2026 elections in West Bengal
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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.
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 Party | Allaince | Recognition | Number of Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lok Sabha (42) | Rajya Sabha (5) | State Assembly (294) | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | National Democratic Alliance | National Parties | 12 | 0 | 65 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Left Front | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Indian National Congress | N/A | 1 | 0 | |||
| All India Trinamool Congress | AITC+ | State Parties | 29 | 4 | 223 | |
| All India Forward Block | Left Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha | AITC+ | Unrecognised | 1 | |||
| Indian Secular Front | N/A | 1 | ||||
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 term | Date of elections | Before | After | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Political Party | Member | Political Party | ||||
| April 2, 2026 | March 16, 2026 | Subrata Bakshi[2] | AITC | Babul Supriyo | AITC | ||
| Ritabrata Banerjee[2] | Koel Mallick | ||||||
| Mausam Noor[2] | Menaka Guruswamy | ||||||
| Saket Gokhale[2] | Rajeev Kumar | ||||||
| Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya[2] | CPI(M) | Rahul Sinha | BJP | ||||
Lok Sabha
| Constituency | Before | Cause of Vacancy | Date of
Elections |
After | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political Party | Member | Political Party | Member | ||||
| Basirhat | AITC | Haji Nurul Islam | Death[3] | TBD | |||
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