The Trinamool Congress (TMC) made a significant announcement on Sunday, unveiling its full slate of 42 candidates from West Bengal for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. In a surprising move, the ruling party of the state has nominated former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan as one of its candidates, fielding him from the Berhampore constituency. This seat has been held since 1999 by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Congress’ Bengal unit chief, who is expected to contest from the constituency again.
West Bengal boasts the third-highest representation in the Lok Sabha, with 42 members, following Uttar Pradesh (80) and Maharashtra (48).
Here’s a glimpse of the TMC candidates from West Bengal for the general elections:
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1. Diamond Harbour – Abhishek Banerjee
2. Krishnanagar – Mahua Moitra
3. Berhampore – Yusuf Pathan
4. Dum Dum – Saugata Roy
5. Cooch Behar – Jagdish Chandra Basunia
6. Alipurduar – Prakash Chik Baraik
7. Jalpaiguri – Nirmal Chandra Rai
8. Darjeeling – Gopal Lama
9. Raiganj – Krishna Kalyani
10. Balurghat – Biplab Mitra
11. Malda North – Prasun Banerjee
12. Malda South – Shanawaz Ali Rehman
13. Jangipur – Khalilur Rehman
14. Ranaghat – Mukut Mani Adhikari
15. Bangaon – Biswajit Das
16. Barrackpore – Partha Bhowmick
17. Barasat – Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
18. Basirhat – Haji Nurul Islam
19. Joynagar – Pratima Mondal
20. Mathurapur – Bapi Haldar
21. Jadavpur – Sayoni Ghosh
22. Kolkata South – Mala Roy
23. Kolkata North – Sudip Bandopadhyay
24. Howrah – Prasun Banerjee
25. Uluberia – Sajda Ahmed
26. Srirampur – Kalyan Banerjee
27. Hooghly – Rachana Banerjee
28. Arambagh – Mitali Bagh
29. Tamluk – Debangshu Bhattacharya
30. Kanthi – Uttam Barik
31. Ghatal – Dipak Adhikari
32. Jhargram – Kalipada Soren
33. Midnapore – June Maliah
34. Purulia – Shantiram Mahato
35. Bankura – Arup Chakraborty
36. Bishnupur – Sujata Mondal Khan
37. Burdwan – Dr. Sharmila Sarkar
38. Burdwan-Durgapur – Kirti Azad
39. Asansol – Shatrughan Sinha
40. Bolpur – Asit Mal
41. Birbhum – Shatabdi Roy
42. Murshidabad – Abu Taher Khan
