The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday released its first list of 144 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 2026, covering several key constituencies across the state.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by party President Nitin Navin on March 12. Senior leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah attended the meeting where the candidates were finalised.
The elections in Bengal are scheduled to be held in two phases: April 23 and April 29; counting is scheduled for May 4.
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The list includes several prominent leaders such as Suvendu Adhikari from two seats Nandigram and Bhabanipur; and Agnimitra Paul from Asansol Dakshin. The party has fielded candidates across multiple districts including North Bengal, Murshidabad, Hooghly, Bankura, Purulia and South Bengal regions.
West Bengal has 294 Assembly seats, and the party is expected to announce the remaining candidates in the coming days.
BJP First Candidate List – West Bengal Assembly Elections
| No. | Constituency | Candidate |
| 1 | Cooch Behar Uttar (SC) | Sukumar Roy |
| 2 | Sitalkuchi (SC) | Savitri Barman |
| 3 | Dinhata | Ajay Roy |
| 4 | Tufanganj | Malati Rava Roy |
| 5 | Kumargram (ST) | Manoj Kumar Oraon |
| 6 | Kalchini (ST) | Bishal Lama |
| 7 | Alipurduars | Paritosh Das |
| 8 | Falakata (SC) | Deepak Barman |
| 9 | Dabgram-Phulbari | Sikha Chatterjee |
| 10 | Nagrakata (ST) | Puna Bhengra |
| 11 | Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) | Anandamay Barman |
| 12 | Siliguri | Shankar Ghosh |
| 13 | Phansidewa (ST) | Durga Murmu |
| 14 | Goalpokhar | Sarjit Biswas |
| 15 | Chakulia | Manoj Jain |
| 16 | Karandighi | Biraj Biswas |
| 17 | Kaliaganj (SC) | Utpal Maharaj |
| 18 | Raiganj | Kaushik Chowdhury |
| 19 | Kushmandi (SC) | Tapas Chandra Roy |
| 20 | Kumarganj | Suvendu Sarkar |
| 21 | Balurghat | Bidyut Roy |
| 22 | Tapan (ST) | Budhrai Tudu |
| 23 | Gangarampur (SC) | Satyendra Nath Rai |
| 24 | Harirampur | Debabrata Majumder |
| 25 | Habibpur (ST) | Joyel Murmu |
| 26 | Gazole (SC) | Chinmoy Deb Barman |
| 27 | Chanchal | Ratan Das |
| 28 | Malatipur | Ashish Das |
| 29 | Ratua | Abhishek Singhania |
| 30 | Manikchak | Gaur Chandra Mandal |
| 31 | Maldah (SC) | Gopal Chandra Saha |
| 32 | Mothabari | Nibaran Ghosh |
| 33 | Sujapur | Abhiraj Chaudhary |
| 34 | Suti | Mahabir Ghosh |
| 35 | Raghunathganj | Surjit Poddar |
| 36 | Lalgola | Amar Kumar Das |
| 37 | Bhagawangola | Bhaskar Sarkar |
| 38 | Murshidabad | Gouri Sankar Ghosh |
| 39 | Rejinagar | Bapan Ghosh |
| 40 | Beldanga | Bharat Kumar Jhawar |
| 41 | Baharampur | Subrata Maitra |
| 42 | Hariharpara | Tanmay Biswas |
| 43 | Nowda | Rana Mandal |
| 44 | Domkal | Nanda Dulal Pal |
| 45 | Jalangi | Naba Kumar Sarkar |
| 46 | Karimpur | Samarendranath Ghosh |
| 47 | Palashipara | Anima Dutta |
| 48 | Kaliganj | Bapan Ghosh |
| 49 | Ranaghat Uttar Paschim | Parthasarathi Chatterjee |
| 50 | Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) | Asim Biswas |
| 51 | Chakdaha | Bankim Chandra Ghosh |
| 52 | Haringhata (SC) | Asim Kumar Sarkar |
| 53 | Baduria | Sukriti Sarkar |
| 54 | Amdanga | Arindam Dey |
| 55 | Naihati | Sumitro Chatterjee |
| 56 | Bhatpara | Pawan Kumar Singh |
| 57 | Baranagar | Sajal Ghosh |
| 58 | Deganga | Tarun Kanti Ghosh |
| 59 | Basirhat Uttar | Narayan Chandra Mondal |
| 60 | Basanti (SC) | Bikas Sardar |
| 61 | Kultali (SC) | Madhabi Mahalder |
| 62 | Patharpratima | Asit Kumar Halder |
| 63 | Kakdwip | Deepankar Jana |
| 64 | Raidighi | Palash Rana |
| 65 | Canning Purba | Asim Sapu |
| 66 | Diamond Harbour | Dipak Kumar Halder |
| 67 | Bishnupur (SC) | Agniswar Naskar |
| 68 | Budge Budge | Tarun Kumar Adak |
| 69 | Metiabruz | Veer Bahadur Singh |
| 70 | Bhabanipur | Suvendu Adhikari |
| 71 | Rashbehari | Swapan Das Gupta |
| 72 | Howrah Uttar | Umesh Rai |
| 73 | Shibpur | Rudranil Ghosh |
| 74 | Uluberia Dakshin | Swami Mangalnandan Puri Maharaj |
| 75 | Amta | Amit Samanta |
| 76 | Domjur | Gobinda Hazra |
| 77 | Saptagram | Swaraj Ghosh |
| 78 | Tarakeswar | Santu Pan |
| 79 | Pursurah | Biman Ghosh |
| 80 | Arambagh (SC) | Hemanta Bag |
| 81 | Goghat (SC) | Prashanta Dighar |
| 82 | Khanakul | Susanta Ghosh |
| 83 | Panskura Purba | Subrata Maity |
| 84 | Panskura Paschim | Sintu Senapati |
| 85 | Moyna | Ashok Dinda |
| 86 | Mahisadal | Subhash Panja |
| 87 | Haldia (SC) | Pradip Kumar Bijoli |
| 88 | Nandigram | Suvendu Adhikari |
| 89 | Patashpur | Tapan Maity |
| 90 | Kanthi Uttar | Sumita Sinha |
| 91 | Kanthi Dakshin | Arup Kumar Das |
| 92 | Ramnagar | Chandra Sekhar Mondal |
| 93 | Dantan | Ajit Kumar Jana |
| 94 | Nayagram (ST) | Amiya Kisku |
| 95 | Gopiballavpur | Rajesh Mahato |
| 96 | Jhargram | Lakshmikant Sahu |
| 97 | Keshiary (ST) | Bhadra Hembram |
| 98 | Kharagpur Sadar | Dilip Ghosh |
| 99 | Narayangarh | Rama Prasad Giri |
| 100 | Sabang | Amal Panda |
| 101 | Kharagpur | Tapan Bhuiya |
| 102 | Debra | Shubhashish Om |
| 103 | Daspur | Tapan Dutta |
| 104 | Ghatal (SC) | Sital Kapat |
| 105 | Chandrakona (SC) | Sukanta Dolui |
| 106 | Salboni | Biman Mahato |
| 107 | Keshpur (SC) | Suvendu Samanta |
| 108 | Binpur (ST) | Pranat Tudu |
| 109 | Bandwan (ST) | Laksen Baske |
| 110 | Balarampur | Jaladhar Mahato |
| 111 | Manbazar (ST) | Moyna Murmu |
| 112 | Kashipur | Kamalkanta Hansda |
| 113 | Para (SC) | Nadiar Chand Bauri |
| 114 | Raghunathpur (SC) | Mamon Bauri |
| 115 | Saltora (SC) | Chandana Bauri |
| 116 | Chhatna | Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay |
| 117 | Ranibandh (ST) | Kshudiram Tudu |
| 118 | Raipur (ST) | Kshetra Mohan Hansda |
| 119 | Taldangra | Souvik Patra |
| 120 | Barjora | Billeshwar Sinha |
| 121 | Onda | Amarnath Shakha |
| 122 | Katulpur (SC) | Laxmikanta Majumdar |
| 123 | Indus (SC) | Nirmal Kumar Dhara |
| 124 | Sonamukhi (SC) | Dibakar Gharami |
| 125 | Raina | Subhash Patra |
| 126 | Jamalpur (SC) | Arun Halder |
| 127 | Monteswar | Saikat Panja |
| 128 | Bardhaman Uttar (SC) | Sanjay Das |
| 129 | Bhatar | Soumen Karfa |
| 130 | Ketugram | Anadi Ghosh |
| 131 | Ausgram (SC) | Kalita Maji |
| 132 | Pandabeswar | Jitendra Kumar Tewari |
| 133 | Durgapur Purba | Chandra Sekhar Banerjee |
| 134 | Durgapur Paschim | Lakshman Chandra Ghorui |
| 135 | Jamuria | Bijan Mukherjee |
| 136 | Asansol Dakshin | Agnimitra Paul |
| 137 | Asansol Uttar | Krishnendu Mukherjee |
| 138 | Kulti | Ajay Kumar Poddar |
| 139 | Dubrajpur (SC) | Anup Kumar Saha |
| 140 | Suri | Jagannath Chattopadhyay |
| 141 | Bolpur | Dilip Kumar Ghosh |
| 142 | Nanoor (SC) | Khokan Das |
| 143 | Mayureswar | Dudh Kumar Mondal |
| 144 | Hansan | Nikhil Banerjee |
