West Bengal Election News

Nearly 9.1 mn names deleted from Bengal electoral rolls after SIR exercise

According to official data released on February 28, 6.366 million names, around 8.3 per cent of the electorate, were deleted since the SIR process began in November last year

SC flags high exclusion in Bengal voter roll revision, denies relief

Top court notes high rejection rates in SIR exercise, declines interim relief on appeals, and asks appellate tribunals to frame procedures for handling cases uniformly

From Congress era to Left reign to TMC rule: Mapping Bengal's political arc

West Bengal's political culture has undergone a transformation across three distinct phases, marked by Congress dominance, the Left rule, and the rise of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress

Mamata demands PM's resignation over silence on Pak's 'Kolkata threat'

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned India that it would respond with a strike in Kolkata to any 'future misadventures'

PM Modi, Shah star campaigners for BJP for West Bengal Assembly polls

The list also includes BJP chief Nitin Nabin, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, JP Nadda, Dharmendra Pradhan and Chief Ministers Yogi Adityanath and Himanta Biswa Sarma

Tribunal orders Cong candidate's name to be restored in final roll in WB

This was apparently the first such ruling by any tribunal involving a candidate to resolve an ongoing adjudication case due to 'logical discrepancy'

Malda gherao reflects 'TMC's maha jungleraj', says PM Modi in Cooch Behar

The PM also contrasted the fear of infiltration and settling foreigners in Bengal with the BJP's confidence in stopping infiltration and driving infiltrators out

NIA investigates Malda SP, BDO offices to probe judicial officers' gherao

A major political storm had erupted in West Bengal as seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagers in Malda district

TMC seeks removal of Bhabanipur poll official over links with BJP's Suvendu

TMC alleged that the returning officer has a 'documented and close association' with Adhikari, who is contesting from Bhabanipur against CM Mamata Banerjee

WB polls: RG Kar case looms over Panihati as victim's mother enters contest

BJP has fielded the victim doctor's mother, Ratna Debnath, against Tirthankar Ghosh, son of veteran TMC leader and outgoing MLA Nirmal Ghosh

Mamata Banerjee blames AIMIM, ISF for gherao of judicial officers in Malda

Alleging that goons are being brought in from outside to create unrest in poll-bound West Bengal, Banerjee said, "They don't even spare the judges"

EC to continue deployment of 500 CAPF companies in Bengal post elections

One company comprises 90 to 125 personnel

Bengal: EC publishes 8th supplementary list, 5.2 million cases disposed of

Verification and disposal of about 5.2 million cases, which were under adjudication, have been completed till Thursday evening

West Bengal Assembly election 2026: Can Mamata Banerjee's TMC hold off BJP?

The 2026 West Bengal election is shaping up as a sharply polarised contest between the TMC and the BJP, with the Left Front and Congress largely confined to pockets

Shortcut to 'change' lies through Bhabanipur: Shah's challenge to Mamata

Shah said while the BJP would otherwise have to win 170 seats to form the government, a victory for Adhikari in Bhabanipur alone would automatically bring change to the state's politics

West Bengal's existence at stake due to infiltration, says Amit Shah

He also accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of reducing West Bengal to a state of lawlessness when incidents of firing and bombing take place almost every day

WB polls: Shah to join Suvendu Adhikari's nomination filing in Bhabanipur

The roadshow will pass through different parts of Bhabanipur before ending at the Survey Building, where Adhikari will file his nomination papers

EC actions risk disenfranchisement of voters in Bengal: Mamata to CEC

She also alleged that the actions of the EC were undermining the democratic and fundamental rights of the people

Tennis legend Leander Paes joins BJP ahead of West Bengal elections

Olympic medallist Leander Paes joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls. However, it remains unclear whether he will contest in the upcoming elections

BJP trying to add illegal voters in Bengal electoral rolls, says Mamata

Banerjee also reiterated her plea before the gathering to ignore who the TMC candidates in the state's assembly segments were and consider her as the candidate in all 294 seats