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TMC West Bengal candidate list: Mamata Banerjee announces full list of candidates for 294 seats ahead of assembly elections
As West Bengal gears up for assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress announced its candidate list, a critical exercise to maintain dominance after 15 years. The party focused on balancing experience with youth, analyzing local equations and feedback to counter anti-incumbency and ensure winnability for a potential fourth consecutive mandate.
Mamata Banerjee-led on Tuesday announced the across all 294 seats for the . State Chief Minister will contest the assembly polls from Bhabanipur.
As West Bengal heads into the assembly election battle, TMC faced one of its most critical organisational exercises in recent years, crafting a candidate list that can sustain the party's dominance after 15 years in power and blunt anti-incumbency.
Before announcing the list of candidates, Banerjee said, "Before I announce the candidate list, I thank the people of Bengal... I dedicate Maa Maati Manush Banglar Sanskriti to all, and release the candidate list of 294 seats."
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Abhishek Banerjee announced that among TMC's 291 candidates for West Bengal polls, 52 are women, 95 are SCs-STs and 47 belong to the minority section.
She added that TMC will contest 291 of 294 seats in Bengal assembly, remaining three will be fought by Anit Thapa-led BGPM in Darjeeling hills.
Check full list of TMC candidates for West Bengal elections:
AC Name District Candidate Mekliganj (SC) Coochbehar Paresh Chandra Adhikary Mathabhanga (SC) Coochbehar Sablu Barman Coochbehar Uttar (SC) Coochbehar Partha Pratim Roy Coochbehar Dakshin Coochbehar Avijit De Bhowmick (Hippy) Sitalkuchi (SC) Coochbehar Harihar Das Sitai (SC) Coochbehar Sangita Roy Basunia Dinhata Coochbehar Udayan Guha Natabari Coochbehar Sailen Barma Tufanganj Coochbehar Shib Sankar Paul Kumargram (ST) Alipurduar Rajeev Tirkey Kalchini (ST) Alipurduar Birendra Bara Alipurduar Alipurduar Suman Kanjilal Falakata (SC) Alipurduar Subhash Chandra Roy Madarihat (ST) Alipurduar Jayprakash Toppo Dhupguri (SC) Jalpaiguri Dr Nirmal Chandra Roy Maynaguri (SC) Jalpaiguri Ram Mohan Roy Jalpaiguri (SC) Jalpaiguri Krishna Das Rajganj (SC) Jalpaiguri Swapna Barman Dabgram-Phulbari Jalpaiguri Ranjan Shil Sharma Mal (ST) Jalpaiguri Bulu Chik Baraik Nagrakata (ST) Jalpaiguri Sanjay Kujur Kalimpong Kalimpong — Darjeeling Darjeeling — Kurseong Darjeeling — Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) Darjeeling Sankar Malakar Siliguri Darjeeling Goutam Deb Phansidewa (ST) Darjeeling Reena Toppo Ekka Chopra Uttar Dinajpur Hamidul Rahaman Islampur Uttar Dinajpur Kanaia Lal Aggarwal Goalpokhar Uttar Dinajpur Md. Ghulam Rabbani Chakulia Uttar Dinajpur Minhajul Arfin Azad Karandighi Uttar Dinajpur Gautam Paul Hemtabad (SC) Uttar Dinajpur Satyajit Barman Kaliaganj (SC) Uttar Dinajpur Nitai Baishya Raiganj Uttar Dinajpur Krishna Kalyani Itahar Uttar Dinajpur Mosaraf Hussain Kushmandi (SC) Dakshin Dinajpur Rekha Roy Kumarganj Dakshin Dinajpur Toraf Hossain Mondal Balurghat Dakshin Dinajpur Arpita Ghosh Tapan (ST) Dakshin Dinajpur Chintamoni Biha Gangarampur (SC) Dakshin Dinajpur Goutam Das Harirampur Dakshin Dinajpur Biplab Mitra Habibpur (ST) Malda Amal Kisku Gazole (SC) Malda Prasenjit Das Chanchal Malda Prasun Banerjee Harishchandrapur Malda Md. Matebur Rahman Malatipur Malda Abdur Rahim Boxi Ratua Malda Samar Mukherjee Manickchak Malda Kabita Mandal Maldaha (SC) Malda Lipika Barman Ghosh English Bazar Malda Asis Kundu Mothabari Malda Md. Najrul Islam Sujapur Malda Sabina Yeasmin Baisnabnagar Malda Chandana Sarkar Farakka Murshidabad Amirul Islam Samsherganj Murshidabad Nur Alam Suti Murshidabad Emani Biswas Jangipur Murshidabad Jakir Hossain Raghunathganj Murshidabad Janab Akhruzzaman Sagardighi Murshidabad Bayron Biswas Lalgola Murshidabad Dr. Abdul Aziz Bhagabangola Murshidabad Reyat Hussain Sarkar Raninagar Murshidabad Soumik Hussain Murshidabad Murshidabad Shaoni Singha Roy Nabagram (SC) Murshidabad Pranab Chandra Das Khargram (SC) Murshidabad Ashish Marjit Burwan (SC) Murshidabad Pratima Rajak Kandi Murshidabad Apurba Sarkar Bharatpur Murshidabad Mustafizur Rahaman Rejinagar Murshidabad Ataur Rahman Beldanga Murshidabad Rabiul Alam Chowdhury Baharampur Murshidabad Naru Gopal Mukherjee Hariharpara Murshidabad Niamot Sheikh Naoda Murshidabad Shahina Mumtaz Domkal Murshidabad Humayun Kabir Jalangi Murshidabad Babar Ali Karimpur Nadia Soham Chakraborty Tehatta Nadia Dilip Poddar Palashipara Nadia Rukbanur Rahman Kaliganj Nadia Alifa Ahmed Nakashipara Nadia Kallol Kha Chapra Nadia Jeber Sekh Krishnanagar Uttar Nadia Avinaba Bhattacharya Nabadwip Nadia Pundarikakshya Saha Krishnanagar Dakshin Nadia Ujjwal Biswas Santipur Nadia Braja Kishore Goswami Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Nadia Tapas Ghosh Krishnaganj (SC) Nadia Samir Kumar Poddar Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) Nadia Barnali Dey Roy Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) Nadia Dr. Sougata Kumar Burman Chakdaha Nadia Subhankar Singha Kalyani (SC) Nadia Dr. Atindra Nath Mondal Haringhata (SC) Nadia Dr. Rajib Biswas Bagdah (SC) North 24 Pgs Madhupurna Thakur Bangaon Uttar (SC) North 24 Pgs Biswajit Das Bangaon Dakshin (SC) North 24 Pgs Rituparna Addhya Gaighata (SC) North 24 Pgs Narottam Biswas Swarupnagar (SC) North 24 Pgs Bina Mondal Baduria North 24 Pgs Burhanul Mokkadin Habra North 24 Pgs Jyotipriya Mallick Ashoknagar North 24 Pgs Narayan Goswami Amdanga North 24 Pgs Peerzada Kasem Siddiqui Bijpur North 24 Pgs Subodh Adhikary Naihati North 24 Pgs Sanat Dey Bhatpara North 24 Pgs Amit Gupta Jagatdal North 24 Pgs Somenath Shyam Ichini Noapara North 24 Pgs Trinankur Bhattacharya Barrackpore North 24 Pgs Raju Chakrabarty Khardaha North 24 Pgs Devdeep Purohit Dum Dum Uttar North 24 Pgs Chandrima Bhattacharya Panihati North 24 Pgs Tirthankar Ghosh Kamarhati North 24 Pgs Madan Mitra Baranagar North 24 Pgs Sayantika Banerjee Dum Dum North 24 Pgs Bratya Basu Rajarhat Newtown North 24 Pgs Tapash Chatterjee Bidhannagar North 24 Pgs Sujit Bose Rajarhat Gopalpur North 24 Pgs Aditi Munshi Madhyamgram North 24 Pgs Rathin Ghosh Barasat North 24 Pgs Sabyasachi Dutta Deganga North 24 Pgs Anisur Rahaman Haroa North 24 Pgs Md. Mufti Abdul Matin Minakhan (SC) North 24 Pgs Usha Rani Mondal Sandeshkhali (ST) North 24 Pgs Jahana Sardar Basirhat Dakshin North 24 Pgs Surajit Mitra Basirhat Uttar North 24 Pgs Md Tauseef Rehman Hingalganj (SC) North 24 Pgs Ananda Sarkar Gosaba (SC) South 24 Pgs Subrata Mondal Basanti (SC) South 24 Pgs Nilima Bishal Mistry Kultali (SC) South 24 Pgs Ganesh Chandra Mondal Patharpratima South 24 Pgs Samir Kumar Jana Kakdwip South 24 Pgs Manturam Pakhira Sagar South 24 Pgs Bankim Chandra Hazra Kulpi South 24 Pgs Barnali Dhara Raidighi South 24 Pgs Tapas Mondal Mandirbazar (SC) South 24 Pgs Joydeb Halder Jaynagar (SC) South 24 Pgs Biswanath Das Baruipur Purba (SC) South 24 Pgs Bivas Sardar Canning Paschim (SC) South 24 Pgs Paresh Ram Das Canning Purba South 24 Pgs Md. Baharul Islam Baruipur Paschim South 24 Pgs Biman Banerjee Magrahat Purba (SC) South 24 Pgs Sharmistha Purkait Magrahat Paschim South 24 Pgs Shamin Ahmed Diamond Harbour South 24 Pgs Pannalal Halder Falta South 24 Pgs Jahangir Khan Satgachia South 24 Pgs Somashree Betal Bishnupur (SC) South 24 Pgs Dilip Mondal Sonarpur Dakshin South 24 Pgs Arundhuti Maitra Bhangar South 24 Pgs Saokat Molla Kasba South 24 Pgs Javed Ahmed Khan Jadavpur South 24 Pgs Debabrata Majumdar Sonarpur Uttar South 24 Pgs Firdousi Begum Tollyganj South 24 Pgs Aroop Biswas Behala Purba South 24 Pgs Subhasish Chakraborty Behala Paschim South 24 Pgs Ratna Chatterjee Maheshtala South 24 Pgs Subhasis Das Budge Budge South 24 Pgs Ashok Kumar Deb Metiabruz South 24 Pgs Abdul Khaleque Molla Kolkata Port Kolkata Firhad Hakim Bhabanipur Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Rashbehari Kolkata Debasish Kumar Ballygunge Kolkata Sovandeb Chattopadhyay Chowrangee Kolkata Nayana Bandopadhyay Entally Kolkata Sandipan Saha Beleghata Kolkata Kunal Ghosh Jorasanko Kolkata Vijay Upadhyay Shyampukur Kolkata Dr. Shashi Panja Maniktala Kolkata Shreya Pandey Kashipur Belgachhia Kolkata Atin Ghosh Bally Howrah Kailash Mishra Howrah Uttar Howrah Gautam Chowdhury Howrah Madhya Howrah Arup Roy Shibpur Howrah Dr Rana Chatterjee Howrah Dakshin Howrah Nandita Chowdhary Sankrail (SC) Howrah Priya Paul Panchla Howrah Gulshan Mullick Uluberia Purba Howrah Ritabrata Banerjee Uluberia Uttar (SC) Howrah Bimal Kumar Das Uluberia Dakshin Howrah Pulak Roy Shyampur Howrah Nadebasi Jana Bagnan Howrah Arunava Sen Amta Howrah Sukanta Paul Udaynarayanpur Howrah Samir Kumar Panja Jagatballavpur Howrah Subir Chatterjee In a message to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she said, "Why are you afraid? Don't create a gas crisis if you want to fight; come to the ground in a proper way. ECI, you did a brilliant game... BJP has no chance. This time your seats will decrease as compared to the last time. This is the fight of Astitva of West Bengal. Bengal will win. 'Dilli ka laddu' will not win..."Ahead of the announcement of list of candidates, a former BJP panchayat chief, who was known to be close to senior party leader Suvendu Adhikari, rejoined the TMC.
Pabitra Kar, a former panchayat pradhan of Boyal-1 gram panchayat in Nandigram-2 block of Purba Medinipur district, rejoined the Trinamool Congress amid speculations that he may be pitted against the leader of the opposition in Nandigram seat in the upcoming assembly polls.
The TMC, in a social media post, said Kar was "dissatisfied with the BJP's anti-people stance".
To focus on local political equations, TMC’s selection process was a crucial test to its ability to balance experience with youth. The party has been one of the major opposition hurdles to the Election Commission’s SIR exercise ahead of the polls.
West Bengal will go under assembly elections for 294 seats in two phases on April 23 and April 29. The question is will Banerjee’s candidate list help her secure a fourth consecutive mandate. In the 2021 assembly elections, the TMC won 215 of the state's 294 seats, while the BJP bagged 77.
Party insiders earlier told PTI that the selection process is guided by a mix of political calculations: the performance of sitting MLAs, their perceived 'winnability', the need to inject younger faces into the organisation and the challenge of countering fatigue against long-serving legislators.
As per the news agency’s TMC sources, the party leadership has been analysing constituency-level feedback, internal surveys and organisational reports to assess whether to retain incumbents or introduce new faces, particularly in seats where dissatisfaction against individual MLAs has surfaced.
The party’s innovative candidature was also evident in the TMC MLAs elected in 2021, from which 90 were first-time legislators.
About 55 to 60 of those are now serving their second term, while roughly 30 to 35 have been elected three times. Around 15 to 18 are four-term legislators and nearly 10 have won five terms.
TMC vice president Jaiprakash Majumdar had said the guiding principle for the party remains electoral viability.
"Mamata Banerjee has an unmatched understanding of West Bengal's political landscape. She knows which candidates have the strongest connect with voters and who is best positioned to win. Ultimately, winnability and public acceptance will determine the final list," Majumdar told PTI.
"The leadership appears keen to introduce a younger brigade in constituencies where anti-incumbency against sitting MLAs is visible. At the same time, the party has always relied on leaders with strong grassroots networks, so the final list is likely to balance experience with generational transition," Political analyst Suman Bhattacharya said.Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source
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