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Trinamool plays safe in candidate selection for 2026 West Bengal Assembly election
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) announced the names of 291 candidates for the 294 Assembly seats of West Bengal for the upcoming election. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest from Bhabanipur, the constituency she has been representing since 2011, where she will take on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari.
Including Ms. Banerjee, the Trinamool has fielded 52 women candidates; 95 candidates from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities; and 47 candidates from minority communities.
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Trinamool plays safe in candidate selection for 2026 West Bengal Assembly election
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