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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