New Delhi, March 19 -- On 17 March, the Trinamool Congress released the names of 291 candidates for the 294 Assembly seats of West Bengal for the upcoming election. Bengal is voting in two phases - 23 and 29 April - and the votes will be counted on 4 May.

The TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest from Bhabanipur, the seat she has been representing since 2011. Mamata will face Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari in the contest.

Adhikari, a former close aide of Mamata Banerjee who joined the BJP in December 2020, is contesting from both the Bhabanipur and Nandigram seats. This is being seen as the BJP's strategic move to challenge Mamata Banerjee on her home turf while maintaining a stron...