17th West Bengal Assembly explained

17th West Bengal Assembly
Before:16th West Bengal Assembly
Body:West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Election:2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Government:Third Banerjee ministry
Opposition:Bharatiya Janata Party
Term Start:5 May 2021
Term End:present
Membership1:294
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:Speaker of the House
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Deputy Speaker of the House
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Leader of the House
Chamber1 Leader3:Mamata Banerjee
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Deputy Leader of the House
Chamber1 Leader4:Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Leader of the Opposition
Chamber1 Leader6 Type:Deputy Leader of the Opposition

The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of West Bengal constituted after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections which were concluded earlier on 29 April 2021 and the results were announced on 2 May 2021.[1] The tenure of West Bengal Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 7 May 2026.[2]

Notable positions

S.NoPositionPortraitNamePartyConstituencyOffice Taken
1SpeakerBiman BanerjeeTrinamool CongressBaruipur Paschim8 May 2021
2Deputy SpeakerAsish BanerjeeTrinamool CongressRampurhat2 May 2021
3Leader of the HouseMamata BanerjeeTrinamool CongressBhabanipur5 May 2021
4Leader of OppositionSuvendu AdhikariBharatiya Janata PartyNandigram10 May 2021
5Deputy Leader of OppositionMihir GoswamiBharatiya Janata PartyNatabari10 May 2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

DistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyRemarks
Cooch Behar1MekliganjParesh Chandra Adhikary
2MathabhangaSushil Barman
3Cooch Behar UttarSukumar Roy
4Cooch Behar DakshinNikhil Ranjan Dey
5SitalkuchiBaren Chandra Barman
6SitaiJagadish Chandra Barma BasuniaElected to Lok Sabha on 04 June 2024
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7DinhataNisith PramanikResigned[3]
Udayan GuhaWon in 2021 bypoll
8NatabariMihir GoswamiDeputy Leader of Opposition
9TufanganjMalati Rava Roy
Alipurduar10KumargramManoj Kumar Oraon
11KalchiniBishal Lama
12AlipurduarsSuman KanjilalSwitched from BJP to AITC[4]
13FalakataDipak Barman
14MadarihatManoj TiggaElected to Lok Sabha on 04 June 2024
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Jalpaiguri15DhupguriBishnu Pada RoyDied on 25 July 2023[5]
Nirmal Chandra RoyWon in 2023 bypoll
16MaynaguriKaushik Roy
17JalpaiguriPradip Kumar Barma
18RajganjKhageshwar Roy
19Dabgram-PhulbariSikha Chatterjee
20MalBulu Chik Baraik
21NagrakataPuna Bhengra
Kalimpong22KalimpongRuden Sada LepchaSwitched from GJM to BGPM[6]
Darjeeling23DarjeelingNeeraj Zimba
24KurseongBishnu Prasad Sharma
25Matigara-NaxalbariAnandamay Barman
26SiliguriSankar Ghosh
27PhansidewaDurga Murmu
Uttar Dinajpur28ChopraHamidul Rahman
29IslampurAbdul Karim Chowdhury
30GoalpokharMd. Ghulam Rabbani
31ChakuliaMinhajul Arfin Azad
32KarandighiGoutam Paul
33HemtabadSatyajit Barman
34KaliaganjSoumen Roy[7]
35RaiganjKrishna KalyaniSwitched from BJP to AITC.[8]
Krishna KalyaniWon in 2024 bypoll
36ItaharMosaraf Hussen
Dakshin Dinajpur37KushmandiRekha Roy
38KumarganjToraf Hossain Mandal
39BalurghatAshok Lahiri
40TapanBudhrai Tudu
41GangarampurSatyendra Nath Ray
42HarirampurBiplab Mitra
Malda43HabibpurJoyel Murmu
44GazoleChinmoy Deb Barman
45ChanchalNihar Ranjan Ghosh
46HarishchandrapurTajmul Hossain
47MalatipurAbdur Rahim Boxi
48RatuaSamar Mukherjee
49ManikchakSabitri Mitra
50MaldahaGopal Chandra Saha
51English BazarSreerupa Mitra Chaudhury
52MothabariSabina Yeasmin
53SujapurMuhammad Abdul Ghani
54BaisnabnagarChandana Sarkar
Murshidabad55FarakkaManirul Islam
56SamserganjAmirul Islam
57SutiEmani Biswas
58JangipurJakir Hossain
59RaghunathganjAkhruzzaman
60SagardighiSubrata SahaDies on 29 December 2022[9]
Bayron BiswasWon in 2023 bypoll. Switched from INC to AITC[10]
61LalgolaAli Mohammad
62BhagabangolaReyat Hossain SarkarWon in 2024 bypoll
63RaninagarAbdul Soumik Hossain
64MurshidabadGouri Sankar Ghosh
65NabagramKanai Chandra Mondal
66KhargramAshis Marjit
67BurwanJiban Krishna Saha
68KandiApurba Sarkar
69BharatpurHumayun Kabir
70RejinagarRabiul Alam Chowdhury
71BeldangaHasanuzzaman SK
72BaharampurSubrata Maitra
73HariharparaNiamot Sheikh
74NaodaSahina Mumtaz Begum
75DomkalJafikul Islam
76JalangiAbdur Razzak
Nadia77KarimpurBimalendu Sinha Roy
78TehattaTapas Kumar Saha
79PalashiparaManik Bhattacharya
80KaliganjNasiruddin Ahamed
81NakashiparaKallol Khan
82ChapraRukbanur Rahman
83Krishnanagar UttarMukul RoySwitched From BJP to AITC [11]
84NabadwipPundarikakshya Saha
85Krishnanagar DakshinUjjal Biswas
86SantipurJagannath SarkarResigned
Braja Kishore GoswamiWon in 2021 bypoll
87Ranaghat Uttar PaschimParthasarathi Chatterjee
88KrishnaganjAshis Kumar Biswas
89Ranaghat Uttar PurbaAshim Biswas
90Ranaghat DakshinMukut Mani AdhikariLater switched from BJP to AITC.
Mukut Mani AdhikariWon in 2024 bypoll
91ChakdahaBankim Chandra Ghosh
92KalyaniAmbika Roy
93HaringhataAsim Kumar Sarkar
North 24 Parganas94BagdahBiswajit DasLater switched from BJP to AITC[12]
Madhuparna ThakurWon in 2024 bypoll
95Bangaon UttarAshok Kirtania
96Bangaon DakshinSwapan Majumder
97GaighataSubrata Thakur
98SwarupnagarBina Mondal
99BaduriaAbdur Rahim Quazi
100HabraJyotipriya Mallick
101AshokenagarNarayan Goswami
102AmdangaRafiqur Rahaman
103BijpurSubodh Adhikary
104NaihatiPartha BhowmickElected to Lok Sabha on 04 June 2024
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105BhatparaPawan Singh
106JagatdalSomenath Shyam Ichini
107NoaparaManju Basu
108BarrackpurRaj Chakraborty
109KhardahaKajal SinhaDeath due to COVID-19 in 2021[13]
Sovandeb ChattopadhyayCabinet MinisterWon in 2021 bypoll
110Dum Dum UttarChandrima Bhattacharya
111PanihatiNirmal Ghosh
112KamarhatiMadan Mitra
113BaranagarTapas RoyResigned on 04 March 2023
Sayantika BanerjeeWon in 2024 bypoll
114Dum DumBratya BasuCabinet Minister
115Rajarhat New TownTapash Chatterjee
116BidhannagarSujit Bose
117Rajarhat GopalpurAditi Munshi
118MadhyamgramRathin GhoshCabinet Minister
119BarasatChiranjeet Chakraborty
120DegangaRahima Mondal
121HaroaHaji Nurul IslamElected to Lok Sabha on 04 June 2024
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122MinakhanUsha Rani Mondal
123SandeshkhaliSukumar Mahata
124Basirhat DakshinSaptarshi Banerjee
125Basirhat UttarRafikul Islam Mondal
126HingalganjDebes Mandal
South 24 Parganas127GosabaJayanta NaskarDied in 2021[14]
Subrata MondalWon in 2021 bypoll
128BasantiShyamal Mondal
129KultaliGanesh Chandra Mondal
130PatharpratimaSamir Kumar Jana
131KakdwipManturam Pakhira
132SagarBankim Chandra Hazra
133KulpiJogaranjan Halder
134RaidighiAloke Jaldata
135MandirbazarJoydeb Halder
136JaynagarBiswanath Das
137Baruipur PurbaBivas Sardar
138Canning PaschimParesh Ram Das
139Canning PurbaSaokat Molla
140Baruipur PaschimBiman BanerjeeSpeaker
141Magrahat PurbaNamita Saha
142Magrahat PaschimGiasuddin Molla
143Diamond HarbourPannalal Halder
144FaltaSankar Kumar Naskar
145SatgachiaMohan Chandra Naskar
146BishnupurDilip Mondal
147Sonarpur DakshinArundhuti Maitra
148BhangarMd. Nawsad Siddique
149KasbaJaved Ahmed Khan
150JadavpurDebabrata Majumdar
151Sonarpur UttarFirdousi Begum
152TollygungeAroop BiswasCabinet Minister
153Behala PurbaRatna Chatterjee
154Behala PaschimPartha ChatterjeeSuspended from TMC
155MaheshtalaDulal Chandra Das
156Budge BudgeAshok Kumar Deb
157MetiaburuzAbdul Khaleque Molla
Kolkata158Kolkata PortFirhad HakimCabinet Minister
159BhabanipurSovandeb ChattopadhyayResigned[15]
Mamata BanerjeeWon in 2021 bypoll
Chief Minister
160RashbehariDebasish Kumar
161BallygungeSubrata MukherjeeDied in 2021[16]
Babul Supriyo BaralWon in 2022 by-poll
162ChowrangeeNayana Bandopadhyay
163EntallySwarna Kamal Saha
164BeleghataParesh Paul
165JorasankoVivek Gupta
166ShyampukurShashi Panja
167ManiktalaSadhan PandeDied on 20 February 2022[17]
Supti PandeyElected on 13 July 2024
168Kashipur-BelgachhiaAtin Ghosh
Howrah169BallyRana Chatterjee
170Howrah UttarGautam Chowdhuri
171Howrah MadhyaArup RoyCabinet Minister
172ShibpurManoj Tiwary
173Howrah DakshinNandita Chowdhury
174SankrailPriya Paul
175PanchlaGulsan Mullick
176Uluberia PurbaBidesh Ranjan Bose
177Uluberia UttarNirmal Maji
178Uluberia DakshinPulak Roy
179ShyampurKalipada Mondal
180BagnanArunava Sen
181AmtaSukanta Kumar Paul
182UdaynarayanpurSamir Kumar Panja
183JagatballavpurSitanath Ghosh
184DomjurKalyan Ghosh
Hooghly185UttarparaKanchan Mullick
186SreerampurSudipto Roy
187ChampdaniArindam Guin
188SingurBecharam Manna
189ChandannagarIndranil Sen
190ChunchuraAsit Mazumdar
191BalagarhManoranjan Byapari
192PanduaRatna De
193SaptagramTapan Dasgupta
194ChanditalaSwati Khandoker
195JangiparaSnehasis Chakraborty
196HaripalKarabi Manna
197DhanekhaliAshima Patra
198TarakeswarRamendu Sinharay
199PursurahBiman Ghosh
200ArambaghMadhusudan Bag
201GoghatBiswanath Karak
202KhanakulSusanta Ghosh
Purba Medinipur203TamlukDr. Soumen Mahapatra
204Panskura PurbaBiplab Roy Chowdhury
205Panskura PaschimFiroja Bibi
206MoynaAshoke Dinda
207NandakumarSukumar De
208MahisadalTilak Kumar Chakraborty
209HaldiaTapasi Mondal
210NandigramSuvendu AdhikariLeader of the Opposition
211ChandipurSoham Chakraborty
212PatashpurUttam Barik
213Kanthi UttarSumita Sinha
214BhagabanpurRabindranath Maity
215KhejuriSantanu Pramanik
216Kanthi DakshinArup Kumar Das
217RamnagarAkhil Giri
218EgraTarun Kumar Maity
Paschim Medinipur219DantanBikram Chandra Pradhan
Jhargram220NayagramDulal Murmu
221GopiballavpurKhagendra Nath Mahata
222JhargramBirbaha Hansda
Paschim Medinipur223KeshiaryParesh Murmu
224Kharagpur SadarHiran Chatterjee
225NarayangarhSurja Kanta Atta
226SabangManas Bhunia
227PinglaAjit Maity
228KharagpurDinen Roy
229DebraHumayun Kabir
230DaspurMamata Bhunia
231GhatalSital Kapat
232ChandrakonaArup Dhara
233GarbetaUttara Singha
234SalboniSrikanta Mahata
235KeshpurSeuli Saha
236MedinipurJune MaliaElected to Lok Sabha on 04 June 2024
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Jhargram237BinpurDebnath Hansda
Purulia238BandwanRajib Lochan Saren
239BalarampurBaneswar Mahato
240BaghmundiSushanta Mahato
241JoypurNarahari Mahato
242PuruliaSudip Kumar Mukherjee
243ManbazarSandhya Rani Tudu
244KashipurKamalakanta Hansda
245ParaNadiar Chand Bouri
246RaghunathpurVivekananda Bauri
Bankura247SaltoraChandana Bauri
248ChhatnaSatyanarayan Mukhopadhyay
249RanibandhJyotsna Mandi
250RaipurMrityunjoy Murmu
251TaldangraArup ChakrabortyElected to Lok Sabha on 04 June 2024
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252BankuraNiladri Sekhar Dana
253BarjoraAlok Mukherjee
254OndaAmarnath Shakha
255BishnupurTanmay GhoshSwitched from BJP to AITC[18]
256KatulpurHarakali ProtiherSwitched from BJP to AITC[19]
257IndasNirmal Kumar Dhara
258SonamukhiDibakar Gharami
Purba Bardhaman259KhandaghoshNabin Chandra Bag
260Bardhaman DakshinKhokan Das
261RainaShampa Dhara
262JamalpurAlok Kumar Majhi
263MonteswarSiddiqullah Chowdhury
264KalnaDeboprasad Bag
265MemariMadhusudan Bhattacharya
266Bardhaman UttarNisith Kumar Malik
267BhatarMangobinda Adhikari
268Purbasthali DakshinSwapan Debnath
269Purbasthali UttarTapan Chatterjee
270KatwaRabindranath Chatterjee
271KetugramSekh Sahonawez
272MangalkotApurba Chowdhury
273AusgramAbhedananda Thander
274GalsiNepal Ghorui
Paschim Bardhaman275PandabeswarNarendranath Chakraborty
276Durgapur PurbaPradip Mazumdar
277Durgapur PaschimLakshman Chandra Ghorui
278RaniganjTapas Banerjee
279JamuriaHareram Singh
280Asansol DakshinAgnimitra Paul
281Asansol UttarMoloy Ghatak
282KultiAjay Kumar Poddar
283BarabaniBidhan Upadhyay
Birbhum284DubrajpurAnup Kumar Saha
285SuriBikash Roychoudhury
286BolpurChandranath Singha
287NanoorBidhan Chandra Majhi
288LabpurAbhijit Sinha
289SainthiaNilabati Saha
290MayureswarAbhijit Roy
291RampurhatAsish BanerjeeDeputy Speaker
292HansanAshok Kumar Chattopadhyay
293NalhatiRajendra Prasad Singh
294MuraraiMosarraf Hossain
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See also

References

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  2. Web site: Terms of the Houses. 2023-02-17. Election Commission of India. en-IN.
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  10. News: 2023-05-30 . 3 months after bypoll win, lone Congress MLA in West Bengal Bayron Biswas joins TMC . The Times of India . 2023-12-19 . 0971-8257.
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  12. Web site: 2021-08-31 . Bengal BJP MLA Biswajit Das rejoins TMC, third leader to return after Mamata Banerjee's win . 2021-09-07 . The Indian Express . en.
  13. Web site: Jaiswal . Priya . 2021-04-25 . TMC candidate Kajal Sinha passes away due to COVID-19 at Kolkata hospital . 2022-04-08 . www.indiatvnews.com . en.
  14. Web site: 2021-06-20 . Trinamool's Jayanta Naskar, MLA from Gosaba, dies after testing Covid negative . 2023-12-19 . Hindustan Times . en.
  15. Web site: 2021-05-21 . Bengal minister quits assembly to help CM Mamata contest old seat . 2023-12-19 . Hindustan Times . en.
  16. News: 2021-11-04 . Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee dies at 75 . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-01-14 . 0971-751X.
  17. Web site: 2022-02-20 . West Bengal Cabinet Minister Sadhan Pande passes away at 71 . 2022-02-20 . The Indian Express . en.
  18. News: 2021-08-30 . BJP MLA Tanmoy Ghosh joins Trinamool Congress . en-IN . The Hindu . 2021-09-07 . 0971-751X.
  19. Web site: Bengal BJP MLA Harakali Protiher joins Trinamool Congress . 2023-12-19 . India Today . en.
  20. Web site: Election Commission of India . 2022-04-06 . results.eci.gov.in.

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