West Bengal, a state in India, will undergo multiple elections in 2026, including elections to Rajya Sabha (upper house of Indian Parliament), by-election to Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian Parliament), state legislative elections, local elections of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, the local civil body of Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, and multiple other by-elections.
Political parties in West Bengal The table below gives list of all political parties that are either recognized as state parties in West Bengal by the Election Commission of India or has at least one seat in either house of the parliament or the state assembly. +Political PartyAllainceRecognitionNumber of SeatsLok Sabha (42)Rajya Sabha (5)State Assembly (294)Bharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic AllianceNational Parties12065Communist Party of India (Marxist)Left Front010Indian National CongressN/A10All India Trinamool CongressAITC+State Parties294223All India Forward BlockLeft Front000Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik MorchaAITC+Unrecognised1Indian Secular FrontN/A1
Elections for the Parliament of India
Rajya Sabha All 5 seats of Rajya Sabha will undergo an election in 2026 where Members of West Bengal West Bengal Legislative Assembly will vote to elect 5 candidates to the Rajya Sabha. Date of end of termDate of electionsBeforeAfterMemberPolitical PartyMemberPolitical PartyApril 2, 2026March 16, 2026Subrata BakshiAITCBabul SupriyoAITCRitabrata BanerjeeKoel MallickMausam NoorMenaka GuruswamySaket GokhaleRajeev KumarBikash Ranjan BhattacharyaCPI(M)Rahul SinhaBJP
Lok Sabha ConstituencyBeforeCause of VacancyDate of ElectionsAfterPolitical PartyMemberPolitical PartyMemberBasirhatAITCHaji Nurul IslamDeathTBD
Elections for the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly All 294 seats of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly will undergo elections in March/April 2026. +BeforeDate of ElectionsAfterRulingOppositionRulingOppositionGovernmentChief MinisterOppositionLeader of OppositionGovernmentChief MinisterOfficial OppositionLeader of OppositionPartySeatsAITC225BGPM1IND1OfficeholderPartyMamata BanerjeeAITCPartySeatsBJP65ISF1+OfficeholderPartySuvendu AdhikariBJPApril 2026PartySeatsBJP207
Elections for Kolkata Municipal Corporation All 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, the largest civil body of West Bengal will undergo an election in December 2026. +BeforeDate of Elections (tentative)AfterRulingOppositionRulingOppositionGovernmentMayor & Dep. MayorGovernmentMayorPartySeatsAITC225IND2OfficeOfficeholderPartyMayorFirhad HakimAITCDep. MayorAtin GhoshAITCPartySeatsBJP3INC1CPI(M)1CPI1December 2026To be declared
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