Introduction
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released two official lists ofΒ candidatesΒ for the West Bengal Bidhan Sabha Election 2026. The first list of 144 candidates was announced on March 16, 2026, and the second list of 111 candidates was released on March 19, 2026. With both lists combined, BJP has announced a total of 255 candidates so far.
The remaining 39 seats are expected to be covered in subsequent lists ahead of the nomination deadline.
The West Bengal BJP candidate list 2026 includes around 29 women candidates across both lists. The most talked-about name is Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of Opposition, fielded from both Bhabanipur (AC 159) and Nandigram (AC 210). Other notable names include Dilip Ghosh from Kharagpur Sadar, Agnimitra Paul from Asansol Dakshin, Swapan Dasgupta from Rashbehari, Rudranil Ghosh from Shibpur, former cricketer Ashok Dinda from Moyna, Roopa Ganguly from Sonarpur Dakshin, Priyanka Tibrewal from Entally, former Union Minister Nisith Pramanik from Mathabhanga, and Rekha Patra from Hingalganj.
West Bengal Bidhan Sabha Election 2026 is scheduled to be held in two phases. Phase 1 polling will take place on April 23, 2026, covering 152 constituencies, and Phase 2 on April 29, 2026, covering 142 constituencies. The counting of votes will be conducted on May 4, 2026. The last date for filing nominations is April 6, 2026, for Phase 1 seats and April 9, 2026, for Phase 2 seats.
This article provides the complete district-wise BJP candidate list 2026 for West Bengal combining both the first and second official lists released by the party. Seats where candidates have not yet been announced are noted accordingly. This article will be updated as and when further lists are released.
1. Coochbehar
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mekliganj (SC) | Dadhiram Roy |
| 2 | Mathabhanga (SC) | Nisith Pramanik |
| 3 | Coochbehar Uttar (SC) | Sukumar Roy |
| 5 | Sitalkuchi (SC) | Smt. Savitri Barman |
| 7 | Dinhata | Ajay Roy |
| 9 | Tufanganj | Smt. Malati Rava Roy |
AC 4 (Coochbehar Dakshin), AC 6 (Sitai SC), AC 8 (Natabari) β candidates not yet announced.
2. Alipurduar
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Kumargram (ST) | Manoj Kumar Oraon |
| 11 | Kalchini (ST) | Bishal Lama |
| 12 | Alipurduar | Paritosh Das |
| 13 | Falakata (SC) | Deepak Barman |
| 14 | Madarihat (ST) | Lakshman Limbu |
3. Jalpaiguri
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Dhupguri (SC) | Naresh Chandra Roy |
| 16 | Maynaguri (SC) | Kaushik Roy |
| 17 | Jalpaiguri (SC) | Ananta Deb Adhikary |
| 19 | Dabgram-Phulbari | Smt. Sikha Chatterjee |
| 20 | Mal (ST) | Sukra Munda |
| 21 | Nagrakata (ST) | Puna Bhengra |
AC 18 (Rajganj SC) β candidate not yet announced.
4. Kalimpong
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Kalimpong | Bharat Chetri |
5. Darjeeling
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Darjeeling | Noman Rai |
| 24 | Kurseong | Sonam Lama |
| 25 | Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) | Anandamay Barman |
| 26 | Siliguri | Dr. Shankar Ghosh |
| 27 | Phansidewa (ST) | Durga Murmu |
6. Uttar Dinajpur
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Chopra | Shankar Adhikari |
| 30 | Goalpokhar | Sarjit Biswas |
| 31 | Chakulia | Manoj Jain |
| 32 | Karandighi | Adv. Biraj Biswas |
| 34 | Kaliaganj (SC) | Utpal Maharaj |
| 35 | Raiganj | Kaushik Chowdhury |
| 36 | Itahar | Smt. Sabita Barman |
AC 29 (Islampur), AC 33 (Hemtabad SC) β candidates not yet announced.
7. Dakshin Dinajpur
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | Kushmandi (SC) | Tapas Chandra Roy |
| 38 | Kumarganj | Suvendu Sarkar |
| 39 | Balurghat | Bidyut Roy |
| 40 | Tapan (ST) | Budhrai Tudu |
| 41 | Gangarampur (SC) | Satyendra Nath Rai |
| 42 | Harirampur | Debabrata Majumder |
8. Malda
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | Habibpur (ST) | Joyel Murmu |
| 44 | Gazole (SC) | Chinmoy Deb Barman |
| 45 | Chanchal | Ratan Das |
| 46 | Harishchandrapur | Ratan Das |
| 47 | Malatipur | Ashish Das |
| 48 | Ratua | Abhishek Singhania |
| 49 | Manikchak | Gaur Chandra Mandal |
| 50 | Maldaha (SC) | Gopal Chandra Saha |
| 52 | Mothabari | Nibaran Ghosh |
| 53 | Sujapur | Abhiraj Chaudhary |
| 54 | Baisnabnagar | Raju Karmakar |
AC 51 (English Bazar) β candidate not yet announced.
9. Murshidabad
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | Farakka | Sunil Chowdhury |
| 56 | Samserganj | Shashthi Charan Ghosh |
| 57 | Suti | Mahabir Ghosh |
| 58 | Jangipur | Adv. Chitto Mukherjee |
| 59 | Raghunathganj | Surjit Poddar |
| 60 | Sagardighi | Tapas Chakraborty |
| 61 | Lalgola | Amar Kumar Das |
| 62 | Bhagawangola | Bhaskar Sarkar |
| 63 | Raninagar | Rana Pratap Singh Roy |
| 64 | Murshidabad | Gouri Sankar Ghosh |
| 65 | Nabagram (SC) | Dilip Saha |
| 66 | Khargram (SC) | Smt. Mitali Mal |
| 67 | Burwan (SC) | Sukhen Kumar Bagdi |
| 68 | Kandi | Smt. Gargi Das Ghosh |
| 69 | Bharatpur | Smt. Anamika Ghosh |
| 70 | Rejinagar | Bapan Ghosh |
| 71 | Beldanga | Bharat Kumar Jhawar |
| 72 | Baharampur | Subrata Maitra |
| 73 | Hariharpara | Tanmoy Biswas |
| 74 | Nowda | Rana Mandal |
| 75 | Domkal | Nanda Dulal Pal |
| 76 | Jalangi | Naba Kumar Sarkar |
10. Nadia
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 77 | Karimpur | Samarendranath Ghosh |
| 78 | Tehatta | Subrata Kabiraj |
| 79 | Palashipara | Smt. Anima Dutta |
| 80 | Kaliganj | Bapan Ghosh |
| 81 | Nakashipara | Shantanu Dey |
| 82 | Chapra | Saikat Sarkar |
| 84 | Nabadwip | Sruti Sekhar Goswami |
| 85 | Krishnanagar Dakshin | Sadhan Ghosh |
| 87 | Ranaghat Uttar Paschim | Parthasarathi Chatterjee |
| 88 | Krishnaganj (SC) | Sukanta Biswas |
| 89 | Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) | Ashim Biswas |
| 90 | Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) | Dr. Ashim Kumar Biswas |
| 91 | Chakdaha | Bankim Chandra Ghosh |
| 93 | Haringhata (SC) | Asim Kumar Sarkar |
AC 83 (Krishnanagar Uttar), AC 86 (Santipur), AC 92 (Kalyani SC) β candidates not yet announced.
11. North 24 Parganas
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 95 | Bangaon Uttar (SC) | Ashok Kirtania |
| 96 | Bangaon Dakshin (SC) | Swapan Majumder |
| 97 | Gaighata (SC) | Subrata Thakur |
| 98 | Swarupnagar (SC) | Tarak Saha |
| 99 | Baduria | Sukriti Sarkar |
| 100 | Habra | Debdas Mandal |
| 101 | Ashoknagar | Dr. Somoy Hira |
| 102 | Amdanga | Arindam Dey |
| 103 | Bijpur | Sudipta Das |
| 104 | Naihati | Sumitro Chaterjee |
| 105 | Bhatpara | Pawan Kumar Singh |
| 106 | Jagatdal | Dr. Rajesh Kumar (IPS) |
| 107 | Noapara | Arjun Singh |
| 108 | Barrackpur | Koustav Bagchi |
| 109 | Khardaha | Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty |
| 112 | Kamarhati | Arup Choudhury |
| 113 | Baranagar | Sajal Ghosh |
| 114 | Dum Dum | Adv. Arijit Bakshi |
| 115 | Rajarhat Newtown | Piyush Kanodia |
| 116 | Bidhannagar | Dr. Sharadwat Mukhopadhyay |
| 117 | Rajarhat Gopalpur | Tarun Jyoti Tiwari |
| 119 | Barasat | Sankar Chatterjee |
| 120 | Deganga | Tarun Kanti Ghosh |
| 121 | Haroa | Bhaskar Mondal |
| 122 | Minakhan (SC) | Rudrendra Patra |
| 123 | Sandeshkhali (ST) | Sanat Sardar |
| 124 | Basirhat Dakshin | Dr. Suraj (Shourya) Banerjee |
| 125 | Basirhat Uttar | Narayan Chandra Mondal |
| 126 | Hingalganj (SC) | Smt. Rekha Patra |
AC 94 (Bagdah SC), AC 110 (Dum Dum Uttar), AC 111 (Panihati), AC 118 (Madhyamgram) β candidates not yet announced.
12. South 24 Parganas
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 127 | Gosaba (SC) | Vikarno Naskar |
| 128 | Basanti (SC) | Bikash Sardar |
| 129 | Kultali (SC) | Madhabi Mahalder |
| 130 | Patharpratima | Asit Kumar Haldar |
| 131 | Kakdwip | Deepankar Jana |
| 132 | Sagar | Sumanta Mandal |
| 133 | Kulpi | Abni Naskar |
| 134 | Raidighi | Palash Rana |
| 135 | Mandirbazar (SC) | Smt. Mallika Paik |
| 136 | Jaynagar (SC) | Alok Halder |
| 137 | Baruipur Purba (SC) | Smt. Tumpa Sardar |
| 138 | Canning Paschim (SC) | Prasanta Bayen |
| 139 | Canning Purba | Ashim Sapui |
| 140 | Baruipur Paschim | Biswajit Paul |
| 142 | Magrahat Paschim | Gour Sundar Ghosh |
| 143 | Diamond Harbour | Dipak Kumar Halder |
| 145 | Satgachhia | Agniswar Naskar |
| 146 | Bishnupur (SC) | Viswajit Khan |
| 147 | Sonarpur Dakshin | Smt. Roopa Ganguly |
| 148 | Bhangar | Jayanta Gayen |
| 149 | Kasba | Sandeep Banerjee |
| 150 | Jadavpur | Smt. Sarbori Mukherjee |
| 152 | Tollyganj | Smt. Papiya (Dey) Adhikari |
| 153 | Behala Purba | Sunil Maharaj |
| 154 | Behala Paschim | Dr. Indranil Khan |
| 155 | Maheshtala | Tamanath Bhowmik |
| 156 | Budge Budge | Dr. Tarun Kumar Adak |
| 157 | Metiabruz | Veer Bahadur Singh |
AC 141 (Magrahat Purba SC), AC 144 (Falta), AC 151 (Sonarpur Uttar) β candidates not yet announced.
13. Kolkata
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 159 | Bhabanipur | Suvendu Adhikari |
| 160 | Rashbehari | Swapan Das Gupta |
| 161 | Ballygunge | Dr. Shatrupa |
| 163 | Entally | Smt. Priyanka Tibrewal |
| 164 | Beleghata | Dr. Partha Choudhary |
| 165 | Jorasanko | Vijay Ojha |
| 166 | Shyampukur | Smt. Poornima Chakraborty |
| 167 | Maniktala | Tapas Roy |
| 168 | Kashipur-Belgachhia | Ritesh Tiwari |
AC 158 (Kolkata Port), AC 162 (Chowrangee) β candidates not yet announced.
14. Howrah
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 169 | Bally | Sanjay Singh |
| 170 | Howrah Uttar | Umesh Rai |
| 172 | Shibpur | Rudranil Ghosh |
| 174 | Sankrail (SC) | Smt. Barnali Dhali |
| 177 | Uluberia Uttar (SC) | Chiran Bera |
| 178 | Uluberia Dakshin | Swami Mangalanand Puri Maharaj |
| 179 | Shyampur | Dr. Hiranmoy Chattopadhyay |
| 180 | Bagnan | Premangshu Rana |
| 181 | Amta | Amit Samanta |
| 182 | Udaynarayanpur | Prabhakar Pandit |
| 183 | Jagatballavpur | Anupam Ghosh |
| 184 | Domjur | Gobinda Hazra |
AC 171 (Howrah Madhya), AC 173 (Howrah Dakshin), AC 175 (Panchla), AC 176 (Uluberia Purba) β candidates not yet announced.
15. Hooghly
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 186 | Sreerampur | Bhaskar Bhattacharya |
| 187 | Champdani | Dilip Singh |
| 191 | Balagarh (SC) | Smt. Sumana Sarkar |
| 192 | Pandua | Tushar Kumar Majumdar |
| 193 | Saptagram | Swaraj Ghosh |
| 194 | Chanditala | Debasish Mukherjee |
| 195 | Jangipara | Prasenjit Bag |
| 197 | Dhanekhali (SC) | Smt. Barnali Das |
| 198 | Tarakeswar | Santu Pan |
| 199 | Pursurah | Biman Ghosh |
| 200 | Arambag (SC) | Hemanta Bag |
| 201 | Goghat (SC) | Prashanta Dighar |
| 202 | Khanakul | Susanta Ghosh |
AC 185 (Uttarpara), AC 188 (Singur), AC 189 (Chandannagar), AC 190 (Chunchura), AC 196 (Haripal) β candidates not yet announced.
16. Purba Medinipur
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 204 | Panskura Purba | Subrata Maity |
| 205 | Panskura Paschim | Sintu Senapati |
| 206 | Moyna | Ashok Dinda |
| 207 | Nandakumar | Nirmal Khanra |
| 208 | Mahisadal | Subhash Panja |
| 209 | Haldia (SC) | Pradip Kumar Bijoli |
| 210 | Nandigram | Suvendu Adhikari |
| 212 | Patashpur | Tapan Maity |
| 213 | Kanthi Uttar | Smt. Sumita Sinha |
| 214 | Bhagabanpur | Santanu Pramanik |
| 215 | Khejuri (SC) | Subrata Paik |
| 216 | Kanthi Dakshin | Arup Kumar Das |
| 217 | Ramnagar | Chandra Sekhar Mondal |
| 218 | Egra | Dibendu Adhikari |
AC 203 (Tamluk), AC 211 (Chandipur) β candidates not yet announced.
17. Paschim Medinipur
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 219 | Dantan | Ajit Kumar Jana |
| 223 | Keshiary (ST) | Bhadra Hembrem |
| 224 | Kharagpur Sadar | Dilip Ghosh |
| 225 | Narayangarh | Rama Prasad Giri |
| 226 | Sabang | Amal Panda |
| 227 | Pingla | Smt. Swagata Manna |
| 228 | Kharagpur | Tapan Bhuya |
| 229 | Debra | Shubhashish Om |
| 230 | Daspur | Tapan Dutta |
| 231 | Ghatal (SC) | Sital Kapat |
| 232 | Chandrakona (SC) | Sukanta Dolui |
| 234 | Salboni | Biman Mahto |
| 235 | Keshpur (SC) | Suvendu Samanta |
AC 233 (Garbeta), AC 236 (Medinipur) β candidates not yet announced.
18. Jhargram
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 220 | Nayagram (ST) | Amiya Kisku |
| 221 | Gopiballavpur | Rajesh Mahto |
| 222 | Jhargram | Lakshmikant Sahu |
| 237 | Binpur (ST) | Dr. Pranat Tudu |
19. Purulia
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 238 | Bandwan (ST) | Labsen Baske |
| 239 | Balarampur | Jaladhar Mahto |
| 240 | Baghmundi | Rahidas Mahato |
| 241 | Joypur | Biswajit Mahato |
| 242 | Purulia | Sudip Kumar Mukherjee |
| 243 | Manbazar (ST) | Smt. Moyna Murmu |
| 244 | Kashipur | Kamalkanta Hansda |
| 245 | Para (SC) | Nadiar Chand Bauri |
| 246 | Raghunathpur (SC) | Smt. Mamoni Bauri |
20. Bankura
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 247 | Saltora (SC) | Smt. Chandana Bauri |
| 248 | Chhatna | Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay |
| 249 | Ranibandh (ST) | Kshudiram Tudu |
| 250 | Raipur (ST) | Kshetra Mohan Hansda |
| 251 | Taldangra | Souvik Patra |
| 252 | Bankura | Niladri Shekhar Dana |
| 253 | Barjora | Billeshwar Singha |
| 254 | Onda | Amarnath Shakha |
| 255 | Bishnupur | Smt. Shukla Chatterjee |
| 256 | Katulpur (SC) | Laxmikanta Majumdar |
| 257 | Indas (SC) | Nirmal Kumar Dhara |
| 258 | Sonamukhi (SC) | Dibakar Gharami |
21. Purba Bardhaman
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 259 | Khandaghosh (SC) | Gautam Dhara |
| 260 | Bardhaman Dakshin | Smt. Moumita Biswas Misra |
| 261 | Raina (SC) | Subhash Patra |
| 262 | Jamalpur (SC) | Arun Halder |
| 263 | Monteswar | Saikat Panja |
| 264 | Kalna (SC) | Siddharth Majumdar |
| 266 | Bardhaman Uttar (SC) | Sanjay Das |
| 267 | Bhatar | Soumen Karfa |
| 269 | Purbasthali Uttar | Gopal Chattopadhayay |
| 271 | Ketugram | Anadi Ghosh (Mathura) |
| 272 | Mangalkot | Shishir Ghosh |
| 273 | Ausgram (SC) | Smt. Kalita Maji |
| 274 | Galsi (SC) | Raju Patra |
AC 265 (Memari), AC 268 (Purbasthali Dakshin), AC 270 (Katwa) β candidates not yet announced.
22. Paschim Bardhaman
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 275 | Pandabeswar | Jitendra Kumar Tewari |
| 276 | Durgapur Purba | Chandra Shekhar Banerjee |
| 277 | Durgapur Paschim | Lakshman Chandra Ghorui |
| 278 | Raniganj | Adv. Partho Ghosh |
| 279 | Jamuria | Dr. Bijan Mukherjee |
| 280 | Asansol Dakshin | Smt. Agnimitra Paul |
| 281 | Asansol Uttar | Krishnendu Mukherjee |
| 282 | Kulti | Ajay Kumar Poddar |
AC 283 (Barabani) β candidate not yet announced.
23. Birbhum
| AC No | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 284 | Dubrajpur (SC) | Anup Kumar Saha |
| 285 | Suri | Jagannath Chattopadhyay |
| 286 | Bolpur | Dilip Kumar Ghosh |
| 287 | Nanoor (SC) | Khokan Das |
| 288 | Labpur | Debasis Ojha |
| 290 | Mayureswar | Dudh Kumar Mondal |
| 291 | Rampurhat | Dhruba Saha |
| 292 | Hansan | Nikhil Banerjee |
| 294 | Murarai | Smt. Rinki Ghosh |
AC 289 (Sainthia SC), AC 293 (Nalhati) β candidates not yet announced.
About the West Bengal Bidhan Sabha Election 2026
West Bengal Legislative Assembly has 294 elected seats and 148 seats are required for a majority. In the 2021 assembly elections, TMC won 215 seats while BJP won 77 seats. The current assembly's tenure is scheduled to end on May 7, 2026.
For the 2026 election, polling will be conducted in two phases β Phase 1 on April 23, 2026, and Phase 2 on April 29, 2026. Results will be declared on May 4, 2026. West Bengal has a total electorate of over 6.45 crore registered voters as per the Election Commission of India.
The West Bengal BJP candidate list 2026 published here combines the first official list released on March 16, 2026, and the second official list released on March 19, 2026.
BJP is yet to announce candidates for the remaining 39 seats. This article will be updated as subsequent lists are released. Readers are advised to verify the latest information from official party and Election Commission sources closer to the election date.
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