West Bengal Elections

File Photo; Representative image : Campaign of Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari at Bhabanipur constituency

Bhabanipur: Mamata Banerjee Faces Suvendu Adhikari In High-Stakes Electoral Battle

BY Outlook News Desk

Mamata Banerjee As Opposition's Choice For Prime Minister? Nothing New, Says Derek O' Brien

Derek O'Brien Says Higher Bengal Poll Turnout Due to Voter Roll Revision, Not BJP Surge

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : 10 Interesting Battles In Bengal Phase 2.

Assembly Elections 2026: 10 Interesting Battles In Bengal Phase

BY Pritha Mukherjee

Image Source: Social Media

Between Faith And Campaign: Modi’s Hooghly Moment

BY Photo Webdesk

PTI : Women show their identity cards as they queue to vote at a polling station during the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, in Chennai, Thursday, April 23, 2026.

Assembly Elections 2026 Voting: Highest Voter Turnout In Tamil Nadu, West Bengal Since Independence, Says CEC

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Finally, under the PM Awas Yojana, houses for poor families in Bengal will be registered in the name of women to ensure full ownership rights.

Modi's 10-Point Pledge: Rs 36,000, Safety, And Fast-Track CAA For Bengal

BY Outlook News Desk

File : Nandigram, which goes to polls today, sees a visual contrast of BJP's Jai Shree Ram and TMC's Joy Bangla flags.

War of Words In Nandigram As TMC, BJP Trade Charges During Polling

BY PTI

Three BJP Workers, One TMC Activist Killed In Clashes In West Bengal

Assembly Elections 2026: Testing TMC’s Grip In BJP's Bastion Northern Bengal

BY Mohammad Ali

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook : People of Doijhuri, Kanko, Burijhor, Kankrajhor and other villages across Jhargram and Binpur assembly constituencies of Jangalmahal area, with sizable tribal populations, line up early to cast their votes in the first phase of the 2026 West Bengal Elections.

In Photos: Bengal Steps Out To Vote As Phase 1 Spans 152 Seats

BY Photo Webdesk

Kurmis Caught Between Recognition And Reality

Bengal Elections 2026: In Jhargram, Kurmis Caught Between Recognition, Reality

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

Representative Image : Speaking at a TMC rally in North 24 Parganas, Banerjee said she was surprised by the use of CRPF armoured vehicles for maintaining law and order.

Mamata Banerjee Questions Heavy Central Force Deployment In Bengal Polls

BY Outlook News Desk

Sandipan Chatterjee : Apart from such deletions, there have been allegations of fraudulent mass submission of Form 6 by BJP activists, for additions of names in the electoral rolls.

Assembly Elections 2026: Will Bengal Be Able To Stop The Juggernaut In BJP’s Bastion?

BY Aditya Nigam

PTI : Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that the Congress would not win even a single seat in the West Bengal assembly polls.

Beyond The Ballot: Amit Shah’s Vision For A Transformed Bengal

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : All India Trinamool Congress (Trinamool) claims The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is “not Bengali”. Breaking this perception, BJP candidate Rakesh Singh, Kolkata Port Assembly constituency in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections held a morning procession following traditional Bengali customs, women wore sarees, carrying fish in their hands, while campaigning door to door on the day of Bengali New Year.

Battle For Bengal 2026: Can An Assertive BJP Breach Didi's Fortress?

BY Pritha Mukherjee

Sandipan Chatterjee : In the Matua dominant constituency of Gaighata, many have found their names struck off electoral rolls after the SIR.

West Bengal Elections: Neither A Voter, Nor A Citizen, Only A ‘Delete’

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

Photo by Sandipan Chatterjee / OUTLOOK : In Kenda Mari village of Bengal's Nandigram constituency, a huge percentage of Muslim women voters have been deleted, most of whom possess all necessary documents.

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: In Nandigram, Defiance Against SIR Isn’t A Choice, But A Shot At Survival

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

IMAGO / Hindustan Times : However, internal communication from I-PAC indicated that operations were being paused. An email to staff said work in West Bengal would be halted with immediate effect due to ongoing legal issues.

TMC Offers To Asorb I-PAC Staff As Consultant Pauses Bengal Poll Operations

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: @AITCofficial/X via PTI : In this image posted on April 8, 2026, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur constituency, Mamata Banerjee, files her nomination in the state Assembly elections, in Kolkata.

Tax Raids on TMC Candidate, Proposer of Mamata Banerjee’s Nomination Before Polls

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : In the Matua dominant constituency of Gaighata, many have found their names struck off electoral rolls after the SIR

Bengal Elections 2026: SIR-Panic And Citizenship-Anxiety Unsettle Matua Community In Thakurnagar

BY Photo Webdesk

Representative Image : Mamata Banerjee Alleges BJP Plot to Split Bengal, Bribe Candidates Ahead of Polls

Mamata Banerjee Greets Poila Boishakh, Urges Voters To Reply To 'Zamindars In Delhi'

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: Imago/NurPhoto : TMC supporters attend public gathering addressed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Martyrs Day

Bengal Elections: Despite Criticism, Didi’s Doles Take Poll Centre Stage

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

PTI : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee |

After 91 Lakh Names Deleted, Mamata Warns BJP And EC Of Moving To Court

BY PTI

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook : Political wall graffiti at Salt Lake

Writing On The Wall? The Graffiti Game Of Poll-Bound Bengal

BY Photo Webdesk

Representative Image : SC Pulls Up Bengal Govt After 7 Judicial Officers Held Hostage In Malda

SC Pulls Up West Bengal Govt After 7 Judicial Officers Held Hostage In Malda

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: PTI : The protestors claimed that Zayed Hossain had earlier been assured the ticket for the seat, but was later denied. (representative image)

Violence Erupts At Bengal Congress Headquarters Over Candidate Selection

BY PTI

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