | Hamidul Rahaman | BJP | Shankar Adhikari | CPI(M) | Makleswar Rahaman | INC | Zakir Abedin | |||||
| 29 | Islampur | AITC | Kanaia Lal Agarwal | BJP | Chitrajit Roy | CPI(M) | Sami Khan | INC | Guddi Riaz | ||||||
| 30 | Goalpokhar | AITC | Md. Ghulam Rabbani | BJP | Sarajit Biswas | AIFB | Zamaluddin | INC | Masood Md. Naseem Ahsen | ||||||
| 31 | Chakulia | AITC | Minhajul Arfin Azad | BJP | Manoj Jain | AIFB | Amjad Ali | INC | Ali Imran Ramz | ||||||
| 32 | Karandighi | AITC | Goutam Paul | BJP | Biraj Biswas | CPI(M) | Md. Sahabuddin | INC | Murshid Alam | ||||||
| 33 | Hemtabad (SC) | AITC | Satyajit Barman | BJP | Haripada Barman | CPI(M) | Tanushree Das | INC | Anamika Roy | ||||||
| 34 | Kaliaganj (SC) | AITC | Nitai Baishya | BJP | Utpal Maharaj | CPI(M) | Hirubala Roy | INC | Girdhari Pramanik | ||||||
| 35 | Raiganj | AITC | Krishna Kalyani | BJP | Kaushik Chowdhury | CPI(M) | Jibananda Singha | INC | Mohit Sengupta | ||||||
| 36 | Itahar | AITC | Mosaraf Hussen | BJP | Sabita Barman | CPI | Utpal Das | INC | Amal Acharjee | ||||||
| Dakshin Dinajpur | 37 | Kushmandi (SC) | AITC | Rekha Roy | BJP | Tapas Chandra Roy | RSP | Jyotirmoy Roy | INC | Bablu Sarkar | |||||
| 38 | Kumarganj | AITC | Toraf Hossain Mandal | BJP | Suvendu Sarkar | CPI(M) | Mofazzal Hossain | INC | Gulam Martuja Mandal | ||||||
| 39 | Balurghat | AITC | Arpita Ghosh | BJP | Bidyut Roy | RSP | Arnab Choudhury | INC | Pradip Kumar Mitra | ||||||
| 40 | Tapan (ST) | AITC | Chintamoni Biha | BJP | Budhrai Tudu | RSP | Bappai Haro | INC | Bankim Chandra Toppo | ||||||
| 41 | Gangarampur (SC) | AITC | Goutam Das | BJP | Satyendra Nath Ray | CPI(M) | Biplab Barman | INC | Jui Barman | ||||||
| 42 | Harirampur | AITC | Biplab Mitra | BJP | Debabrata Majumder | CPI(M) | Gautam Goswami | INC | Subhasish Pal | ||||||
| Malda | 43 | Habibpur (ST) | AITC | Amal Kisku | BJP | Joyel Murmu | CPI(M) | Basudeb Barman | INC | Rajen Soren | |||||
| 44 | Gazole (SC) | AITC | Prasenjit Das | BJP | Chinmoy Deb Barman | CPI(M) | Khitish Sarkar | INC | Prem Chowdhury | ||||||
| 45 | Chanchal | AITC | Prasun Banerjee | BJP | Ratan Das | CPI(M) | Anawarul Haque | INC | Asif Mehbub | ||||||
| 46 | Harishchandrapur | AITC | Md. Matibur Rahaman | BJP | Ratan Das | CPI(M) | Sheikh Khalil | INC | Mostaque Alam | ||||||
| 47 | Malatipur | AITC | Abdur Rahim Boxi | BJP | Ashish Das | CPI(M) | Minarul Hossain | INC | Mausam Noor | ||||||
| 48 | Ratua | AITC | Samar Mukherjee | BJP | Abhishek Singhania | CPI(M) | Jahur Alam | INC | Mottakin Alam | ||||||
| Polling Agency | Date Published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | |||
| AITC+ | BJP | Others | |||||
| IANS-Matrize | 15 March 2026 | 22630 | ±3% | 155-170 | 100-115 | 5-7 | 40-70 |
| VoteVibe CNN-News18 Opinion Poll-1 | 23 March 2026 | 128360 | ±3% | 184-200 | 98-108 | 1-3 | 76-96 |
| VoteVibe CNN-News18 Opinion Poll-2 | 30 March 2026 | 128360 | ±3% | 169-179 | 113-123 | 1-3 | 46-66 |
| VoteVibe CNN News18 Opinion Poll-3 | 6 April 2026 | 128360 | ±3% | 159-169 | 120-130 | 3-7 | 29-49 |
| Matrize-ABP News | 6 April 2026 | – | – | 140-160 | 130-150 | 8-16 | Hung |
| Polling Agency | Date Published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | |||
| AITC+ | BJP | Others | |||||
| IANS-Matrize | 15 March 2026 | 22630 | ±3% | 43-45% | 41-43% | 12-16% | 0-4% |
| VoteVibe CNN-News18Opinion Poll-1 | 23 March 2026 | 128360 | ±3% | 41.9% | 34.9% | 22% | 7% |
| VoteVibe CNN-News18 Opinion Poll-2 | 30 March 2026 | 128360 | ±3% | 43.4% | 38.1% | 18% | 5.3% |
| VoteVibe CNN News18 Opinion Poll-3 | 6 April 2026 | 128360 | ±3% | 43.7% | 39.7% | 16% | 4% |
| Matrize-ABP News | 6 April 2026 | – | – | 43% | 41% | 16% | 2% |
| CVoter Opinion Poll | 8 April 2026 | – | – | 44% | 40% | 16% | 4% |
| Chanakya Strategies ABP News | 8 April 2026 | – | – | 45-47% | 40-42% | 12-16% | 3-7% |
| Polling Agency | Date Published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | |||
| AITC+ | BJP | Others |
| Polling Agency | Date Published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | |||
| AITC+ | BJP | Others | |||||
| P-MARQ | Apr 29, 2026 | 118-138 | 150-175 | 2-6 | |||
| Poll Diary | Apr 29, 2026 | 99-127 | 142-171 | 0-1 | |||
| Matrize | Apr 29, 2026 | 125-140 | 146-161 | 6-10 | |||
| Chanakya Strategies | Apr 29, 2026 | 130-140 | 150-160 | 6-10 | |||
| Peoples Pulse | Apr 29, 2026 | 177-187 | 95-110 | 0-2 | |||
| JVC | Apr 29, 2026 | 131-152 | 138-159 | 0-2 | |||
| Janmat | Apr 29, 2026 | 195-205 | 80-90 | 1-4 |
| Phase | Gender | Turnout | |
| Phase 1 | Male | 92.33% | 93.19% |
| Female | 94.09% | ||
| 3rd Gender | 54.62% | ||
| Phase 2 | Male | 91.07% | 91.66% |
| Female | 92.28% | ||
| 3rd Gender | 91.28% | ||
| Total | 92.42% | ||
| Phase | District | Seats | Turnout | ||
| Phase 1 | Cooch Behar | 9 | 152 | 96.04% | 93.19% |
| Alipurduar | 5 | 93.20% | |||
| Jalpaiguri | 7 | 94.76% | |||
| Kalimpong | 1 | 83.04% | |||
| Darjeeling | 5 | 88.98% | |||
| Uttar Dinajpur | 9 | 94.16% | |||
| Dakshin Dinajpur | 6 | 95.44% | |||
| Malda | 12 | 94.79% | |||
| Murshidabad | 22 | 93.67% | |||
| Purba Medinipur | 16 | 92.75% | |||
| Paschim Medinipur | 15 | 92.19% | |||
| Jhargram | 4 | 92.26% | |||
| Purulia | 9 | 91.59% | |||
| Bankura | 12 | 92.55% | |||
| Paschim Bardhaman | 9 | 90.32% | |||
| Birbhum | 11 | 94.51% | |||
| Phase 2 | Nadia | 17 | 142 | 92.04% | 92.67% |
| North 24 Parganas | 33 | 92.81% | |||
| South 24 Parganas | 31 | 93.27% | |||
| Kolkata | 11 | 88.95% | |||
| Howrah | 16 | 92.46% | |||
| Hooghly | 18 | 91.93% | |||
| Purba Bardhaman | 16 | 93.78% | |||
| Total | 294 | 92.87 | |||
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| AITC+ | All India Trinamool Congress | 291 | |||||||
| Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | 294 | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 294 | ||||||||
| LF+ | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 197 | |||||||
| Indian Secular Front | 29 | ||||||||
| All India Forward Bloc | 23 | ||||||||
| Communist Party of India | 17 | ||||||||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 16 | ||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | 9 | ||||||||
| West Bengal Socialist Party | 1 | ||||||||
| Social Democratic Party of India | 1 | ||||||||
| Independent | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 294 | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress | 292 | ||||||||
| Other parties | |||||||||
| Independents | |||||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | — | 294 | — | |||||
| Phase | Seats | |||
| AITC+ | BJP | Others | ||
| Phase 1 | 152 | |||
| Phase 2 | 142 | |||
| Total | 294 |
| Division | Seats | |||
| AITC+ | BJP | Others | ||
| Jalpaiguri division | 27 | |||
| Malda division | 49 | |||
| Burdwan division | 54 | |||
| Medinipur division | 56 | |||
| Presidency division | 108 | |||
| Total Seats | 294 |
| Region | District | Seats | ||||||
| AITC+ | BJP | Others | ||||||
| Won | +/- | Won | +/- | Won | +/- | |||
| North Bengal | Cooch Behar | 9 | ||||||
| Alipurduar | 5 | |||||||
| Jalpaiguri | 7 | |||||||
| Kalimpong | 1 | |||||||
| Darjeeling | 5 | |||||||
| Uttar Dinajpur | 9 | |||||||
| Dakshin Dinajpur | 6 | |||||||
| Malda | 12 | |||||||
| Total | 54 | |||||||
| South Bengal | Murshidabad | 22 | ||||||
| Nadia | 17 | |||||||
| North 24 Parganas | 33 | |||||||
| South 24 Parganas | 31 | |||||||
| Kolkata | 11 | |||||||
| Howrah | 16 | |||||||
| Hooghly | 18 | |||||||
| Purba Medinipur | 16 | |||||||
| Paschim Medinipur | 15 | |||||||
| Jhargram | 4 | |||||||
| Total | 183 | |||||||
| Rarh Banga | Purulia | 9 | ||||||
| Bankura | 12 | |||||||
| Purba Bardhaman | 16 | |||||||
| Paschim Bardhaman | 9 | |||||||
| Birbhum | 11 | |||||||
| Total | 57 | |||||||
| Total | 294 | |||||||
| District | Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | % | |||||||||
| No. | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||||
| Cooch Behar | 1 | Mekliganj (SC) | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mathabhanga (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Cooch Behar Uttar (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Cooch Behar Dakshin | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Sitalkuchi (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Sitai (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Dinhata | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Natabari | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Tufanganj | |||||||||||||
| Alipurduar | 10 | Kumargram (ST) | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Kalchini (ST) | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Alipurduars | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Falakata | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Madarihat | |||||||||||||
| Jalpaiguri | 15 | Dhupguri (SC) | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Maynaguri (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Jalpaiguri (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 18 | Rajganj (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Dabgram-Phulbari | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Mal (ST) | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Nagrakata (ST) | |||||||||||||
| Kalimpong | 22 | Kalimpong | ||||||||||||
| Darjeeling | 23 | Darjeeling | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Kurseong | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 26 | Siliguri | |||||||||||||
| 27 | Phansidewa (ST) | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Dinajpur | 28 | Chopra | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Islampur | |||||||||||||
| 30 | Goalpokhar | |||||||||||||
| 31 | Chakulia | |||||||||||||
| 32 | Karandighi | |||||||||||||
| 33 | Hemtabad (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 34 | Kaliaganj (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 35 | Raiganj | |||||||||||||
| 36 | Itahar | |||||||||||||
| Dakshin Dinajpur | 37 | Kushmandi (SC) | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Kumarganj | |||||||||||||
| 39 | Balurghat | |||||||||||||
| 40 | Tapan (ST) | |||||||||||||
| 41 | Gangarampur (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 42 | Harirampur | |||||||||||||
| Malda | 43 | Habibpur (ST) | ||||||||||||
| 44 | Gazole (SC) | |||||||||||||
| 45 | Chanchal | |||||||||||||
| 46 | Harishchandrapur | |||||||||||||
| 47 | Malatipur | |||||||||||||
| 48 | Ratua | |||||||||||||