Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011,the first woman to hold the office. Having served multiple times as a Union Cabinet Minister,Mamata Banerjee became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time in 2011. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress,and became its second chairperson later in 2001. She often refers to herself as Didi.
Politics in West Bengal is dominated by the following major political parties:the All India Trinamool Congress,the Communist Party of India (Marxist),the Bharatiya Janata Party,the National People's Party and the Indian National Congress. For many decades,the state underwent gruesome and terrible political violence. Since the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election,it has been governed by the Trinamool Congress party. Previously,it was ruled by Left Front led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for over three decades.
Nandigram Violence refers to the violence in Nandigram,West Bengal,India,in 2007 due to the land acquisition for a project taken up by the CPI(M)-led Government of West Bengal to create a chemical hub,a type of special economic zone (SEZ). The policy led to an emergency in the region,and 14 people died in a police shooting.
The history of West Bengal began in 1947,when the Hindu-dominated western part of British Bengal Province became the Indian 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.
Murarai Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Jadavpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency in the Indian state of West Bengal which lies mostly in Kolkata district,while a fraction of it is in South 24 Parganas district.
Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Nandigram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Keshpur is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. The election was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 May 2011 for all the 294 seats of the Assembly.
Para is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Maa Mati Manush is a Bengali political slogan,coined by All India Trinamool Congress chief and current Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee. The term is translated as "Mother,Land,and People". It became very popular in West Bengal during the 2009 General election and 2011 state assembly election. The slogan was widely used by the political party in almost all of their political and election campaigns.
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.
The 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election was the 17th quinquennial legislative election held in West Bengal,to elect all 294 members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. This electoral process of 292 seats unfolded between 27 March to 29 April 2021,taking place in eight phases. Voting for the two remaining constituencies was delayed to 30 September 2021.
Shankar Singha is an Indian politician belonging to All India Trinamool Congress. He was elected as a legislator of West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1996,2001 and 2016. He joined Trinamool Congress on 21 June 2017 from Indian National Congress.
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.
Minakshi Mukherjee is an Indian politician from West Bengal. She is the state secretary of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI). She previously was the state president of DYFI,the youth wing of CPIM. She was fielded as the Left Front candidate from Sanjukta Morcha against Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election from Nandigram,but lost to Suvendu Adhikari.
Nandigram Vidhan Sabha constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The General election to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal for 292 constituencies out of the 294 constituencies in West Bengal was held between 27 March to 29 April 2021 in eight phases. Voting for the two remaining constituencies was delayed and was scheduled to be held on 16 May 2021. Polling in Nandigram took place on 1 April.
Phiroja Bibi is an Indian politician from West Bengal. She is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Panskura Paschim Assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district. She won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress.
