New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC), under the leadership of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has unveiled its list of 42 candidates in the state for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Among the notable selections, TMC stalwart Abhishek Banerjee has been nominated to run for the Diamond Harbour constituency, while Yusuf Pathan will contest from the Bahrampur seat.
The candidate list was announced during a mega rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata, where CM Mamata Banerjee reiterated the party's resolve to independently contest all 42 parliamentary seats in the state.
Check Full List Of TMC Candidates Here:
- Coochebehar – Jagdish Chandra Basunia
- Alipurduar – Praksh Sikh Baraik
- Jalpaiguri – Nirmal Chandra Rai
- Darjeeling – Gopal Lama
- Raiganj- Krishna Kalyani
- Balurghat – Biplob Mitra
- Malda North – Prasoon Bannerjee
- Malda South – Sahnawaz Ali Rehaan
- Jangipur – Khalilur Rahman
- Bahrampur – Yusuf Pathan
- Murshidabad – Abu Taher Khan
- Krishnagar – Mohua Moitra
- Ranaghat – Mukut Mani Adhikari
- Bonga – Bishwajeet Das
- Barrackpore –Partha Bhowmik
- Dum Dum – Prof Sougata Roy
- Barasat – Doctor Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
- Bashirhat – Hazi Nurul Islam
- Jaynagar- Pratima Mandal
- Mathurapur –Bapi Haldar
- Diamond Harbour – Abhishek Bannerjee
- Jadavpur – Sayoni Ghosh
- Kolkata Dakshin –Mala Roy
- Kolkata Uttar – Sudip Bannerjee
- Howrah – Prasun Bannerjee
- Uluberia- Sajda Ahmed
- Sreerampore – Kalyan Bannerjee
- Hooghly – Rachana Bannerjee
- Arambagh – Mitali Bagh
- Tamluk – Debangshu Bhattacharya
- Kanthi – Uttam Barik
- Ghatal – Deepak Adhikari (Dev)
- Jhargram – Kalipodo Soren
- Mednipur – June Maila
- Purulia – Shantiram Mahato
- Bankura – Arup Chakraborty
- Burdwan Purba – Doctor Sharmila Sarkar
- Burdwan Durgapur – Kirti Azad
- Asansol – Shatrughan Sinha
- Bolpul – Asit Kumar Mal
- Birbhum – Shatabdi Roy
- Bishnupur – Sujata Mandal Kha
*The list will be updated as per successive announcements
It is to be noted that in the face of its robust grassroots network, the TMC witnessed a decline in its parliamentary strength, plummeting from 34 seats to 22 in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, the BJP made significant strides, securing an impressive tally of 18 seats in the state, marking a notable shift in the political landscape of West Bengal.