| 17th West Bengal Assembly | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | West Bengal Legislative Assembly | ||||
| Term | 5 May 2021 – present | ||||
| Election | 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election | ||||
| Government | Third Banerjee ministry | ||||
| Opposition | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| Members | 294 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | Biman Banerjee | ||||
| Deputy Speaker of the House | Asish Banerjee | ||||
| Leader of the House | Mamata Banerjee | ||||
| Deputy Leader of the House | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Suvendu Adhikari | ||||
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Mihir Goswami | ||||
| Party control | Trinamool Congress | ||||
The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of West Bengal constituted after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections which were concluded earlier on 29 April 2021 and the results were announced on 2 May 2021. [1] The tenure of West Bengal Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 7 May 2026. [2]
| S.No | Position | Portrait | Name | Party | Constituency | Office Taken | |
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| 1 | Speaker | Biman Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | Baruipur Paschim | 8 May 2021 | ||
| 2 | Deputy Speaker |  | Asish Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | Rampurhat | 2 May 2021 | |
| 3 | Leader of the House |  | Mamata Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | Bhabanipur | 5 May 2021 | |
| 4 | Leader of Opposition |  | Suvendu Adhikari | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nandigram | 10 May 2021 | |
| 5 | Deputy Leader of Opposition | Mihir Goswami | Bharatiya Janata Party | Natabari | 10 May 2021 | ||
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