Suvendu Adhikari, leader of the Opposition in the outgoing Bengal Assembly, will contest the polls from Bhowanipore, the constituency and home turf of chief minister Mamata Banerjee in south Calcutta. In the 2021 Assembly polls, Suvendu defeated Mamata by 1,956 votes. In the last five years as the leader of Opposition his entire political focus has been against the chief minister and her policies. Months before the polls Suvendu said he would contest from Bhowanipore and defeat Mamata again. Since becoming the chief minister of Bengal in the summer of 2011, Mamata opted for Bhowanipore as her constituency.

Source: The Telegraph March 16, 2026 11:43 UTC