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All India Trinamool Congress
AbbreviationAITC (official)
TMC (alternative)
PresidiumNational Working Committee
FounderMamata Banerjee
Ajit Panja
Founded1 January 1998 (28 years ago) (1998-01-01)
Dissolved18 September 2026 (9 days ago) (2026-09-18)
Split fromIndian National Congress
Succeeded by
Headquarters30B Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata 700026
NewspaperJago Bangla (Bengali)
Student wingTrinamool Chatra Parishad
Youth wingTrinamool Youth Congress
Women's wingTrinamool Mahila Congress
Labour wingIndian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress
Peasant's wingTrinamool Kisan Khet Majdur Congress
Ideology
Political position
Colours  Green
SloganJoy Bangla
Khela Hobe (Electoral Slogan)
Ma Mati Manush (Political Slogan)
ECI StatusState Party[16]
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
8 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
9 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies
86 / 4,131
Indian states
80 / 294
(West Bengal)
5 / 60
(Meghalaya)
1 / 126
(Assam)
Number of states and union territories in government
0 / 31
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
aitcofficial.org
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a series about
Mamata Banerjee

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The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), previously named West Bengal Trinamool Congress[20] (WBTC), and more commonly referred to as simply the Trinamool Congress (TMC; transl. Grassroots Congress), was an Indian political party based in the state of West Bengal founded by Mamata Banerjee in 1998.[21]

AITC began as a breakaway faction of the Indian National Congress and rapidly rose to prominence in the politics of West Bengal under Banerjee's leadership. AITC ruled the state of West Bengal with Banerjee serving as chief minister from 2011 until 2026. The party first came to rule the state after defeating the Left Front in 2011 elections. Subsequently, the party won in 2016 and 2021 elections. However, it failed to gain majority in 2026 election, and was defeated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[22] After a rebellion within the party, the name and symbol of the party was frozen. Three factions emerged from the rebellion, the Nationalist Citizens Party of India, Democratic Trinamool Congress, and Mamata All India Trinamool Congress.

History[edit | edit source]

Founding[edit | edit source]

After being a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) for over 26 years, Mamata Banerjee quit the INC and established the AITC in 1998. The official election symbol of the AITC is Jora Ghas Phul (two flowers with grass). In the 1998 Lok Sabha polls, AITC won seven seats. In the next Lok Sabha election that was held in 1999, All India Trinamool Congress won eight seats with BJP, thus increasing its tally by one.[23] In 2000, AITC won the Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections.[24]

The party initially joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), as part of the Vajpayee government, and was initially quite successful, winning seven seats in its first election in 1998.[25][26] In the 2001 Vidhan Sabha elections, the AITC won 60 seats in alliance with the INC, becoming the principal opposition party.[27] They suffered big losses in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections[28] and the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election,[26][29] and subsequently left the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Nandigram movement[edit | edit source]

Main article: Nandigram violence

In December 2006, the people of Nandigram were given notice by Haldia Development Authority that a major portion of Nandigram would be seized and 70,000 people evicted from their homes to make way for a chemical plant.[30] People started a movement against this land acquisition and the AITC helped lead the movement. The Bhumi Uchchhed Pratirodh Committee ('Committee against Land Evictions'; BUPC) was formed to protest against the eviction. On 14 March 2007, the police opened fire on the protesters and killed 14 villagers and many more went missing. Many sources claimed (and the claims were supported by the Central Bureau of Investigation in its report) that armed Communist Party of India (Marxist) cadres, along with police, fired on protesters in Nandigram[31] Many intellectuals protested in the streets and this incident gave birth to a new movement. Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) leader Nanda Patra led the movement. The events led to a significant backlash against the CPI(M) government, and were a major factor in the AITC's success in the elections that followed.[32]

Post-Nandigram/Singur elections[edit | edit source]

Main article: Singur Tata Nano controversy

In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, AITC won 19 seats in West Bengal, in alliance with the Congress. They subsequently became a part of Manmohan Singh's government, with Banerjee serving as Minister of Railways.

In the 2010 Kolkata municipal election, the party won 97 out of 141 seats. It also won a majority of other municipalities.[33]

In government[edit | edit source]

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, the AITC-led alliance that included the INC and SUCI(C) won 227 seats in the 294-seat legislature, defeating the incumbent Left Front government which had been in power for 34 years.[34][35][36] AITC alone won 184 seats, enabling it to govern without an alliance. Subsequently, it won a by-election in Basirhat and two Congress MLAs switched to the AITC, giving it a total of 187 seats. Banerjee, an MP at the time, had not contested the election and had to transfer to the safe seat of Bhabanipur.[37]

On 18 September 2012, Banerjee announced her decision to withdraw support to the UPA after the AITC's demands to undo government-instituted changes including FDI in retail, increase in the price of diesel and limiting the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders for households, were not met.[38][39]

The 2014 Lok Sabha elections saw the AITC dominate the state, winning 34 out of the 42 seats. It also qualified for national party status, as the TMC had received 6% of the vote from five different states (West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam).[40][41] On 2 September 2016, the Election Commission recognised AITC as a national political party.[42]

The party was reelected in the 2016 election to a supermajority government, and Banerjee continued as chief minister.[43]

The party won the most seats in West Bengal in the 2019 Indian general election, but suffered significant losses to the Bharatiya Janata Party, which for the first time established itself as a major force in the state.[44][45] After the election, the party's status came under revision by the Election Commission of India, due to a loss in presence in most states outside West Bengal.[46]

Banerjee's government was reelected again in the 2021 state election by an unexpectedly large margin over the BJP. Prior to the election, several high-profile AITC members such as Mukul Roy and Suvendu Adhikari had defected to the BJP. Despite the large winning margin, Banerjee was defeated by Adhikari in the Nandigram seat,[47] where she had transferred to fight Adhikari head-on.[48]

In the 2024 Indian general election, the AITC's campaign was led by Abhishek Banerjee and was formally part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. The party won 29 seats, gaining 7. In the 2026 Rajya Sabha elections, AITC nominated lawyer Menaka Guruswamy to be an MP, with her becoming India's first openly LGBTQ+ national-level member of Parliament.[49]

2026 electoral defeat and subsequent split[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2026 All India Trinamool Congress split

In May 2026, Banerjee led the party into the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, seeking a fourth consecutive mandate. However, her party faced a landslide defeat to the BJP, losing 135 seats. Banerjee herself was defeated by the new Chief Minister Adhikari in Bhabanipur. In a move unprecedented in Indian politics, outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to resign her office despite losing her seat and a majority in the assembly as a result of the election, alleging irregularities in its conduct.[50][51][52] She vacated the office upon the dissolution of the assembly by the governor at the end of its term on 7 May 2026. Veteran AITC politician Sovandeb Chattopadhyay led the party in Opposition.

After the expulsion of Ritabrata Banerjee from AITC, rebel group MLAs joined with Ritabrata and made a split in the party from Mamata Banerjee leadership. On 3 June 2026, 60 rebel MLAs signed a letter who accepting Ritabrata as their Leader of Opposition of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and met West Bengal Governor to claim majority in AITC.[53]

In June 2026, after the defeat in legislative election, 20 AITC Lok Sabha MPs including Yusuf Pathan, Saayoni Ghosh, Shatrughan Sinha, Bapi Halder, Mala Roy, Mitali Bag, Deepak Adhikari, Arup Chakraborty, Sharmila Sarkar, Satabdi Roy, Rachna Banerjee, Prasun Banerjee and others declared rebellion in the party and presented their written wish to join National Democratic Alliance. This group was led by Kakoli Ghosh.[54][55]

The total strength of AITC in Lok Sabha was 28, 20 MPs therefore are eligible for splitting from the party, as per Indian anti-defection laws.[56][57][58]

Presence in different states[edit | edit source]

North-East India[edit | edit source]

Arunachal Pradesh: In the 2009 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Trinamool Congress won five seats and got 15.04% of the total votes. In 2020, an Independent MLA Chakat Aboh joined the TMC.

Assam: In the 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Jamal Uddin Ahmed won Badarpur constituency. He was an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.[59] All-India president of Congress's women's wing and its national spokesperson and former Silchar MP Sushmita Dev joined the Trinamool Congress in August 2021, and remained the president of Assam unit of the party till 2026, when she joined the BJP.[60]

Outside North-East India[edit | edit source]

Goa: The All India Trinamool Congress made their state debut in the 2012 assembly election. With the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election approaching, the work of organising the party started from September 2021. The work began with the participation of seven-time Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro. MLA Churchill Alemao joined AITC in the same year.[61][62] In the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly Election, it got 5.2% votes.

Kerala[edit | edit source]

Kerala Pradesh All India Trinamool Congress was launched in 2009. In 2014, its candidates contested five seats under the party symbol in the parliamentary election. In the 2016 state election, AITC contested in 70 assembly constituencies but due to technical errors, the party symbol was not accepted. The All India Trinamool Congress is aligned with the India Front and the UDF in the state.[63][64][65][66] Democratic Movement of Kerala (DMK) was merged into the All India Trinamool Congress.

Manipur[edit | edit source]

In the 2012 assembly elections of Manipur, the party won eight seats and got 10% of the total votes. It became the only opposition party in the Manipur Legislative Assembly.[67] In the 2017 assembly elections, the party won only one seat (from Thanga) and received 5.4% of the total votes cast in the elections.[68] Its lone member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, Tongbram Robindro Singh, switched to the BJP in 2017.

Meghalaya[edit | edit source]

AITC candidate Purno Agitok Sangma won the Tura constituency by a huge margin in the 2004 Lok Sabha election. On 24 November 2021, former Chief Minister of Meghalaya Mukul Sangma along with other 11 MLAs of INC joined AITC, which made AITC the largest opposition party in Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.[69][70][71][72] In 2022, one defected MLA who has earlier switched from INC quit the party and joined BJP.[73] In the 2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, the All India Trinamool Congress led by Mukul Sangma contested 56 of the 60 seats and won five seats and received 13.32% of the votes; as such, it became a State Party. Since 2024, it is the largest opposition in Meghalaya.

Mizoram[edit | edit source]

In 2023, an Independent MLA K. Beichhua joined the AITC.

Tripura[edit | edit source]

Under the leadership of Sudip Roy Barman, former leader of opposition and then MLA of Tripura, all six MLAs of the Indian National Congress defected to the AITC in 2016. Later, Barman defected to the BJP along with all of the other AITC MLAs.[74]

AITC won one seat in Ambassa Municipal council in the 2021 Tripura civic polls. AITC emerged as the second largest party in terms of vote-share in the 120 seats it contested out of 334 seats as it garnered 19.9% of the votes in those seats.[75]

Uttar Pradesh[edit | edit source]

In 2012, Shyam Sunder Sharma contested the by-poll to Mant constituency and won on an AITC ticket.[76][77][78] He later defected to BSP.[79][80]

Electoral performance[edit | edit source]

General election results[edit | edit source]

Year Lok Sabha Party leader Seats
contested 		Seats won Seats +/- Vote %
(in whole country) 		Vote swing Ref.
1998 12th Lok Sabha Mamata Banerjee 29
7 / 543
 Increase 7 2.42% Steady [81]
1999 13th Lok Sabha 29
8 / 543
 Increase 1 2.57% Increase 0.15% [82]
2004 14th Lok Sabha 33
2 / 543
 Decrease 6 2.07% Decrease 0.5% [83]
2009 15th Lok Sabha 26
19 / 543
 Increase 17 3.20% Increase 1.15% [84]
2014 16th Lok Sabha 131
34 / 543
 Increase 15 3.84% Increase 0.64% [85]
2019 17th Lok Sabha 62
22 / 543
 Decrease 12 4.11% Increase 0.27% [86]
2024 18th Lok Sabha 47
29 / 543
 Increase 7 4.37% Increase 0.26%

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State Legislative Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Vote share in consecutive West Bengal Assembly elections
2026
 
 40.80%
2021
 
 48.02%
2016
 
 44.91%
2011
 
 38.93%
2006
 
 26.64%
2001
 
 30.66%
Legislative Assembly elections[87]
Election Year Party leader Seats
contested 		Seats won Change in seats Percentage
of votes 		Vote swing Popular vote Result
Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2009 26
5 / 60
 Increase 5 15.04% – 86,406 Others
Assam Legislative Assembly
2001[88] 23
1 / 126
 Increase 1 0.55% – 58,361 Others
2011 126
1 / 126
 Steady 2.05% – 283,683 Others
Goa Legislative Assembly
2012 Wilfred de Souza 20
0 / 40
 1.81% – 15,323 Others
2022 Mahua Moitra[lower-alpha 1] 26
0 / 40
 5.2% – 49,480 Others
Manipur Legislative Assembly
2012 Maibam Kunjo 60
7 / 60
 Increase 7 17% – 237,517 Opposition
2017 60
1 / 60
 Decrease 6 1.4% Decrease15.6% 23,304 Others
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
2023 Mukul Sangma 56
5 / 60
 Increase 5 13.78% Increase13.38% 255,742 Opposition
Tripura Legislative Assembly
2018 24
0 / 60
 0.3% – 6,989 Others
2023 Pijush Kanti Biswas 28
0 / 60
 0.88% – 22,316 Others
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2012 (By-election) 1
1 / 403
 Increase 1 – Others
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
2001 Mamata Banerjee 226
60 / 294
 Increase 60 30.66% – 11,229,396 Opposition
2006 Mamata Banerjee 257
30 / 294
 Decrease 30 26.64% Decrease 4.02% 10,512,153 Opposition
2011 Mamata Banerjee 226
184 / 294
 Increase 154 38.93% Increase 12.29% 18,547,678 Government
2016 Mamata Banerjee 293
211 / 294
 Increase 27 44.91% Increase 5.98% 24,564,523 Government
2021 Mamata Banerjee 290
215 / 294
 Increase 4 48.02% Increase 3.11% 28,968,281 Government
2026 Mamata Banerjee 291
80 / 294
 Decrease 135 40.8% Decrease 7.22% 26,002,017 Opposition

Presidential election results

Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
2022 Yashwant Sinha 380,177 35.97 N/A Lost Red XN

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Party symbols and slogans[edit | edit source]

Further information: Ma Mati Manush, Joy Bangla, and Khela Hobe
All India Trinamool Congress Party Office, Ganganagar, Mukundapur, Kolkata

The party name and election symbol represents 'grassroots'– the name contains the Bengali word trinamool, which literally means grassroots, and the symbol is a sapling emerging from the ground.[90] The symbol is known as Jora Ghas Phul (Bengali: grass and flower; two flowers with grass).[91] The usage of "All India" in the party name represents the rejection of "elitist" Indian National Congress from which it broke apart from.[90]

Ma Mati Manush (Bengali: মা মাটি মানুষ) was primarily a slogan, coined by Mamata Banerjee. The term is literally translated as "Mother, Motherland and People". The slogan was used in West Bengal at the time of the 2011 assembly election. Mamata Banerjee wrote a Bengali book with the same title.[92] A song was also recorded with the same title.[93][94]

The slogan Joy Bangla is also officially used by Mamata Banerjee and by her party Trinamool Congress as part of attempt to create a territorial and ethnolinguistic identity for Bengalis in India.[95][96] It is used in particular, as a closing remark for political speeches.[97][98][99]

In the 2021 assembly election, the party used a song "Khela Hobe" across the state. The song was penned by Debangshu Bhattacharya, a party youth wing member. The "Khela Hobe" term has been used across India by several opposition parties and to catalyse the movements against the establishment on multiple issues throughout the nation.[100][101]

Frontal organisations[edit | edit source]

Trinamool Students Union[edit | edit source]

Not to be confused with Trinamool Youth Congress.

Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (abbreviated TMCP, WBTMCP or West Bengal Trinamool Chhatra Parishad) popularly known as or "TMCP" is the student wing of the Congress. As of 2026 the president is Priyanka Adhikari.[102] Notable student leaders have included Abhishek Banerjee, General Secretary AITC.

List of Union Ministers[edit | edit source]

No. Portrait Portfolio Name
(Lifespan) 		Term in office Constituency
(House) 		Prime Minister
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee
(born 1955) 		13 October 1999 16 March 2001[103] 1 year, 154 days Calcutta South
(Lok Sabha) 		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister without portfolio[104] 8 September 2003 9 January 2004 123 days
Minister of Coal 9 January 2004 22 May 2004 134 days
Minister of Mines
2 Minister of External Affairs
(MoS) 		Ajit Kumar Panja
(1936–2008) 		13 October 1999 16 March 2001 1 year, 154 days Calcutta North East
(Lok Sabha)
3 Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee
(born 1955) 		23 May 2009 19 May 2011
[105][106] 		1 year, 361 days Calcutta South
(Lok Sabha) 		Manmohan Singh
4 Dinesh Trivedi
(born 1950) 		12 July 2011 20 March 2012 252 days Barrackpore
(Lok Sabha)
5 Mukul Roy
(1954–2026) 		20 March 2012 22 September 2012 186 days West Bengal
(Rajya Sabha)
Minister of Railways
(MoS) 		19 May 2011 12 July 2011 54 days
Minister of Shipping
(MoS) 		28 May 2009 20 March 2012 2 years, 297 days
6 Minister of Health & Family Welfare
(MoS) 		Dinesh Trivedi
(born 1950) 		28 May 2009 12 July 2011 2 years, 45 days Barrackpore
(Lok Sabha)
7 Sudip Bandyopadhyay
(born 1949) 		12 July 2011 22 September 2012 1 year, 72 days Kolkata Uttar
(Lok Sabha)
8 Minister of Urban Development
(MoS) 		Saugata Roy
(born 1946) 		28 May 2009 22 September 2012
[107][108][109] 		3 years, 117 days Dum Dum
(Lok Sabha)
9 Minister of Rural Development
(MoS) 		Sisir Adhikari
(born 1941) 		Kanthi
(Lok Sabha)
10 Minister of Tourism
(MoS) 		Sultan Ahmed
(1953–2017) 		Uluberia
(Lok Sabha)
11 Minister of Information & Broadcasting
(MoS) 		Choudhury Mohan Jatua
(born 1938) 		Mathurapur
(Lok Sabha)

Leadership[edit | edit source]

List of chairpersons[edit | edit source]

This is a list of chairpersons of the All India Trinamool Congress.

Portrait Name Term Start Term End Ref.
Ajit Kumar Panja 1998 2001
Mamata Banerjee 2001 2026

List of the national general secretaries[edit | edit source]

This is a list of national general secretaries of the All India Trinamool Congress.

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Moitra was appointed the state in-charge of the party for the elections. The state unit was later formed on 19 January 2022 with Kiran Kandolkar as president.[89]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "TMC's Bengali Regionalism Is Distinct and Deeply Political". The Wire. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Bengali pride, sub-nationalism emerge as rallying points in West Bengal assembly polls". Deccan Herald. 23 March 2021. This is for the first time we have made Bengali pride our main poll plank. Bengali pride is not just about Bengalis; it appeals to all sons of the soil," senior TMC leader and MP Sougata Roy told PTI.
  3. ↑ "The Bengali card: Is Mamata trying to give TMC a new ideological core?". India Today. 26 November 2020. The TMC has decided to counter the BJP's Hindutva majoritarian politics by invoking Bengali sub-nationalism ahead of the State Assembly polls. With Mamata Banerjee setting the tone herself, TMC leaders have started attacking the BJP as a party of 'outsiders' trying to mount an assault on Bengalis.
  4. ↑ "In Bengal, speak Bengali: Squeezed by BJP's Hindutva, Mamata Banerjee grasps at Bengali nationalism". Scroll.in. 26 June 2019. These crises pushed the Trinamool to declare its Bengali nativist line even more vociferously, hoping that this new narrative will break the party's free fall.
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