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href="/wiki/17th_West_Bengal_Assembly" title="17th West Bengal Assembly">outgoing members</a></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 294 elected seats in the <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">West Bengal Legislative Assembly</a><br />148 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #20C646;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -17px; left: -35px; width: 200px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ms._Mamata_Banerjee,_in_Kolkata_on_July_17,_2018_(cropped)_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG/200px-Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG/300px-Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="490" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FF9933;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -5px; left: -20px; width: 160px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Suvendu_Adhikari_BJP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Shri Suvendu Adhikari BJP.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Shri_Suvendu_Adhikari_BJP.jpg/160px-Shri_Suvendu_Adhikari_BJP.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Shri_Suvendu_Adhikari_BJP.jpg/240px-Shri_Suvendu_Adhikari_BJP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Shri_Suvendu_Adhikari_BJP.jpg/320px-Shri_Suvendu_Adhikari_BJP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="473" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari" title="Suvendu Adhikari">Suvendu Adhikari</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">AITC</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1998 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2020 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bhabanipur,_West_Bengal_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhabanipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency">Bhabanipur</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Nandigram_Assembly_constituency" title="Nandigram Assembly constituency">Nandigram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">48.02%, 215 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">37.97%, 77 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Current seats </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">221 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">66 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats needed </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 82 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #f50222"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -30px; left: -95px; width: 320px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AXfLSVpW_400x400.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="AXfLSVpW 400x400.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/AXfLSVpW_400x400.jpg/320px-AXfLSVpW_400x400.jpg" decoding="async" width="320" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/AXfLSVpW_400x400.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #19AAED;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -30px; left: -50px; width: 230px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Subhankar_Sarkar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Shri Subhankar Sarkar.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Shri_Subhankar_Sarkar.jpg/230px-Shri_Subhankar_Sarkar.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Shri_Subhankar_Sarkar.jpg/345px-Shri_Subhankar_Sarkar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Shri_Subhankar_Sarkar.jpg/460px-Shri_Subhankar_Sarkar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Salim_(politician)" title="Mohammed Salim (politician)">Mohammed Salim</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Subhankar_Sarkar" title="Subhankar Sarkar">Subhankar Sarkar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Secular_Democratic_Alliance" title="Secular Democratic Alliance">SDA</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Secular_Democratic_Alliance" title="Secular Democratic Alliance">SDA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2022 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2022 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>TBA</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>TBA</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4.71%, 0 seat </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2.93%, 0 seat </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Current seats </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats needed </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 148 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 148 </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wahlkreise_zur_Vidhan_Sabha_von_Westbengalen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Wahlkreise_zur_Vidhan_Sabha_von_Westbengalen.svg/300px-Wahlkreise_zur_Vidhan_Sabha_von_Westbengalen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="360" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Wahlkreise_zur_Vidhan_Sabha_von_Westbengalen.svg/450px-Wahlkreise_zur_Vidhan_Sabha_von_Westbengalen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Wahlkreise_zur_Vidhan_Sabha_von_Westbengalen.svg/600px-Wahlkreise_zur_Vidhan_Sabha_von_Westbengalen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1091" data-file-height="1310" /></a></span><div>Map of the assembly constituencies in West Bengal</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of West Bengal">Chief Minister</a></b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">AITC</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><br /> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Next West Bengal legislative assembly election</b> is expected to be held in <a href="/wiki/2026_elections_in_India" title="2026 elections in India">March–April 2026</a> to elect all 294 members of the <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">West Bengal Legislative Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a> is the incumbent <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_West_Bengal" title="List of chief ministers of West Bengal">Chief Minister</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll Event </th> <th>Schedule </th></tr> <tr> <td>Notification Date </td> <td><b>TBD</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Last Date for filing nomination </td> <td><b>TBD</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Scrutiny of nomination </td> <td><b>TBD</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination </td> <td><b>TBD</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Date of Poll </td> <td><b>TBD</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Date of Counting of Votes </td> <td><b>TBD</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parties_and_Alliances">Parties and Alliances</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="_Trinamool_Congress"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#20C646; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">Trinamool Congress</a></span></h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Symbol </th> <th>Leader(s) </th> <th>Seats contested </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #20C646"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a></b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:All_India_Trinamool_Congress_symbol_2021.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/All_India_Trinamool_Congress_symbol_2021.svg/50px-All_India_Trinamool_Congress_symbol_2021.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/All_India_Trinamool_Congress_symbol_2021.svg/75px-All_India_Trinamool_Congress_symbol_2021.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/All_India_Trinamool_Congress_symbol_2021.svg/100px-All_India_Trinamool_Congress_symbol_2021.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="301" data-file-height="301" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a> </td> <td>TBD </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="_Bharatiya_Janata_Party"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party </a></span></h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Symbol </th> <th>Leader(s) </th> <th>Seats contested </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF9933"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></b> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lotus_flower_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lotus_flower_symbol.svg/45px-Lotus_flower_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lotus_flower_symbol.svg/68px-Lotus_flower_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, 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colspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(West_Bengal)" title="Left Front (West Bengal)">Left Front</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cc0d0d"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Salim_(politician)" title="Mohammed Salim (politician)">Mohammed Salim</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sujan_Chakraborty" title="Sujan Chakraborty">Sujan Chakraborty</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CPIM_election_symbol.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/CPIM_election_symbol.png/55px-CPIM_election_symbol.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/CPIM_election_symbol.png/83px-CPIM_election_symbol.png 1.5x, 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Chowdhury</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Subhankar_Sarkar" title="Subhankar Sarkar">Subhankar Sarkar</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:INC_Hand.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/INC_Hand.svg/40px-INC_Hand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/INC_Hand.svg/60px-INC_Hand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/INC_Hand.svg/80px-INC_Hand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="358" data-file-height="478" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#152644"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hamro_Party" title="Hamro Party">Hamro Party</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajoy_Edwards" title="Ajoy Edwards">Ajoy Edwards</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"><b>Others</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td 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href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist-Leninist)_Liberation" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation">Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation</a></b> </td> <td>Abhijit Majumder </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_Logo_of_CPIML.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_Logo_of_CPIML.png/50px-Flag_Logo_of_CPIML.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_Logo_of_CPIML.png/75px-Flag_Logo_of_CPIML.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_Logo_of_CPIML.png/100px-Flag_Logo_of_CPIML.png 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="402" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Symbol </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Seats contested </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF0000"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Centre_of_India_(Communist)" title="Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)">Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</a></b> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Provash_Ghosh" title="Provash Ghosh">Provash Ghosh</a> </td> <td>TBD </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FF2222; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a></b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Cycle.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Indian_Election_Symbol_Cycle.png/50px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Cycle.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" 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<td style="background-color:#20C646; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">AITC</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>294 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FF9933; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>294 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9" style="background-color:#E4032E; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <th rowspan="9" style="background:#FFE6E6"><a href="/wiki/Secular_Democratic_Alliance" title="Secular Democratic Alliance">SDA</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#19AAED; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#0204ef; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Secular_Front" title="Indian Secular Front">ISF</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#ac1313; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">AIFB</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#d84c4c; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#f50222; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#C41301; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">CPI(M-L)L</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#152644; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamro_Party" title="Hamro Party">HP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background:#FFE6E6">Total </td> <td style="background:#FFE6E6"> </td> <td style="background:#FFE6E6"> </td> <td style="background:#FFE6E6"> </td> <td style="background:#FFE6E6">294 </td> <td style="background:#FFE6E6"> </td> <td style="background:#FFE6E6"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FF0000; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Centre_of_India_(Communist)" title="Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)">SUCI(C)</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>TBD </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Others">Others</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Black"> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/None_of_the_above_(India)" title="None of the above (India)">NOTA</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Total </th> <th> </th> <th>100% </th> <th>- </th> <th> </th> <th>294 </th> <th>- </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Surveys_and_polls">Surveys and polls</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opinion_polls">Opinion polls</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:16px;"> <caption>Vote Share Projections </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Polling agency </th> <th rowspan="2">Date published </th> <th rowspan="2">Sample size </th> <th rowspan="2">Margin of Error </th> <td bgcolor="#E4032E"> </td> <td bgcolor="#20C646"> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td style="background:grey;"> </td> <th rowspan="2">Lead </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Secular_Democratic_Alliance" title="Secular Democratic Alliance">SDA</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">AITC</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:16px;"> <caption>Seat Projections </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Polling agency </th> <th rowspan="2">Date published </th> <th rowspan="2">Sample size </th> <th rowspan="2">Margin of Error </th> <td bgcolor="#E4032E"> </td> <td bgcolor="#20C646"> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td style="background:grey;"> </td> <th rowspan="2">Lead </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Secular_Democratic_Alliance" title="Secular Democratic Alliance">SDA</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">AITC</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 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