Bengal Assembly Elections News - Latest Updates & Headlines
Bengal SIR: Enumeration done, ECI doubtful over high voter number detected through progeny-mapping
Kolkata, Dec 12: With the enumeration phase in the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal completed, a remarkably high number of existing voters identified through progeny-mapping has kept the Election Commission of India (ECI) sceptical.
Eyeing 2026 Assembly polls, Abhishek Banerjee to visit Bengal in November end
Kolkata, Nov 18: Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee will visit North Bengal districts in November to monitor the party's organisational preparations for the 2026 state Assembly polls.
Bihar results provide oxygen to BJP for 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls
Kolkata, Nov 14: The trend of the results of the Bihar Assembly polls showing a thumping majority for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seems to have provided BJP leaders in West Bengal with extra oxygen for the crucial forthcoming Assembly elections in the state.
BJP launches new digital outreach initiative for 2026 Bengal Assembly polls
Kolkata, Nov 1: Amid the crucial West Bengal Assembly polls scheduled next year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Saturday, has launched its digital outreach programme exclusively for the state, intending to involve common people in the initiative.
'Mamata Banerjee will either become PM or surpass Jyoti Basu's record as Bengal CM'
Kolkata, Oct 20: Trinamool Congress state general secretary in West Bengal, Kunal Ghosh, on Monday used the twin auspicious occasions of Kali Puja and Diwali to make a prediction that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will either become the Prime Minister in 2029 or surpass former CM, late Jyoti Basu's records, in that chair.
Attack on MP raises serious questions about Mamata Banerjee's intentions: BJP
Kolkata, Oct 19: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday targeted the Mamata Banerjee government over the attack on its MP Raju Bista's convoy, accusing the state government of disturbing peace in North Bengal.
ISF still to receive nod for forging alliance with CPI-M for 2026 Bengal polls
Kolkata, Oct 17: The lone India Secular Front (ISF) legislator in state Assembly, Nawsad Siddique, said on Friday that the ISF, which had a seat-sharing agreement with the Congress and CPI-M-led Left Front in 2021 West Bengal polls, is yet to receive any response from the Left Front leadership over the proposal for initiating similar negotiations for the state polls scheduled to be held next year.
Bengal Assembly polls: ECI to hold meetings with Central and state agencies next month
Kolkata, Oct 14: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will hold a meeting with the representatives of different Central and state security and investigative agencies next month to discuss the possible measures to be adopted for the crucial West Bengal Assembly elections scheduled next year, officials said on Tuesday.
BJP directs its Bengal leadership to refrain from making SIR-related predictions
Kolkata, Oct 10: The central leadership of the BJP, on Friday, directed its state-level leaders in West Bengal to refrain from making any special intensive revision (SIR)-related predictions for West Bengal which might give advantage to Trinamool Congress and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
PM Modi politicising North Bengal's natural disaster: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Oct 6: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of politicising the natural disaster in North Bengal following massive rainfall and landslides there during the last couple of days.
Mamata Banerjee's govt frustrated as elections near: Bengal BJP leader
New Delhi, Sep 5: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Friday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her government of resorting to authoritarian tactics ahead of the Assembly elections in the state.
Dilip Ghosh keen to contest 2026 Bengal polls from West Midnapore constituency
Kolkata, July 23: BJP's former national vice-president and the former state president in West Bengal, Dilip Ghosh, on Wednesday, said that he is keen to contest as a party candidate in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls but from the same Assembly constituency from where he got elected for the first time in 2016.