BJP Candidate List: Will Mamata Didi’s stronghold collapse in West Bengal? First list of 144 candidates of BJP released

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 17, 2026

Assembly elections in West Bengal
First list of West Bengal candidates announced by BJP
Candidates announced for 144 constituencies

West Bengal BJP Candidate List : West Bengal : In West Bengal (West Bengal) Assembly election bugle has sounded. All eyes are on Mamata Banerjee’s state. Bengal elections will be held in two phases. The first phase will be held on April 23 and the second phase on April 29. The counting of votes will be held on May 4, 2026. BJP has planned a special strategy against this background. from BJP (BJP Politics) list of candidates has been announced and from this they have given opportunity to representatives of all communities. Also tried to keep everyone happy.

BJP announced the first list of candidates for the assembly elections. Candidates have been announced for 144 constituencies. There are total 294 assembly seats in the state. This means that BJP has announced the names of almost half of its candidates. Due to this, BJP’s strategy has now come to the fore.

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BJP has also announced the name of opposition leader Shubhendu Adhikari in this list. He has been nominated from Bhawanipur Assembly Constituency. Former state president Dilip Ghosh has been nominated from Kharagpur Sadar constituency. Out of 144 candidates, only 11 women have been given tickets. Therefore, it has been seen that the number of female candidates of BJP is very less.

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As the election bugle sounds in West Bengal, the political climate for administrative reshuffle is at its peak. On Monday, in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament, there was a ruckus when Trinamool Congress members protested against the Election Commission’s action. The Trinamool Congress termed the commission’s decision to remove state chief secretary Nandini Chakraborty and home secretary Jagdish Prasad Meena from their posts as “arbitrary” and an “attack on democracy” by the central government. As the zero hour proceedings began in the Rajya Sabha, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien raised the issue of transfers of top officials. He alleged that such action taken late at night so soon after the announcement of the election dates amounts to obstructing the fair election process.
Trinamool Congress MPs said the move was aimed at destabilizing the state’s administrative machinery. In protest, all Trinamool Congress members staged a day-long walkout from the House.