TMC West Bengal candidate list: Mamata Banerjee announces full list of candidates for 294 seats ahead of assembly elections

Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress on Tuesday announced the full list of candidates across all 294 seats for the West Bengal assembly elections. State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee 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

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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.