West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has left to file nomination for the elections from Bhawanipur Assembly seat of Kolkata. Bhawanipur seat is considered very important for Mamata Banerjee, because it has been her traditional constituency. Like every time, this time too she is going to contest elections from this seat.

With his departure to file nomination, political activities have intensified. On this occasion, many party leaders and supporters can also be seen with him. There has been an increase in the politics of the state regarding this election and everyone’s eyes are now fixed on Bhawanipur seat.

Competition with BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari

This time a big and direct contest is being seen on the Bhawanipur seat of Kolkata in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. Here Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee is facing senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari. This contest is also considered special because BJP has tried to repeat the contest of 2021 Nandigram elections by fielding Suvendu Adhikari. At that time also there was a tough competition between the two leaders.

Why is Bhawanipur assembly seat important?

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has a deep and old connection with Bhawanipur assembly seat. This seat is not just an electoral constituency but is considered an important part of his political identity. His strong hold on this seat has been seen in every election, due to which this seat has become a stronghold of TMC (Trinamool Congress). Bhawanipur is a prominent and politically active area of ​​Kolkata, where the number of urban voters is high. Education, business and middle class play a big role in this area, which affects the election results. Mamta Banerjee has proved her popularity by winning from here several times.

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Assembly elections have been announced in 5 states of the country. Political activities in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala Puducherry and West Bengal are at their peak. The most interesting election among all these states is that of West Bengal. The biggest reason for this is the state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, whose outspoken political personality does not give her opponents a chance to breathe. When the opponent is like BJP, then the political dispute becomes like a storm. Mamata Banerjee’s assembly seat is going to become the center of a similar fight.

Bhabanipur assembly seat of West Bengal has become the hottest seat of this election. The reason is that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest from this seat and BJP was aware of this, hence they had announced the name of Shubhendu Adhikari on this seat 24 hours in advance. This is the matter of high voltage collision. In the name of assembly elections, let us know how interesting is the history of Bhabanipur assembly seat and what is the relation of this seat with Mamata Banerjee after 2011.

Bhabanipur Assembly seat is part of South Lok Sabha constituency.

Bhabanipur Assembly seat falls in Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency. In the delimitation of 2011, its name was Bhabanipur. Before this, this seat was known as Kalighat Assembly Constituency. Only the name of this seat did not change in 2011. Along with the name, its political interest also increased. It so happened that in the 2011 assembly elections, Trinamool Congress got a whopping 184 seats. Then Mamata Banerjee was the Railway Minister at the Center and MP from Kolkata South Lok Sabha. Now when TMC government was being formed in Bengal, Mamata had to become the Chief Minister. Therefore, Bhabanipur seat Subrata Bakshi resigned and Mamata Banerjee became MLA from this seat in the by-election.

Mamta Banerjee contested elections in 2016

In 2016, Mamata Banerjee again contested the elections from Bhabanipur assembly seat and won the elections by more than 65 thousand votes. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee changed her seat in the 2021 assembly. However, this change became the biggest mistake in his political history. While being the Chief Minister, she lost the assembly elections from Nandigram. Although the margin of defeat was only about 2 thousand votes, but defeat is defeat.

Mamta Banerjee got a shock in Nandigram

Mamata Banerjee got a shock in Nandigram and she again reached her Bhabanipur seat for the by-election. Shobhandeb Chatterjee, who won from this seat in 2021, resigned and vacated the seat. In this by-election, Mamata Banerjee won the election with a margin of more than 85 thousand. Now once again this political battle has become interesting. The reason for this is that Shubhendu Adhikari, who defeated Mamata in Nandigram, is also beating Bhabanipur. However, it remains to be seen whether Shubhendu Adhikari will be able to create the same conditions for victory in Nandigram in Bhabanipur seat. Bhabanipur has been the traditional seat of Mamata Banerjee and this seat is in the same South Kolkata from where she has also been an MP. In such a situation, competition with Mamata Banerjee cannot be easy. Now it has to be seen what results this seat, which was lucky for Mamata, gives this time.