The BJP on Monday released its first list of 144 candidates for next month’s Assembly elections in West Bengal, fielding Suvendu Adhikari from Bhabanipur in Kolkata, a seat held by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
According to the list, Dilip Ghosh has been fielded from Kharagpur Sadar, Biman Mahto from Salboni, both in Paschim Medinipur district, while Swapan Dasgupta will contest the Rasbehari seat in south Kolkata.
Sumita Sinha will contest from Kanthi Uttar in Purba Medinipur district, Biman Ghosh from Pursurah in Hooghly district, while Madhavi Mahalder has been fielded from Kultali in South 24 Parganas district.
Anima Datta has been fielded from Palashipara in Nadia district, while Lakshikant Sahu has been named the BJP candidate from Jhargram, according to the list.
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee had won from Bhabanipur in the bypoll held in 2021, which was crucial for her to continue as the chief minister after her defeat in Nandigram at the hands of Suvendu Adhikari.
The 294 seats in West Bengal will go to polls in two phases – April 23 and April 29 – with the counting scheduled on May 4.
BJP candidate list – West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 (first list)
| Sl | Assembly No | Constituency | Candidate |
| 1 | 3 | Coochbehar Uttar (SC) | Sukumar Roy |
| 2 | 5 | Sitalkuchi (SC) | Savitri Barman |
| 3 | 7 | Dinhata | Ajay Roy |
| 4 | 9 | Tufanganj | Malati Rava Roy |
| 5 | 10 | Kumargram (ST) | Manoj Kumar Oraon |
| 6 | 11 | Kalchini (ST) | Bishal Lama |
| 7 | 12 | Alipurduars | Paritosh Das |
| 8 | 13 | Falakata (SC) | Deepak Barman |
| 9 | 19 | Dabgram-Phulbari | Sikha Chatterjee |
| 10 | 21 | Nagrakata (ST) | Puna Bhengra |
| 11 | 25 | Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) | Anandamay Barman |
| 12 | 26 | Siliguri | Dr Shankar Ghosh |
| 13 | 27 | Phansidewa (ST) | Durga Murmu |
| 14 | 30 | Goalpokhar | Sarjit Biswas |
| 15 | 31 | Chakulia | Manoj Jain |
| 16 | 32 | Karandighi | Adv Biraj Biswas |
| 17 | 34 | Kaliaganj (SC) | Utpal Maharaj |
| 18 | 35 | Raiganj | Kaushik Chowdhury |
| 19 | 37 | Kushmandi (SC) | Tapas Chandra Roy |
| 20 | 38 | Kumarganj | Suvendu Sarkar |
| 21 | 39 | Balurghat | Bidyut Roy |
| 22 | 40 | Tapan (ST) | Budhrai Tudu |
| 23 | 41 | Gangarampur (SC) | Satyendra Nath Rai |
| 24 | 42 | Harirampur | Debabrata Majumder |
| 25 | 43 | Habibpur (ST) | Joyel Murmu |
| 26 | 44 | Gazole (SC) | Chinmoy Deb Barman |
| 27 | 45 | Chanchal | Ratan Das |
| 28 | 47 | Malatipur | Ashish Das |
| 29 | 48 | Ratua | Abhishek Singhania |
| 30 | 49 | Manikchak | Gaur Chandra Mandal |
| 31 | 50 | Maldaha (SC) | Gopal Chandra Saha |
| 32 | 52 | Mothabari | Nibaran Ghosh |
| 33 | 53 | Sujapur | Abhiraj Chaudhary |
| 34 | 57 | Suti | Mahabir Ghosh |
| 35 | 59 | Raghunathganj | Surjit Poddar |
| 36 | 61 | Lalgola | Amar Kumar Das |
| 37 | 62 | Bhagawangola | Bhaskar Sarkar |
| 38 | 64 | Murshidabad | Gouri Sankar Ghosh |
| 39 | 70 | Rejinagar | Bapan Ghosh |
| 40 | 71 | Beldanga | Bharat Kumar Jhawar |
| 41 | 72 | Baharamapur | Subrata Maitra |
| 42 | 73 | Hariharpara | Tanmoy Biswas |
| 43 | 74 | Nowda | Rana Mandal |
| 44 | 75 | Domkal | Nanda Dulal Pal |
| 45 | 76 | Jalangi | Naba Kumar Sarkar |
| 46 | 77 | Karimpur | Samarendranath Ghosh |
| 47 | 79 | Palashipara | Anima Dutta |
| 48 | 80 | Kaliganj | Bapan Ghosh |
| 49 | 87 | Ranaghat Uttar Paschim | Parthasarathi Chatterjee |
| 50 | 89 | Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) | Ashim Biswas |
| 51 | 91 | Chakdaha | Bankim Chandra Ghosh |
| 52 | 93 | Haringhata (SC) | Asim Kumar Sarkar |
| 53 | 99 | Baduria | Sukriti Sarkar |
| 54 | 102 | Amdanga | Arindam Dey |
| 55 | 104 | Naihati | Sumitro Chatterjee |
| 56 | 105 | Bhatpara | Pawan Kumar Singh |
| 57 | 113 | Baranagar | Sajal Ghosh |
| 58 | 120 | Deganga | Tarun Kanti Ghosh |
| 59 | 125 | Basirhat Uttar | Narayan Chandra Mondal |
| 60 | 128 | Basanti (SC) | Bikash Sardar |
| 61 | 129 | Kultali (SC) | Madhabi Mahalder |
| 62 | 130 | Patharpratima | Asit Kumar Halder |
| 63 | 131 | Kakdwip | Deepankar Jana |
| 64 | 134 | Raidighi | Palash Rana |
| 65 | 139 | Canning Purba | Ashim Sapui |
| 66 | 143 | Diamond Harbour | Dipak Kumar Halder |
| 67 | 146 | Bishnupur (SC) | Agniswar Naskar |
| 68 | 156 | Budge Budge | Dr Tarun Kumar Adak |
| 69 | 157 | Metiaburuz | Veer Bahadur Singh |
| 70 | 159 | Bhabanipur | Suvendu Adhikari |
| 71 | 160 | Rashbehari | Swapan Das Gupta |
| 72 | 170 | Howrah Uttar | Umesh Rai |
| 73 | 172 | Shibpur | Rudranil Ghosh |
| 74 | 178 | Uluberia Dakshin | Swami Mangalanand Puri |
| 75 | 181 | Amta | Amit Samanta |
| 76 | 184 | Domjur | Gobinda Hazra |
| 77 | 193 | Saptagram | Swaraj Ghosh |
| 78 | 198 | Tarakeswar | Santu Pan |
| 79 | 199 | Pursurah | Biman Ghosh |
| 80 | 200 | Arambag (SC) | Hemanta Bag |
| 81 | 201 | Goghat (SC) | Prashanta Dighar |
| 82 | 202 | Khanakul | Susanta Ghosh |
| 83 | 204 | Panskura Purba | Subrata Maity |
| 84 | 205 | Panskura Paschim | Sintu Senapati |
| 85 | 206 | Moyna | Ashok Dinda |
| 86 | 208 | Mahisadal | Subhash Panja |
| 87 | 209 | Haldia (SC) | Pradip Kumar Bijoli |
| 88 | 210 | Nandigram | Suvendu Adhikari |
| 89 | 212 | Patashpur | Tapan Maity |
| 90 | 213 | Kanthi Uttar | Sumita Sinha |
| 91 | 216 | Kanthi Dakshin | Arup Kumar Das |
| 92 | 217 | Ramnagar | Chandra Sekhar Mondal |
| 93 | 219 | Dantan | Ajit Kumar Jana |
| 94 | 220 | Nayagram (ST) | Amiya Kisku |
| 95 | 221 | Gopiballavpur | Rajesh Mahto |
| 96 | 222 | Jhargram | Lakshmikant Sahu |
| 97 | 223 | Keshiary (ST) | Bhadra Hembrem |
| 98 | 224 | Kharagpur Sadar | Dilip Ghosh |
| 99 | 225 | Narayangarh | Rama Prasad Giri |
| 100 | 226 | Sabang | Amal Panda |
| 101 | 228 | Kharagpur | Tapan Bhuya |
| 102 | 229 | Debra | Shubhashish Om |
| 103 | 230 | Daspur | Tapan Dutta |
| 104 | 231 | Ghatal (SC) | Sital Kapat |
| 105 | 232 | Chandrakona (SC) | Sukanta Dolui |
| 106 | 234 | Salboni | Biman Mahto |
| 107 | 235 | Keshpur (SC) | Suvendu Samanta |
| 108 | 237 | Binpur (ST) | Dr Pranat Tudu |
| 109 | 238 | Bandwan (ST) | Labsen Baske |
| 110 | 239 | Balarampur | Jaladhar Mahto |
| 111 | 243 | Manbazar (ST) | Moyna Murmu |
| 112 | 244 | Kashipur | Kamalkanta Hansda |
| 113 | 245 | Para (SC) | Nadiar Chand Bauri |
| 114 | 246 | Raghunathpur (SC) | Mamoni Bauri |
| 115 | 247 | Saltora (SC) | Chandana Bauri |
| 116 | 248 | Chhatna | Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay |
| 117 | 249 | Ranibandh (ST) | Kshudiram Tudu |
| 118 | 250 | Raipur (ST) | Kshetra Mohan Hansda |
| 119 | 251 | Taldangra | Souvik Patra |
| 120 | 253 | Barjora | Billeshwar Singha |
| 121 | 254 | Onda | Amarnath Shakha |
| 122 | 256 | Katulpur (SC) | Laxmikanta Majumdar |
| 123 | 257 | Indus (SC) | Nirmal Kumar Dhara |
| 124 | 258 | Sonamukhi (SC) | Dibakar Gharami |
| 125 | 261 | Raina (SC) | Subhash Patra |
| 126 | 262 | Jamalpur (SC) | Arun Halder |
| 127 | 263 | Monteswar | Saikat Panja |
| 128 | 266 | Bardhaman Uttar (SC) | Sanjay Das |
| 129 | 267 | Bhatar | Soumen Karfa |
| 130 | 271 | Ketugram | Anadi Ghosh (Mathura) |
| 131 | 273 | Ausgram (SC) | Kalita Maji |
| 132 | 275 | Pandabeswar | Jitendra Kumar Tewari |
| 133 | 276 | Durgapur Purba | Chandra Shekhar Banerjee |
| 134 | 277 | Durgapur Paschim | Lakshman Chandra Ghorui |
| 135 | 279 | Jamuria | Dr Bijan Mukherjee |
| 136 | 280 | Asansol Dakshin | Agnimitra Paul |
| 137 | 281 | Asansol Uttar | Krishnendu Mukherjee |
| 138 | 282 | Kulti | Ajay Kumar Poddar |
| 139 | 284 | Dubrajpur (SC) | Anup Kumar Saha |
| 140 | 285 | Suri | Jagannath Chattopadhyay |
| 141 | 286 | Bolpur | Dilip Kumar Ghosh |
| 142 | 287 | Nanoor (SC) | Khokan Das |
| 143 | 290 | Mayureswar | Dudh Kumar Mondal |
| 144 | 292 | Hansan | Nikhil Banerjee |
(Edited by : Ajay Vaishnav)
First Published:Â Mar 16, 2026 5:44 PM IST
