West Bengal Elections 2026: BJP Releases Fifth List of Candidates, Replaces Nominees From 3 Seats

Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its fifth list of five candidates for the upcoming state Assembly elections in West Bengal.

The party has fielded Taraknath Chatterjee from Krishnanagar Uttar constituency and Anupam Biswas from Kalyani constituency. Meanwhile, Saurav Sikdar has been fielded from Dum Dum Uttar and Anindya Raju Banerjee from Madhyamgram.

Rudraprasad Banerjee will contest from Uluberia Purba.

3 Candidates Replaced

The BJP has replaced three candidates that it had earlier fielded from Basirhat Uttar, Bishnupur and Behala Purba. The new candidates fielded from these seats are Kaushik Sidharth, Abhijit Sardar and Shankar Sikdar, respectively.

West Bengal Elections

Elections for 294 seats of the West Bengal Assembly are scheduled to take place from April 23 to April 29.

The results will be declared on May 4.

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