Congress Party has released its first list of candidates for the assembly elections to be held in West Bengal. Congress has announced the names of its candidates for a total of 284 assembly seats in the first list. The name of Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary, who was the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, is also included in this list. The party has made him its candidate from Baharampur assembly seat of West Bengal.

Congress shared the list of candidates in X post

The Congress party shared a post on social media platform X on Sunday (March 29, 2026). In the post, the party announced the names of its candidates for 284 seats for the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026.

The Central Election Committee of the Congress has selected the following persons as party candidates for the elections to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly pic.twitter.com/8DIjEqNVrR

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 29, 2026

Party made Mausam Noor its candidate from Maltipur seat

Mausam Noor’s name is also included in the list of Congress candidates. Mausam Noor has been a Congress MP in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament, whose tenure ended recently. After the end of the tenure of Rajya Sabha, Congress has expressed confidence in Mausam Noor and has now given him the ticket for assembly elections from Maltipur seat of West Bengal.

Congress fielded candidates against Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari

Apart from this, Congress has made Pradeep Prasad its candidate from Bhawanipur assembly seat of West Bengal. Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate and state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting against Pradeep Prasad on Bhawanipur assembly seat. Apart from Mamata Banerjee, Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Suvendu Adhikari is also contesting from Bhawanipur seat. In such a situation, the election contest on Bhawanipur assembly seat will be very exciting.

Whereas in Nandigram Assembly seat of West Bengal, Congress candidate SK Zariatul Hussain will face the election contest against Assembly Leader of Opposition and BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari.

Assembly elections will be held in two phases in West Bengal

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has organized elections for the 294-seat West Bengal Assembly in two phases. The Election Commission said that the first phase of elections in Bengal will be held on April 23, 2026, while the second phase of elections will be held on April 29, 2026. After the elections, counting of votes and declaration of results will be done on May 4, 2026.

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Before the assembly elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) has suffered a major political setback. TMC Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Noor has again joined Congress on Saturday (January 3, 2026). This development has come to light at a time when election activities are intensifying in the state.

Mausam Noor’s return to Congress is being seen as a homecoming. It is noteworthy that TMC MP Mausam Noor was earlier a member of the Congress party and later she joined Trinamool Congress (TMC). She belongs to the influential Khan Chaudhary family of Malda. The answer to which is considered to have a significant impact on the politics of Bengal.

Mausam Noor will resign from Rajya Sabha

TMC MP Mausam Noor will also resign from the membership of Rajya Sabha next Monday (January 5, 2026). Anyway, his Rajya Sabha tenure is ending in April. Along with this, he is likely to contest from Malda in the upcoming assembly elections. 46-year-old Mausam Noor has previously been a Lok Sabha MP from Malda twice on Congress ticket from 2009 to 2019.

Mausam Noor assumes membership at Congress headquarters

Mausam formally joined the party at the Congress headquarters in Delhi. On this occasion, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, AICC General Secretary Ghulam Ahmed Mir and State Congress President Subhankar Sarkar were present. Congress leaders called it an important step towards strengthening the party’s organization in West Bengal.

With the return of Mausam Noor, Congress may get new strength in Muslim dominated areas of Malda and North Bengal. At the same time, this is being considered a big loss for Trinamool Congress just before the elections.

How has been Mausam Noor’s political journey?

• Mausam Noor was the Congress Lok Sabha MP from Malda North in 2009 and 2014.
• In 2011, she became the President of West Bengal Youth Congress.
• On January 28, 2019, Mamata joined TMC in the presence of Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari.
• In 2019, he contested the Lok Sabha elections on TMC ticket, but had to face defeat.
• In 2020, Trinamool Congress (TMC) sent Mausam Noor to Rajya Sabha.

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