KOLKATA 5 MARCH: Settling all speculations, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is prepping up to contest only from the Nandigram constituency. In particular, leaving out her tried and tested home turf Bhowanipore. Mainly, from where she was elected in 2011 and 2016. In fact, Bhowanipore is part of the South Kolkata parliamentary constituency from where she was elected as Member of Parliament six times.
At least 46 new faces were included in the list that was declared on Friday.
“I will be contesting only from Nandigram seat in East Midnapore. ‘Khelenge Larenge, jitenge‘, said Banerjee while sounding confident for a third term in the state.
On Friday, Mamata announced candidates for 291 out of state’s 294 seats leaving three seats in the Darjeeling hills to the two factions of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM).
Moreover, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay will contest from the Bhowanipore Assembly constituency while Debasish Kumar will be contesting from the Rashbehari Assembly constituency.
Banerjee said, ”I think Sovandeb Chattopadhyay is capable enough to contest from this constituency. He resides in Bhowanipore and he has a grip over the constituency.”
Soon after Mamata‘s announcement of the candidate, BJP’s Amit Malviya tweeted and said that Banerjee not only deserts her traditional seat of Bhowanipore but also keeps the option of Tollygunge open. She is sensing defeat. Though, Banerjee while announcing the list said that she might contest from Tollygunge, too.
Meanwhile, the BJP’s criticism comes from the fact that in the last parliamentary election of 2019, TMC won by a slender margin of 3,168 votes from the Bhowanipore constituency. It is worth mentioning g how the BJP won from the chief minister’s own municipal ward number 73.
Trinamool Congress has fielded 35 Muslim candidates among 291 that the party announced on Friday. Mostly, marking a significant decrease in the Muslims’ share in the party’s candidature, compared to the last Assembly elections held in 2016. Interestingly, Muslims made 27.01 per cent of the state’s population in 2011. Now, they have found a 12 per cent representation in the state’s ruling party’s candidate list.
In 2016, the TMC fielded 53 Muslim candidates or 18 per cent of its total nominees. Of them, 35 had won the elections.
However, the party fielded more candidates from the Scheduled Caste communities. While the state has 68 Assembly constituencies reserved for people from the SC community, the TMC has fielded 79 candidates from the community. The SCs made 23.5 per cent of the state’s population, according to the census of 2011. Though, the community’s share in the candidate list this year is at 27 per cent.
The party has fielded 17 candidates from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities, while 16 seats are reserved.
Notably, Mamata introduced few star candidates this year. Manoj Tiwari, the cricketer will contest from prestigious Singur constituency in Hooghly, Raj Chakraborty from Barrackpore Assembly constituency, Birbaha Hansda from Jhargram, Aditi Munshi from Rajarhat -Gopalpur. Also, this year, Soham Chakraborty will be contesting from Chandipur in East Midnapore. In addition, June Maliah will be contesting from West Midnapore town while Sayantika Banerjee will be contesting from Bankura. Further, Sayoni Ghosh will be contesting from Asansol Dakshin while Koushani Mukherjee from Krishnanagar Uttar, Kanchan Mallick from Uttarpara in Hooghly, Lovely Maitra from Sonarpur Dakshin.
In 2016, there were only a few star candidates that included Soham Chakraborty from Barjora in Bankura, Bhaichung Bhutia from Siliguri, Indranil Sen from Chandangaor, Chiranjot Chakraborty from Barasat in North 24 Pargana, and Debasree Roy from Raidighi in South 24 Pargana.
Mamata decides to reconstitute Bidhan Parishad to rehabilitate ministers with no tickets
This year, 27 MLAs of TMC have not been given tickets and Banerjee claimed that she will constitute a Bidhan Sabha to rehabilitate the ministers who have not been given tickets. According to Banerjee, the need to reconstitute the Bidhan Parishad is mainly because many ministers are suffering from several diseases and many are old.
It may be worth noting that West Bengal Legislative Council was abolished in 1969. Later, the Parliament of India passed the West Bengal Legislative Council Act for abolishing the Legislative Council with effect from 1 August, 1969. Now, the Trinamool Congress government planned to revive the council.
Mamata Comments
Furthermore, Banerjee expects an impartial, free and fair election. “I am grateful to Sharad Pawar, Hemant Soren, Tejaswi Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, and Arvind Kejriwal for their support and the solidarity they have conveyed to me,” added Mamata.
Parties led by these leaders have decided not to field candidates in Bengal elections and have supported the TMC. Shiv Sena, too, has decided to support the TMC in this election. “We must defeat the outsider hooligans,” she said while terming the Left-Congress alliance as cohorts of the BJP.
Here’s a list of the AITC candidates for West Bengal Bidhan Sabha Elections 2021:
| AC No AC Name District Name of Candidate | |||
| 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) |
| AC No AC Name District Name of Candidate | |||
| 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 |
| AC No AC Name District Name of Candidate | |||
| 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 |
| AC No AC Name District Name of Candidate | |||
| 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 |
| AC No AC Name District Name of Candidate | |||
| 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 |
| AC No AC Name District Name of Candidate | |||
| 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 |
| AC No AC Name District Name of Candidate | |||
| 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 |
| AC No AC Name District Name of Candidate | |||
| 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) |
| AC No AC Name District Name of Candidate | |||
| 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 |
| AC No AC Name District Name of Candidate | |||
| 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 |