TMC Candidate List 2026: As West Bengal moves toward the 2026 Assembly Elections, political activity across the state has intensified. The ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) is reportedly preparing its candidate list for the upcoming election, which will determine representatives for the state’s 294 assembly constituencies.
According to reports, the party leadership has been reviewing potential candidates and assessing the performance of current legislators before finalizing the list.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 official List PDF
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TMC Official Candidate List 2026 (West Bengal Assembly Election)
The official candidate list will be updated here immediately after the Trinamool Congress releases it.
📍 Cooch Behar
Mekliganj – Paresh Chandra Adhikary
Mathabhanga – Sablu Barman
Cooch Behar North – Partha Pratim Roy
Cooch Behar South – Avijit De Bhowmick
Sitalkuchi – Harihar Das
Sitai – Sangita Roy Basunia
Dinhata – Udayan Guha
Natabari – Sailen Barma
Tufanganj – Shib Shankar Paul
📍 Alipurduar
Kumargram – Rajeev Tirkey
Kalchini – Birendra Bara
Alipurduar – Suman Kanjilal
Falakata – Subhash Chandra Roy
Madarihat – Jayprakash Toppo
📍 Jalpaiguri
Dhupguri – Dr Nirmal Chandra Roy
Maynaguri – Ram Mohan Roy
Jalpaiguri – Krishna Das
Rajganj – Swapna Barman
Dabgram-Phulbari – Ranjan Shil Sharma
Mal – Bulu Chik Baraik
Nagrakata – Sanjay Kujur
📍 Darjeeling
Kalimpong – (Alliance seat)
Darjeeling – (Alliance seat)
Kurseong – (Alliance seat)
Matigara-Naxalbari – Sankar Malakar
Siliguri – Gautam Deb
Phansidewa – Reena Toppo Ekka
📍 Uttar Dinajpur
Chopra – Hamidul Rahman
Islampur – Kanaia Lal Agarwal
Goalpokhar – Md Ghulam Rabbani
Chakulia – Minhajul Arfin Azad
Karandighi – Gautam Paul
Hemtabad – Satyajit Barman
Kaliaganj – Nitai Baishya
Raiganj – Krishna Kalyani
Itahar – Mosaraf Hussain
📍 Dakshin Dinajpur
Kushmandi – Rekha Roy
Kumarganj – Toraf Hossain Mondal
Balurghat – Arpita Ghosh
Tapan – Chintamoni Biha
Gangarampur – Gautam Das
Harirampur – Biplab Mitra
📍 Malda (Start)
Habibpur – Amal Kisku
Gazole – Prasenjit Das
Chanchal – Prasun Banerjee
📍 Malda (Remaining)
Harishchandrapur – Md Matebur Rahman
Malatipur – Abdur Rahim Boxi
Ratua – Samar Mukherjee
Manikchak – Kabita Mandal
Maldaha – Lipika Barman Ghosh
English Bazar – Asis Kundu
Mothabari – Md Najrul Islam
Sujapur – Sabina Yeasmin
Baisnabnagar – Chandana Sarkar
📍 Murshidabad
Farakka – Amirul Islam
Samserganj – Nur Alam
Suti – Emani Biswas
Jangipur – Jakir Hossain
Raghunathganj – Akhruzzaman
Sagardighi – Bayron Biswas
Lalgola – Dr Abdul Aziz
Bhagawangola – Reyat Hussain Sarkar
Raninagar – Soumik Hussain
Murshidabad – Shaoni Singha Roy
Nabagram – Pranab Chandra Das
Khargram – Ashish Marjit
Burwan – Pratima Rajak
Kandi – Apurba Sarkar
📍 Murshidabad (Continued)
Bharatpur – Mustafizur Rahaman
Rejinagar – Ataur Rahman
Beldanga – Rabiul Alam Chowdhury
Baharampur – Naru Gopal Mukherjee
Hariharpara – Niamot Seikh
Naoda – Shahina Mumtaz
Domkal – Humayun Kabir
Jalangi – Babar Ali
📍 Nadia
Karimpur – Soham Chakraborty
Tehatta – Dilip Poddar
Palashipara – Rukbanur Rahman
Kaliganj – Alifa Ahmed
Nakashipara – Kallol Kha
Chapra – Jeber Sekh
Krishnanagar North – Abhinav Bhattacharya
Nabadwip – Pundarikaksha Saha
Krishnanagar South – Ujjal Biswas
Santipur – Brajakishore Goswami
Ranaghat North West – Tapas Ghosh
Krishnaganj – Samir Kumar Poddar
Ranaghat North East – Barnali Dey Roy
Ranaghat South – Sougata Kumar Barman
Chakdaha – Subhankar Singha
📍 Nadia (Continued) + North 24 PGS Start
Kalyani – Dr Atindra Nath Mondal
Haringhata – Dr Rajib Biswas
Bagda – Madhupurna Thakur
Bongaon North – Biswajit Das
Bongaon South – Rituparna Adhya
Gaighata – Narottam Biswas
Swarupnagar – Bina Mondal
Baduria – Burhanul Mokaddin
Habra – Jyotipriya Mallick
📍 North 24 Parganas (Continued)
Ashoknagar – Narayan Goswami
Amdanga – Peerzada Kasem Siddiqui
Bijpur – Subodh Adhikari
Naihati – Sanat Dey
Bhatpara – Amit Gupta
Jagatdal – Somenath Shyam
Noapara – Trinankur Bhattacharya
Barrackpore – Raj Chakraborty
Khardaha – Devdeep Purohit
Dum Dum Uttar – Chandrima Bhattacharya
Panihati – Tirthankar Ghosh
Kamarhati – Madan Mitra
Baranagar – Sayantika Banerjee
Dum Dum – Bratya Basu
📍 North 24 Parganas (Newtown Belt)
Rajarhat Newtown – Tapash Chatterjee
Bidhannagar – Sujit Bose
Rajarhat Gopalpur – Aditi Munshi
Madhyamgram – Rathin Ghosh
Barasat – Sabyasachi Dutta
Deganga – Anisur Rahaman
Haroa – Mufti Abdul Matin
Minakhan – Usha Rani Mondal
Sandeshkhali – Jharna Sardar
Basirhat South – Surajit Mitra
Basirhat North – Tauseef Rehman
Hingalganj – Ananda Sarkar
📍 South 24 Parganas
Gosaba – Subrata Mondal
Basanti – Nilima Bishal Mistry
Kultali – Ganesh Chandra Mondal
Patharpratima – Samir Kumar Jana
Kakdwip – Manturam Pakhira
Sagar – Bankim Chandra Hazra
Kulpi – Barnali Dhara
Raidighi – Tapas Mondal
Mandirbazar – Joydeb Halder
Jaynagar – Biswanath Das
Baruipur East – Bivas Sardar
📍 South 24 Parganas (Continued)
Canning West – Paresh Ram Das
Canning East – Baharul Islam
Baruipur West – Biman Banerjee
Magrahat East – Sharmistha Purkait
Magrahat West – Shamim Ahmed
Diamond Harbour – Pannalal Halder
Falta – Jahangir Khan
Satgachia – Somashree Betal
Bishnupur – Dilip Mondal
Sonarpur South – Arundhuti Maitra
Bhangar – Saokat Molla
Kasba – Javed Ahmed Khan
Jadavpur – Debabrata Majumdar
Sonarpur North – Firdousi Begum
Tollygunge – Aroop Biswas
Behala East – Subhasish Chakraborty
Behala West – Ratna Chatterjee
Maheshtala – Subhasis Das
Budge Budge – Ashok Kumar Deb
Metiabruz – Abdul Khaleque Molla
📍 Kolkata
Kolkata Port – Firhad Hakim
Bhabanipur – Mamata Banerjee
Rashbehari – Debasish Kumar
📍 Kolkata (Remaining)
Ballygunge – Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
Chowrangee – Nayna Bandopadhyay
Entally – Sandipan Saha
Beleghata – Kunal Ghosh
Jorasanko – Vijay Upadhayay
Shyampukur – Dr Shashi Panja
Maniktala – Shreya Pandey
Kashipur Belgachia – Atin Ghosh
📍 Howrah
Bally – Kailash Mishra
Howrah North – Gautam Chowdhury
Howrah Central – Arup Roy
Shibpur – Dr Rana Chatterjee
Howrah South – Nandita Choudhury
Sankrail – Priya Paul
Panchla – Gulshan Mullick
Uluberia East – Ritabrata Banerjee
Uluberia North – Bimal Kumar Das
Uluberia South – Pulak Roy
Shyampur – Nadebasi Jana
Bagnan – Arunava Sen
Amta – Sukanta Paul
Udaynarayanpur – Samir Kumar Panja
Jagatballavpur – Subir Chatterjee
Domjur – Tapas Maity
📍 Hooghly
Uttarpara – Sirsanya Bandopadhyay
Sreerampur – Tanmoy Ghosh
Champdani – Arindam Guin
Singur – Becharam Manna
Chandannagar – Indranil Sen
Chunchura – Debangshu Bhattacharya
Balagarh – Ranjan Dhara
Pandua – Samir Chakraborty
Saptagram – Bidesh Bose
Chanditala – Swati Khandoker
Jangipara – Snehasis Chakraborty
Haripal – Dr Karabi Manna
Dhanekhali – Asima Patra
Tarakeswar – Ramendu Singha Roy
Pursurah – Partha Hazari
Arambag – Mita Bag
Goghat – Dr Nirmal Maji
Khanakul – Palash Roy
📍 Purba Medinipur
Tamluk – Dipendra Narayan Roy
Panskura East – Asim Kumar Maji
Panskura West – Siraj Khan
Moyna – Chandan Mondal
Nandakumar – Sukumar Dey
Mahishadal – Tilak Chakraborty
Haldia – Tapasi Mandal
Nandigram – Pabitra Kar
Chandipur – Uttam Barik
Patashpur – Pijus Kanti Panda
Kanthi North – Debasis Bhunia
Bhagabanpur – Manab Kumar Porua
Khejuri – Rabin Chandra Mandal
Kanthi South – Tarun Jana
Ramnagar – Akhil Giri
Egra – Tarun Maity
📍 Paschim Medinipur (Start)
Dantan – Manik Maity
Keshiary – Ramjiban Mandi
Kharagpur Sadar – Pradip Sarkar
Narayangarh – Pratibha Rani Maity
Sabang – Manas Ranjan Bhunia
Pingla – Ajit Maity
Kharagpur – Dinen Roy
Debra – Rajib Banerjee
Daspur – Asis Hudait
📍 Paschim Medinipur (Remaining)
Ghatal – Shyamali Sardar
Chandrakona – Surjya Kanta Doloi
Garbeta – Uttara Singha
Salboni – Srikanta Mahato
Keshpur – Seuli Saha
Medinipur – Sujoy Hazra
📍 Jhargram
Nayagram – Dulal Murmu
Gopiballavpur – Ajit Mahata
Jhargram – Mangal Soren
Binpur – Birbaha Hansda
📍 Purulia
Bandwan – Rajib Lochan Saren
Balarampur – Shantiram Mahato
Baghmundi – Sushanta Mahato
Joypur – Arjun Mahato
Purulia – Sujoy Banerjee
Manbazar – Sandhya Rani Tudu
Kashipur – Soumen Beltharia
Para – Manik Bauri
Raghunathpur – Hazari Bauri
📍 Bankura
Saltora – Uttam Bauri
Chhatna – Swapan Kumar Mandal
Ranibandh – Dr Tanushree Hansda
Raipur – Thakur Moni Soren
Taldangra – Falguni Singh
Bankura – Dr Anup Mondal
Barjora – Gautam Mishra
Onda – Subrata Dutta
Bishnupur – Tanmoy Ghosh
Katulpur – Harakali Pratihar
Indas – Shyamali Roy
Sonamukhi – Dr Kallol Saha
📍 Purba Bardhaman
Khandaghosh – Nabin Chandra Bag
Bardhaman South – Khokon Das
Raina – Mandira Dalui
Jamalpur – Bhootnath Mallick
Monteswar – Siddiqullah Chowdhury
Kalna – Deboprasad Bag
Memari – Rasbihari Halder
Bardhaman North – Nisith Kumar Malik
Bhatar – Shantanu Konar
Purbasthali South – Swapan Debnath
Purbasthali North – Vasundhara Goswami
Katwa – Rabindranath Chatterjee
Ketugram – Sekh Sahonawez
Mangalkot – Apurba Chowdhury
Ausgram – Shyamaprasanna Lohar
Galsi – Alok Kumar Majhi
📍 Paschim Bardhaman
Pandaveswar – Narendranath Chakraborty
Durgapur East – Pradip Majumdar
Durgapur West – Kavi Dutta
Raniganj – Kalobaran Mondal
Jamuria – Hareram Singh
Asansol South – Tapas Banerjee
Asansol North – Moloy Ghatak
Kulti – Abhijit Ghatak
Barabani – Bidhan Upadhyay
📍 Birbhum
Dubrajpur – Chandra Naresh Bauri
Suri – Ujjal Chatterjee
Bolpur – Chandranath Sinha
Nanoor – Bidhan Chandra Majhi
Labpur – Abhijit Sinha
Sainthia – Nilabati Saha
Mayureswar – Abhijit Roy
Rampurhat – Ashish Banerjee
Hansan – Kajal Sheikh
Nalhati – Rajendra Prasad Singh
Murarai – Mosarraf Hossain
West Bengal Election 2026 – Overview Chart
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| Election Name | West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 |
| Total Assembly Seats | 294 |
| Major Parties Contesting | TMC, BJP, Congress, CPI(M) and others |
| Ruling Party Before Election | All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) |
| Election Phases | Expected to be held in multiple phases |
| Polling Dates | April 23 and April 29, 2026 (as per reports) |
| Vote Counting Date | May 4, 2026 |
| Candidate List Status | To be officially announced by the parties |
| Main Focus | Development issues, governance, and regional politics |
Below is the AITC (All India Trinamool Congress) candidate names currently visible on the Wikipedia page for the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. These names appear in the constituency table section.
AITC Candidates (As Listed So Far) as per wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election
| Constituency | District | AITC Candidate |
|---|---|---|
| Mekliganj (SC) | Cooch Behar | Paresh Chandra Adhikari |
| Mathabhanga (SC) | Cooch Behar | Sushil Barman |
| Cooch Behar Uttar (SC) | Cooch Behar | Sukumar Roy |
| Cooch Behar Dakshin | Cooch Behar | Mihir Goswami |
| Sitai (SC) | Cooch Behar | Jagadish Chandra Basunia |
| Sitalkuchi (SC) | Cooch Behar | Savitri Barman |
| Dinhata | Cooch Behar | Ajay Roy |
| Natabari | Cooch Behar | Rabindra Nath Ghosh |
| Tufanganj | Cooch Behar | Malati Rava Roy |
Note
These candidate names are currently appearing in the constituency list on Wikipedia and other preliminary sources. However, the official candidate list from AITC has not been formally released yet.
Important:
- This list should be treated as unofficial and preliminary information.
- The official Trinamool Congress candidate list is expected to be published tomorrow.
- Remaining constituencies and confirmed candidates will be updated soon once the official announcement is made.
West Bengal Election 2026 Schedule
The Election Commission has announced the poll schedule for the state. Voting will take place in two phases on April 23 and April 29, 2026, and the counting of votes will be conducted on May 4, 2026.
The election will be crucial as it will decide the next government in West Bengal and shape the political landscape of the state for the next five years.
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TMC Preparing Candidate List
Reports indicate that the Trinamool Congress leadership has nearly finalized its candidate list for many constituencies. The selection process is based on multiple factors, including:
- Performance of sitting MLAs over the last five years
- Local popularity and electoral prospects
- Feedback from party workers and internal surveys
Sources suggest that several new faces may be introduced, while some sitting legislators could be replaced depending on their performance and public perception.
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Possible Changes in Several Seats
Political observers expect that the party may make changes in several constituencies to strengthen its chances in the election. Earlier reports indicated that the party could introduce new candidates in dozens of seats, reflecting an effort to refresh its electoral strategy before the polls.
However, the final candidate list is expected to be confirmed only after the party’s central leadership completes its internal consultations.
Opposition Also Preparing for Poll Battle
At the same time, opposition parties such as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are also preparing their campaign strategies. Several prominent leaders are expected to contest in key constituencies as the party attempts to challenge the ruling TMC in the upcoming election.
Political analysts believe the 2026 election could see intense competition between major parties, with several constituencies becoming high-profile battlegrounds.
Important Note for Readers
The candidate lists mentioned in early reports are based on media sources and political discussions. Official candidate names will only be confirmed after the respective political parties formally release their lists and submit nominations to the Election Commission.
Voters are advised to follow official announcements from the Election Commission and political parties for verified candidate information.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1. When will the TMC candidate list for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly Election be released?
The final candidate list is expected to be released by the party leadership before the nomination process begins. Political parties usually announce their candidates shortly before the election schedule deadlines.
2. How many seats are there in the West Bengal Assembly?
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly has 294 seats. Candidates from different political parties will contest in these constituencies during the 2026 election.
3. On what basis does TMC select its candidates?
Candidate selection is usually based on several factors, such as the performance of sitting MLAs, local popularity, feedback from party workers, and internal surveys conducted by the party.
4. Will there be new faces in the TMC candidate list for 2026?
According to media reports, the party may introduce several new candidates in some constituencies, while some sitting legislators could be replaced. However, the final list will be confirmed only after an official announcement by the party.
5. When will voting take place in the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026?
As per the announced schedule, voting is expected to take place in multiple phases, with counting of votes scheduled shortly after the polling process is completed.
6. Where can voters check the official candidate list?
Voters can check the official candidate list through:
- The official website of the political party
- The Election Commission of India website
- Official election notifications and press releases
7. Why are candidate lists important in elections?
Candidate lists help voters know who is contesting from their constituency, allowing them to understand the political options available before casting their vote.
