The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced its first list of 144 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections 2026. The elections are scheduled to take place in two phases on April 23 and 29, and the results will be announced on May 4.
The BJP has fielded Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from the assembly seat, setting the stage for a high-profile contest in the state.
After releasing the list, the BJP said its Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari will contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections from Nandigram and Bhabanipur, setting up a direct contest with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
In a statement, the party said Adhikari will defend Nandigram, the constituency where he defeated Banerjee in the 2021 Assembly elections, and will also challenge her in Bhabanipur, the seat she currently represents as an MLA.
“Our Leader of Opposition, Shri Suvendu Adhikari, will contest from Nandigram, where he defeated Mamata Banerjee in 2021, and from Bhabanipur, the constituency she currently represents as an MLA," the BJP said.
The party described the upcoming contest as a decisive political battle in the state.
“This will be a fight to the finish," the BJP added.
Meanwhile, among the candidates announced are Sukumar Roy from Coochbehar Uttar (SC), Savitri Barman from Sitalkuchi (SC), Ajay Roy from Dinhata, Malati Rava Roy from Tufanganj, and Manoj Kumar Oraon from Kumargram (ST).
Here is the complete list of BJP candidates and constituencies:
Coochbehar Uttar (SC) — Sukumar Roy
Sitalkuchi (SC) — Savitri Barman
Dinhata — Ajay Roy
Tufanganj — Malati Rava Roy
Kumargram (ST) — Manoj Kumar Oraon
Kalchini (ST) — Bishal Lama
Alipurduars — Paritosh Das
Falakata (SC) — Deepak Barman
Dabgram-Phulbari — Sikha Chatterjee
Nagrakata (ST) — Puna Bhengra
Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) — Anandamay Barman
Siliguri — Dr. Shankar Ghosh
Phansidewa (ST) — Durga Murmu
Goalpokhar — Sarjit Biswas
Chakulia — Manoj Jain
Karandighi — Adv. Biraj Biswas
Kaliaganj (SC) — Utpal Maharaj
Raiganj — Kaushik Chowdhury
Kushmandi (SC) — Tapas Chandra Roy
Kumarganj — Suvendu Sarkar
Balurghat — Bidyut Roy
Tapan (ST) — Budhrai Tudu
Gangarampur (SC) — Satyendra Nath Rai
Harirampur — Debabrata Majumder
Habibpur (ST) — Joyel Murmu
Gazole (SC) — Chinmoy Deb Barman
Chanchal — Ratan Das
Malatipur — Ashish Das
Ratua — Abhishek Singhania
Manikchak — Gaur Chandra Mandal
Maldaha (SC) — Gopal Chandra Saha
Mothabari — Nibaran Ghosh
Sujapur — Abhiraj Chaudhary
Suti — Mahabir Ghosh
Raghunathganj — Surjit Poddar
Lalgola — Amar Kumar Das
Bhagawangola — Bhaskar Sarkar
Murshidabad — Gouri Sankar Ghosh
Rejinagar — Bapan Ghosh
Beldanga — Bharat Kumar Jhawar
Baharamapur — Subrata Moitra
Hariharpara — Tanmoy Biswas
Nowda — Rana Mondal
Domkal — Nanda Dulal Pal
Jalangi — Nabakumar Sarkar
Karimpur — Samarendranath Ghosh
Palashipara — Anima Dutta
Kaliganj — Bapan Ghosh
Ranaghat Uttar Paschim — Parthasarathi Chatterjee
Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) — Asim Biswas
Chakdaha — Ranjan Chandra Ghosh
Haringhata (SC) — Asim Kumar Sarkar
Baduria — Sukriti Sarkar
Amdanga — Arindam Dey
Naihati — Soumitra Chatterjee
Bhatpara — Pawan Kumar Singh
Baranagar — Saijal Ghosh
Deganga — Tarun Kanti Ghosh
Basirhat Uttar — Narayan Chandra Mondal
Basanti (SC) — Bikash Sardar
Patharpratima — Asit Kumar Haldar
Kakdwip — Deepankar Jana
Raidighi — Palash Rana
Canning Purba — Ashim Sapui
Diamond Harbour — Dipak Kumar Haldar
Bishnupur (SC) — Agniswar Naskar
Budge Budge — Dr Tarun Kumar Adak
Metiabruz — Veer Bahadur Singh
Bhabanipur — Suvendu Adhikari
Rashbehari — Swapan Das Gupta
Howrah Uttar — Umesh Rai
Shibpur — Brindaban Ghosh
Uttarpara Dakshin — Swami Mangalanand Puri Maharaj
Amta — Amit Samanta
Domjur — Gobinda Hazra
Saptagram — Swaraj Ghosh
Tarakeswar — Santu Pan
Pursurah — Biman Ghosh
Arambag (SC) — Hemanta Bag
Goghat (SC) — Prashanta Dighar
Khanakul — Susanta Ghosh
Panskura Purba — Subrata Maity
Panskura Paschim — Sintu Senapati
Moyna — Ashok Dinda
Mahisadal — Subhash Panja
Haldia (SC) — Pradip Kumar Bijoli
Nandigram — Suvendu Adhikari
Patashpur — Shria Tapna Maity
Kanthi Uttar — Smt. Sumita Sinha
Kanthi Dakshin — Arup Kumar Das
Ramnagar — Chandra Shekhar Mondal
Dantan — Ajit Kumar Jana
Nayagram (ST) — Amiya Kisku
Gopiballavpur — Rajesh Mahto
Jhargram — Lakshmikant Sahu
Keshiary (ST) — Bhudra Hembrem
Kharagpur Sadar — Dilip Ghosh
Narayangarh — Rama Prasad Giri
Sabang — Amal Pati
Kharagpur — Tapan Bhuiya
Debra — Shubhashish Om
Daspur — Tapan Dutta
Ghatal (SC) — Sital Kapat
Chandrakona (SC) — Sukanta Dolui
Salboni — Biman Mahto
Keshpur (SC) — Suvendu Samanta
Binpur (ST) — Dr. Pranat Tudu
Bandwan (ST) — Labsen Baske
Balarampur — Jaladhar Mahto
Manbazar (ST) — Moyna Murmu
Kashipur — Kamalkanta Hansda
Para (SC) — Nadiar Chand Bauri
Raghunathpur (SC) — Mamoni Bauri
Saltora (SC) — Chandana Bauri
Chhatna — Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay
Ranibandh (ST) — Khudiram Tudu
Raipur (ST) — Kshetra Mohan Hansda
Taldangra — Souvik Patra
Barjora — Shril Bileshwar Singha
Onda — Anirban Shakha
Katulpur (SC) — Laxmikanta Majumdar
Indus (SC) — Nirmal Kumar Dhara
Sonamukhi (SC) — Dibakar Gharami
Raina (SC) — Subhash Patra
Jamalpur (SC) — Arun Halder
Bardhaman Uttar (SC) — Sanjay Das
Bhatar — Soumen Karfa
Ketugram — Anadi Ghosh (Mathura)
Ausgram (SC) — Kalita Maji
Pandabeswar — Jitendra Kumar Tewari
Durgapur Purba — Chandra Shekhar Banerjee
Durgapur Paschim — Lakshman Chandra Ghorui
Jamuria — Dr. Bijan Mukherjee
Asansol Dakshin — Agnimitra Paul
Asansol Uttar — Krishnendu Mukherjee
Kulti — Ajay Kumar Poddar
Dubrajpur (SC) — Anup Kumar Saha
Suri — Jagannath Chattopadhyay
Bolpur — Dilip Kumar Ghosh
Nanoor (SC) — Khokan Das
Mayureswar — Dudh Kumar Mondal
Hansan — Nikhil Banerjee
