The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari as its candidate from two key constituencies, Bhawanipur in Kolkata and Nandigram in East Midnapore, for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.

The announcement was made as part of the party's first list of candidates released by the BJP’s central election committee for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls.

According to the list, Suvendu Adhikari has been nominated to contest from Bhawanipur (Assembly Constituency number 159) as well as Nandigram (Assembly Constituency number 210).

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Both seats are politically significant. Nandigram has been Adhikari's stronghold and was the site of his high-profile contest in the previous Assembly election. Bhawanipur, on the other hand, is a prominent Kolkata Constituency that has drawn national attention in past electoral battles.

The list includes nominees from several constituencies across the state as the party begins its campaign preparations.

Here is the full list of candidates announced by the party:

Alipurduar – Paritosh Das

Amta – Amit Samanta

Amdanga – Arindam Dey

Arambag (SC) – Hemanta Bag

Baduria – Sukriti Sarkar

Baharampur – Subrata Maitra

Balurghat – Bidyut Roy

Bandwan (ST) – Labsen Baske

Baranagar – Sajal Ghosh

Basanti (SC) – Bikash Sardar

Basirhat Uttar – Narayan Chandra Mondal

Beldanga – Bharat Kumar Jhawar

Bhabanipur – Suvendu Adhikari

Bhagawangola – Bhaskar Sarkar

Bhatpara – Pawan Kumar Singh

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Bishnupur (SC) – Agniswar Naskar

Binpur (ST) – Dr Pranat Tudu

Budge Budge – Dr Tarun Kumar Adak

Canning Purba – Ashim Sapui

Chakdaha – Bankim Chandra Ghosh

Chakulia – Manoj Jain

Chanchal – Ratan Das

Chandrakona (SC) – Sukanta Dolui

Coochbehar Uttar (SC) – Sukumar Roy

Dabgram-Phulbari – Sikha Chatterjee

Dantan – Ajit Kumar Jana

Daspur – Tapan Dutta

Debra – Shubhashish Om

Deganga – Tarun Kanti Ghosh

Diamond Harbour – Dipak Kumar Halder

Dinhata – Ajay Roy

Domjur – Gobinda Hazra

Domkal – Nanda Dulal Pal

Falakata (SC) – Deepak Barman

Gangarampur (SC) – Satyendra Nath Rai

Gazole (SC) – Chinmoy Deb Barman

Ghatal (SC) – Sital Kapat

Goalpokhar – Sarjit Biswas

Goghat (SC) – Prashanta Dighar

Gopiballavpur – Rajesh Mahto

Habibpur (ST) – Joyel Murmu

Haldia (SC) – Pradip Kumar Bijoli

Hariharpara – Tanmoy Biswas

Haringhata (SC) – Asim Kumar Sarkar

Harirampur – Debabrata Majumder

Howrah Uttar – Umesh Rai

Jalangi – Naba Kumar Sarkar

Jhargram – Lakshmikant Sahu

Kakdwip – Deepankar Jana

Kalchini (ST) – Bishal Lama

Kaliganj – Bapan Ghosh

Kaliaganj (SC) – Utpal Maharaj

Kanthi Dakshin – Arup Kumar Das

Kanthi Uttar – Sumita Sinha

Karandighi – Adv. Biraj Biswas

Karimpur – Samarendranath Ghosh

Kashipur – Kamalkanta Hansda

Keshiary (ST) – Bhadra Hembrem

Keshpur (SC) – Suvendu Samanta

Khanakul – Susanta Ghosh

Kharagpur – Tapan Bhuya

Kharagpur Sadar – Dilip Ghosh

Kultali (SC) – Madhabi Mahalder

Kumargram (ST) – Manoj Kumar Oraon

Kumarganj – Suvendu Sarkar

Kushmandi (SC) – Tapas Chandra Roy

Lalgola – Amar Kumar Das

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Mahisadal – Subhash Panja

Malda (SC) – Gopal Chandra Saha

Manbazar (ST) – Moyna Murmu

Manikchak – Gaur Chandra Mandal

Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) – Anandamay Barman

Metiaburuz – Veer Bahadur Singh

Mothabari – Nibaran Ghosh

Moyna – Ashok Dinda

Murshidabad – Gouri Sankar Ghosh

Nagrakata (ST) – Puna Bhengra

Naihati – Sumitro Chatterjee

Nandigram – Suvendu Adhikari

Narayangarh – Rama Prasad Giri

Nayagram (ST) – Amiya Kisku

Nowda – Rana Mandal

Palashipara – Anima Dutta

Panskura Paschim – Sintu Senapati

Panskura Purba – Subrata Maity

Para (SC) – Nadiar Chand Bauri

Patashpur – Tapan Maity

Patharpratima – Asit Kumar Haldar

Phansidewa (ST) – Durga Murmu

Pursurah – Biman Ghosh

Raghunathganj – Surjit Poddar

Raghunathpur (SC) – Mamoni Bauri

Raiganj – Kaushik Chowdhury

Raidighi – Palash Rana

Ramnagar – Chandra Sekhar Mondal

Ranaghat Uttar Paschim – Parthasarathi Chatterjee

Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) – Ashim Biswas

Rashbehari – Swapan Das Gupta

Ratua – Abhishek Singhania

Sabang – Amal Panda

Salboni – Biman Mahto

Saltora (SC) – Chandana Bauri

Saptagram – Swaraj Ghosh

Shibpur – Rudranil Ghosh

Siliguri – Dr Shankar Ghosh

Sitalkuchi (SC) – Savitri Barman

Sujapur – Abhiraj Chaudhary

Suti – Mahabir Ghosh

Tapan (ST) – Budhrai Tudu

Tarakeswar – Santu Pan

Tufanganj – Malati Rava Roy

Uluberia Dakshin – Swami Mangalanand Puri Maharaj