| Election Name: | Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | Legislative |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Vote Type: | party |
| Previous Election: | 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2031 |
| Election Date: | By March–April 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | All 294 elected seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 148 |
| Outgoing Members: | 17th West Bengal Assembly |
| Leader2: | Suvendu Adhikari |
| Leader Since2: | 2020 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Nandigram |
| Last Election2: | 37.97%, 77 seats |
| Party2: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Image1 Size: | 130px |
| Leader1: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Leader Since1: | 1998 |
| Party1: | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Leaders Seat1: | Bhabanipur |
| Last Election1: | 48.02%, 215 seats |
| Chief Minister | |
| Before Election: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Before Party: | Trinamool Congress |
| Seats Before1: | 221 |
| Seats Before2: | 66 |
| Seats Needed2: | 82 |
| Leader4: | Mohammed Salim |
| Party4: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Leaders Seat4: | TBA |
| Leader Since4: | 2022 |
| Last Election4: | 4.71%, 0 seat |
| Alliance4: | SDA |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats Needed4: | 148 |
| Leader5: | Subhankar Sarkar |
| Party5: | Indian National Congress |
| Alliance5: | SDA |
| Leaders Seat5: | TBA |
| Leader Since5: | 2022 |
| Last Election5: | 2.93%, 0 seat |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats Needed5: | 148 |
The Next West Bengal legislative assembly election is expected to be held in March–April 2026 to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1] Mamata Banerjee is the incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
| Poll Event | Schedule | |
|---|---|---|
| Notification Date | TBD | |
| Last Date for filing nomination | TBD | |
| Scrutiny of nomination | TBD | |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | TBD | |
| Date of Poll | TBD | |
| Date of Counting of Votes | TBD |
| Party | Leader(s) | Symbol | Contesting Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Front | ||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Mohammed Salim Sujan Chakraborty | |||
| All India Forward Bloc | Naren Chatterjee | |||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | Tapan Hore | |||
| Communist Party of India | Swapan Banerjee | |||
| Marxist Forward Bloc | Samar Hazra | |||
| Congress and allies | ||||
| Indian National Congress | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Subhankar Sarkar | |||
| Hamro Party | Ajoy Edwards | |||
| Others | ||||
| Indian Secular Front | Nawsad Siddique | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | Abhijit Majumder | |||
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | Provash Ghosh | TBD | ||
| Samajwadi Party | Kiranmoy Nanda | TBD | ||
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| AITC | 294 | ||||||||
| BJP | 294 | ||||||||
| SDA | CPI(M) | ||||||||
| INC | |||||||||
| ISF | |||||||||
| AIFB | |||||||||
| RSP | |||||||||
| CPI | |||||||||
| CPI(M-L)L | |||||||||
| HP | |||||||||
| Total | 294 | ||||||||
| SUCI(C) | TBD | ||||||||
| Others | |||||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | - | 294 | - | |||||