West Bengal Election 2021: TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today released the full list of TMC candidates for the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021. TMC has fielded 291 candidates and has left three seats of North Bengal for its allies to contest. While the TMC has avoided fielding those above 80 years, the CM said that the TMC government will create Vidhan Parishad to accommodate senior and experienced leaders once it’s voted to power.
“I will contest from Nandigram, my party colleague Sovandeb Chattopadhyay will be fighting from Bhawanipore seat…..We have given assembly poll tickets to eminent personalities from the field of arts, sports, media and culture,” said Banerjee.
TMC has fielded 50 female, 79 Scheduled Caste (SC), 42 Muslim and 17 Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates. While many senior TMC leaders including sitting MLAs have crossed overd to the BJP in the recent past, today another TMC MLA opted out of the poll race. TMC MLA Samir Chakraborty said that he has informed party supremo Mamata Banerjee that he won’t be contesting the elections but will campaign for the party.
Addressing the media, Mamata Banerjee informed that she will go to Nandigram on 9th March while she will be filing her nomination on 10th March at Haldia.
Below is the full list of candidates:
No. AC Name District Name of Candidate 1 Mekliganj (SC) Coochbehar Paresh Chandra Adhikary 2 Mathabhanga (SC) Coochbehar Girindra Nath Barman 3 Coochbehar Uttar (SC) Coochbehar Binay Krishna Barman 4 Coochbehar Dakshin Coochbehar Avijit Dey Bhowmik (Hippy) 5 Sitalkuchi (SC) Coochbehar Partha Pratim Ray 6 Sitai (SC) Coochbehar Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia 7 Dinhata Coochbehar Udayan Guha 8 Natabari Coochbehar Rabindra Nath Ghosh 9 Tufanganj Coochbehar Pranab Kumar Dey (Manik) 10 Kumargram (ST) Alipurduar Leos Kujur 11 Kalchini (ST) Alipurduar Pasang Lama 12 Alipurduar Alipurduar Sourav Chakraborty 13 Falakata (SC) Alipurduar Subhash Ray 14 Madarihat (ST) Alipurduar Rajesh Lakra (Tiger) 15 Dhupguri (SC) Jalpaiguri Mitali Roy 16 Maynaguri (SC) Jalpaiguri Manoj Roy 17 Jalpaiguri (SC) Jalpaiguri Dr. Pradip Kumar Barma 18 Rajganj (SC) Jalpaiguri Khageswar Roy 19 Dabgram-Phulbari Jalpaiguri Goutam Deb 20 Mal (ST) Jalpaiguri Bulu Chik Baraik 21 Nagrakata (ST) Jalpaiguri Joseph Munda 22 Kalimpong Kalimpong ********** 23 Darjeeling Darjeeling ********** 24 Kurseong Darjeeling ********** 25 Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) Darjeeling Captain Nalini Ranjan Ray 26 Siliguri Darjeeling Prof. Omprakash Mishra 27 Phansidewa (ST) Darjeeling Choton Kisku 28 Chopra Uttar Dinajpur Hamidul Rahaman 29 Islampur Uttar Dinajpur Abdul Karim Chowdhury 30 Goalpokhar Uttar Dinajpur Md. Ghulam Rabbani 31 Chakulia Uttar Dinajpur Minhajul Arfin Azad 32 Karandighi Uttar Dinajpur Goutam Pal 33 Hemtabad (SC) Uttar Dinajpur Satyajit Barman 34 Kaliaganj (SC) Uttar Dinajpur Tapan Deb Singha 35 Raiganj Uttar Dinajpur Kanaia Lal Agarwal 36 Itahar Uttar Dinajpur Mosaraf Hossain 37 Kushmandi (SC) Dakshin Dinajpur Rekha Roy 38 Kumarganj Dakshin Dinajpur Toraf Hossain Mandal 39 Balurghat Dakshin Dinajpur Sekhar Dasgupta 40 Tapan (ST) Dakshin Dinajpur Kalpana Kisku 41 Gangarampur (SC) Dakshin Dinajpur Goutam Das 42 Harirampur Dakshin Dinajpur Biplab Mitra 43 Habibpur (ST) Malda Sarala Murmu 44 Gazole (SC) Malda Basanti Barman 45 Chanchal Malda Nihar Ranjan Ghosh 46 Harishchandrapur Malda Tajmul Hossain 47 Malatipur Malda Abdur Rahim Boxi 48 Ratua Malda Samar Mukherjee 49 Manikchak Malda Sabitri Mitra 50 Maldaha (SC) Malda Ujjal Chowdhury 51 English Bazar Malda Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury 52 Mothabari Malda Sabina Yeasmin 53 Sujapur Malda Md Abdul Ghani 54 Baisnabnagar Malda Chandana Sarkar 55 Farakka Murshidabad Monirul Islam 56 Samserganj Murshidabad Amirul Islam 57 Suti Murshidabad Emani Biswas 58 Jangipur Murshidabad Jakir Hossain 59 Raghunathganj Murshidabad Akhruzzaman 60 Sagardighi Murshidabad Subrata Saha 61 Lalgola Murshidabad Mohammad Ali 62 Bhagawangola Murshidabad Idris Ali 63 Raninagar Murshidabad Soumik Hossain 64 Murshidabad Murshidabad Shaoni Singha Roy 65 Nabagram (SC) Murshidabad Kanai Chandra Mondal 66 Khargram (SC) Murshidabad Ashis Marjit 67 Burwan (SC) Murshidabad Jiban Krishna Saha 68 Kandi Murshidabad Apurba Sarkar (David) 69 Bharatpur Murshidabad Humayun Kabir 70 Rejinagar Murshidabad Rabiul Alam Chowdhury 71 Beldanga Murshidabad Hasanuzzaman Sk. 72 Baharampur Murshidabad Naru Gopal Mukherjee 73 Hariharpara Murshidabad Niamot Sheikh 74 Naoda Murshidabad Sahina Mamtaz Begum (Khan) 75 Domkal Murshidabad Jafikul Islam 76 Jalangi Murshidabad Abdur Razzak 77 Karimpur Nadia Bimalendu Sinha Roy 78 Tehatta Nadia Tapas Kumar Saha 79 Palashipara Nadia Manik Bhattacharya 80 Kaliganj Nadia Naseeruddin Ahamed (Lal) 81 Nakashipara Nadia Kallol Khan 82 Chapra Nadia Rukbanur Rahman 83 Krishnanagar Uttar Nadia Koushani Mukherjee (Actress) 84 Nabadwip Nadia Pundarikakshya Saha (Nanda) 85 Krishnanagar Dakshin Nadia Ujjal Biswas 86 Santipur Nadia Ajoy Dey 87 Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Nadia Sankar Singha 88 Krishnaganj (SC) Nadia Dr. Tapas Mandal 89 Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) Nadia Samir Kumar Poddar 90 Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) Nadia Barnali Dey 91 Chakdaha Nadia Subhankar Singha (Jishu) 92 Kalyani (SC) Nadia Ramendra Nath Biswas 93 Haringhata (SC) Nadia Nilima Nag (Mallick) 94 Bagdah (SC) North 24 Pgs Paritosh Kumar Saha 95 Bangaon Uttar (SC) North 24 Pgs Shyamal Roy 96 Bangaon Dakshin (SC) North 24 Pgs Alo Rani Sarkar 97 Gaighata (SC) North 24 Pgs Narottam Biswas 98 Swarupnagar (SC) North 24 Pgs Bina Mandal 99 Baduria North 24 Pgs Quazi Abdur Rahim 100 Habra North 24 Pgs Jyoti Priya Mallick 101 Ashoknagar North 24 Pgs Dhiman Roy 102 Amdanga North 24 Pgs Mustaque Mortaza 103 Bijpur North 24 Pgs Subodh Adhikary 104 Naihati North 24 Pgs Partha Bhowmick 105 Bhatpara North 24 Pgs Jitendra Shaw 106 Jagatdal North 24 Pgs Somnath Shyam 107 Noapara North 24 Pgs Manju Basu 108 Barrackpore North 24 Pgs Raj Chakraborty (Film Director) 109 Khardaha North 24 Pgs Kajal Sinha 110 Dum Dum Uttar North 24 Pgs Chandrima Bhattacharya 111 Panihati North 24 Pgs Nirmal Ghosh 112 Kamarhati North 24 Pgs Madan Mitra 113 Baranagar North 24 Pgs Tapas Roy 114 Dum Dum North 24 Pgs Bratya Basu 115 Rajarhat Newtown North 24 Pgs Tapas Chatterjee 116 Bidhannagar North 24 Pgs Sujit Bose 117 Rajarhat Gopalpur North 24 Pgs Aditi Munshi 118 Madhyamgram North 24 Pgs Rathin Ghosh 119 Barasat North 24 Pgs Chiranjeet Chakrabarti 120 Deganga North 24 Pgs Rahima Mondal 121 Haroa North 24 Pgs Sk. Nurul Islam (Haji) 122 Minakhan (SC) North 24 Pgs Usha Rani Mondal 123 Sandeshkhali (ST) North 24 Pgs Sukumar Mahata 124 Basirhat Dakshin North 24 Pgs Dr. Saptarshi Banerjee 125 Basirhat Uttar North 24 Pgs Rafikul Islam Mondal 126 Hingalganj (SC) North 24 Pgs Debes Mondal 127 Gosaba (SC) South 24 Pgs Jayanta Naskar 128 Basanti (SC) South 24 Pgs Shyamal Mondal 129 Kultali (SC) South 24 Pgs Ganesh Chandra Mondal 130 Patharpratima South 24 Pgs Samir Kumar Jana 131 Kakdwip South 24 Pgs Manturam Pakhira 132 Sagar South 24 Pgs Bankim Chandra Hazra 133 Kulpi South 24 Pgs Jogaranjan Halder 134 Raidighi South 24 Pgs Alok Jaldata 135 Mandirbazar (SC) South 24 Pgs Jaydeb Halder 136 Jaynagar (SC) South 24 Pgs Biswanath Das 137 Baruipur Purba (SC) South 24 Pgs Bibhas Sardar 138 Canning Paschim (SC) South 24 Pgs Paresh Ram Das 139 Canning Purba South 24 Pgs Saokat Molla 140 Baruipur Paschim South 24 Pgs Biman Banerjee 141 Magrahat Purba (SC) South 24 Pgs Namita Saha 142 Magrahat Paschim South 24 Pgs Giasuddin Molla 143 Diamond Harbour South 24 Pgs Pannalal Halder 144 Falta South 24 Pgs Sankar Kumar Naskar 145 Satgachia South 24 Pgs Mohan Chandra Naskar 146 Bishnupur (SC) South 24 Pgs Dilip Mondal 147 Sonarpur Dakshin South 24 Pgs Lovely Moitra (Actress) 148 Bhangar South 24 Pgs Md. Rezaul Karim 149 Kasba South 24 Pgs Javed Ahmed Khan 150 Jadavpur South 24 Pgs Moloy Majumder 151 Sonarpur Uttar South 24 Pgs Firdousi Begum 152 Tollyganj South 24 Pgs Aroop Biswas 153 Behala Purba South 24 Pgs Ratna Chatterjee 154 Behala Paschim South 24 Pgs Dr. Partha Chatterjee 155 Maheshtala South 24 Pgs Dulal Chandra Das 156 Budge Budge South 24 Pgs Ashok Deb 157 Metiabruz South 24 Pgs Abdul Khaleque Molla 158 Kolkata Port Kolkata Firhad Hakim 159 Bhabanipur Kolkata Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay 160 Rashbehari Kolkata Debasish Kumar 161 Ballygunge Kolkata Subrata Mukherjee 162 Chowrangee Kolkata Nayna Bandyopadhyay 163 Entally Kolkata Swarna Kamal Saha 164 Beleghata Kolkata Paresh Paul 165 Jorasanko Kolkata Vivek Gupta 166 Shyampukur Kolkata Shashi Panja 167 Maniktala Kolkata Sadhan Pande 168 Kashipur Belgachhia Kolkata Atin Ghosh 169 Bally Howrah Dr. Rana Chatterjee 170 Howrah Uttar Howrah Goutam Chowdhury 171 Howrah Madhya Howrah Arup Roy 172 Shibpur Howrah Manoj Tiwary 173 Howrah Dakshin Howrah Nandita Chowdhury 174 Sankrail (SC) Howrah Priya Paul 175 Panchla Howrah Gulsan Mullick 176 Uluberia Purba Howrah Bidesh Bose (Footballer) 177 Uluberia Uttar (SC) Howrah Dr. Nirmal Maji 178 Uluberia Dakshin Howrah Pulak Roy 179 Shyampur Howrah Kalipada Mandal 180 Bagnan Howrah Arunava Sen (Raja) 181 Amta Howrah Sukanto Paul 182 Udaynarayanpur Howrah Samir Kumar Panja 183 Jagatballavpur Howrah Sitanath Ghosh 184 Domjur Howrah Kalyanendu Ghosh 185 Uttarpara Hooghly Kanchak Mallick (Actor) 186 Sreerampur Hooghly Dr. Sudipta Roy 187 Champdani Hooghly Arindam Guin 188 Singur Hooghly Becharam Manna 189 Chandannagar Hooghly Indranil Sen 190 Chunchura Hooghly Asit Mazumder (Tapan) 191 Balagarh (SC) Hooghly Monoranjan Byapari 192 Pandua Hooghly Dr. Ratna De (Nag) 193 Saptagram Hooghly Tapan Dasgupta 194 Chanditala Hooghly Swati Khandoker 195 Jangipara Hooghly Snehasis Chakraborty 196 Haripal Hooghly Karabi Manna 197 Dhanekhali (SC) Hooghly Asima Patra 198 Tarakeswar Hooghly Ramendu Singha Roy 199 Pursurah Hooghly Dilip Yadav 200 Arambag (SC) Hooghly Sujata Mondal Khan 201 Goghat (SC) Hooghly Manas Majumdar 202 Khanakul Hooghly Munsi Nazbul Karim 203 Tamluk Purba Medinipur Dr. Saumen Kumar Mahapatra 204 Panskura Purba Purba Medinipur Biplab Roy Chowdhury 205 Panskura Paschim Purba Medinipur Phiroja Bibi 206 Moyna Purba Medinipur Sangram Kumar Dolui 207 Nandakumar Purba Medinipur Sukumar De 208 Mahisadal Purba Medinipur Tilak Chakraborty 209 Haldia (SC) Purba Medinipur Swapan Naskar 210 Nandigram Purba Medinipur Mamata Banerjee 211 Chandipur Purba Medinipur Soham Chakraborty (Actor) 212 Patashpur Purba Medinipur Uttam Barik 213 Kanthi Uttar Purba Medinipur Tarun Kumar Jana 214 Bhagabanpur Purba Medinipur Ardhendu Maity 215 Khejuri (SC) Purba Medinipur Partha Pratim Das 216 Kanthi Dakshin Purba Medinipur Jyotirmoy Kar 217 Ramnagar Purba Medinipur Akhil Giri 218 Egra Purba Medinipur Tarun Maity 219 Dantan Paschim Medinipur Bikram Chandra Pradhan 223 Keshiary (ST) Paschim Medinipur Paresh Murmu 224 Kharagpur Sadar Paschim Medinipur Pradip Sarkar 225 Narayangarh Paschim Medinipur Surya Kanta Atta 226 Sabang Paschim Medinipur Manas Ranjan Bhunia 227 Pingla Paschim Medinipur Ajit Maity 228 Kharagpur Paschim Medinipur Dinen Roy 229 Debra Paschim Medinipur Humayun Kabir (Ex IPS) 230 Daspur Paschim Medinipur Mamata Bhunia 231 Ghatal (SC) Paschim Medinipur Shankar Dolai 232 Chandrakona (SC) Paschim Medinipur Arup Dhara 233 Garbeta Paschim Medinipur Uttara Singha (Hazra) 234 Salboni Paschim Medinipur Srikanto Mahato 235 Keshpur (SC) Paschim Medinipur Seuli Saha 236 Medinipur Paschim Medinipur June Maliah (Actress) 220 Nayagram (ST) Jhargram Dulal Murmu 221 Gopiballavpur Jhargram Dr. Khagendranath Mahato 222 Jhargram Jhargram Birbaha Hansda 237 Binpur (ST) Jhargram Debnath Hansda 238 Bandwan (ST) Purulia Rajib Lochan Saren 239 Balarampur Purulia Shantiram Mahato 240 Baghmundi Purulia Sushanta Mahato 241 Joypur Purulia Ujjal Kumar 242 Purulia Purulia Sujoy Banerjee 243 Manbazar (ST) Purulia Sandhya Rani Tudu 244 Kashipur Purulia Swapan Kumar Beltharia 245 Para (SC) Purulia Umapada Bauri 246 Raghunathpur (SC) Purulia Hazari Bauri 247 Saltora (SC) Bankura Santosh Mondal 248 Chhatna Bankura Subhasis Batabyal 249 Ranibandh (ST) Bankura Jyotsna Mandi 250 Raipur (ST) Bankura Mrittunjay Murmu 251 Taldangra Bankura Arup Chakraborty 252 Bankura Bankura Sayantika Banerjee (Actress) 253 Barjora Bankura Alok Mukherjee 254 Onda Bankura Arup Kumar Khan 255 Bishnupur Bankura Archita Bid 256 Katulpur (SC) Bankura Sangeeta Malik 257 Indas (SC) Bankura Runu Mete 258 Sonamukhi (SC) Bankura Shyamal Santra 259 Khandaghosh (SC) Purba Bardhaman Nabin Chandra Bag 260 Bardhaman Dakshin Purba Bardhaman Khokon Das 261 Raina (SC) Purba Bardhaman Shampa Dhara 262 Jamalpur (SC) Purba Bardhaman Alok Kumar Majhi 263 Monteswar Purba Bardhaman Siddiqullah Chowdhury 264 Kalna (SC) Purba Bardhaman Deboprasad Bag 265 Memari Purba Bardhaman Madhusudan Bhattacharya 266 Bardhaman Uttar (SC) Purba Bardhaman Nishith Kumar Malik 267 Bhatar Purba Bardhaman Mangobindo Adhikary 268 Purbasthali Dakshin Purba Bardhaman Swapan Debnath 269 Purbasthali Uttar Purba Bardhaman Tapan Chatterjee 270 Katwa Purba Bardhaman Rabindranath Chatterjee 271 Ketugram Purba Bardhaman Sekh Sahonawez 272 Mangalkot Purba Bardhaman Apurba Chowdhury (Achal) 273 Ausgram (SC) Purba Bardhaman Abhedananda Thander 274 Galsi (SC) Purba Bardhaman Nepal Ghorui 275 Pandabeswar Paschim Bardhaman Narendranath Chakraborty 276 Durgapur Purba Paschim Bardhaman Pradip Majumdar 277 Durgapur Paschim Paschim Bardhaman Biswanath Parial 278 Raniganj Paschim Bardhaman Tapas Banerjee 279 Jamuria Paschim Bardhaman Hareram Singh 280 Asansol Dakshin Paschim Bardhaman Sayani Ghosh (Actress) 281 Asansol Uttar Paschim Bardhaman Moloy Ghatak 282 Kulti Paschim Bardhaman Ujjal Chatterjee 283 Barabani Paschim Bardhaman Bidhan Upadhyay 284 Dubrajpur (SC) Birbhum Ashima Dhibar 285 Suri Birbhum Bikash Roy Chowdhury 286 Bolpur Birbhum Chandra Nath Sinha 287 Nanoor (SC) Birbhum Bidhan Chandra Majhi 288 Labpur Birbhum Abhijit Singha (Rana) 289 Sainthia (SC) Birbhum Nilabati Saha 290 Mayureswar Birbhum Abhijit Ray 291 Rampurhat Birbhum Dr. Asish Banerjee 292 Hansan Birbhum Ashok Kumar Chattopadhyay 293 Nalhati Birbhum Rajendra Prasad Singh 294 Murarai Birbhum Abdur Rahaman
TMC ministers Amit Mitra and Partha Chattopadhyay have also failed to find a place in the TMC’s candidates list for the West Bengal Assembly elections. Mitra is not keeping well and has even skipped the budget presentation this year.