TMC Candidate List for West Bengal Assembly Election 2026: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday announced its list of candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly Elections.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared her party will contest 291 of the 294 seats in the state.

The remaining three seats in the Darjeeling hills will be contested by Anit Thapa-led Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), she announced during a press conference.

Expressing confidence that the TMC will retain power with a comfortable majority, she said: “We will win more than 226 seats in the 2026 assembly polls”.

Among TMC’s 291 candidates for West Bengal polls, 52 are women, while 95 candidates belong to the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe category.

Under the leadership of our Hon’ble Chairperson Smt. @MamataOfficial, and the guidance of National General Secretary Shri @abhishekaitc and State President Shri Subrata Bakshi, we are pleased to announce the full list of candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Legislative… pic.twitter.com/KOXzZ29YXz

— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) March 17, 2026

Mamata’s nephew and party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that minorities were fielded from 47 seats.