The All India Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction from the Indian National Congress and rapidly rose to prominence in the politics of West Bengal under her leadership. Presently,it is ruling the state of West Bengal beside being the third-largest party in India in terms of number of MPs just after the BJP and INC.
Mohammed Salim is an Indian politician,who is the incumbent State Secretary in West Bengal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was inducted in the politburo of CPI(M) in the 21st party congress organised at Visakhapatnam in 2015. He was a Member of the 16th Lok Sabha,representing Raiganj constituency. Earlier,he was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha,representing the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal. After delimitation,in the 2009 Lok Sabha election Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency,and lost to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress. Mohammed Salim is contesting the 2024 Indian general election as the Left Front candidate from the Murshidabad.
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is serving as the CPI(M) parliamentary party leader in Rajya Sabha since 3 July 2024. He served as Mayor of Kolkata from 2005 to 2010,heading the Kolkata Municipal Corporation,led by the Left Front in the state of West Bengal.
Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly since 2021 and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Nandigram Assembly constituency since 2021 and from Contai South from 2006 to 2009.
Itahar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Sagardighi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Labpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Tehatta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Jadavpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Tollygunge Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Alipore Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Serampore Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Arambagh is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Abhishek Banerjee is an Indian Politician is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament,Diamond Harbour,South 24 Parganas,West Bengal since 2014. Banerjee has also been the President of Trinamool Youth Congress since 2011,the youth wing of the Trinamool Congress,currently in power in West Bengal.
Subrata Mukherjee was an Indian politician who was cabinet minister of the government of West Bengal and sitting member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He was also the 35th Mayor of Kolkata from 2000 to 2005.
Sovandeb Chattopadhyay is a veteran Indian politician representing Trinamool Congress and is the first elected MLA of the party. He was the founder president of INTTUC,the labour wing of his party Trinamool Congress.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2016 for 294 seats of the Vidhan Sabha in the Indian state of West Bengal. The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats,and thus was re-elected with an enhanced majority. Like in the 2011 election,the poll was held in six phases,with the first phase divided into two days. The first phase was held in Naxalite-Maoist affected red corridor areas with two polling dates:4 April and 11 April. The other phases were held on 17,21,25,30 April and 5 May. The result of the election was declared on 19 May.
Tapasi Mondal is an Indian politician and member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly representing Haldia constituency from 2016. She was elected as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) member,but later in 2020 joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
