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| 17th West Bengal Assembly | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | West Bengal Legislative Assembly | ||||
| Term | 8 May 2021 – 7 May 2026 | ||||
| Election | 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election | ||||
| Government | Third Banerjee ministry | ||||
| Opposition | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| Members | 294 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | Biman Banerjee | ||||
| Deputy Speaker of the House | Ashish Banerjee | ||||
| Leader of the House | Mamata Banerjee | ||||
| Deputy Leader of the House | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Suvendu Adhikari | ||||
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Mihir Goswami | ||||
| Party control | Trinamool Congress | ||||
The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of West Bengal constituted after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections which were concluded on 29 April 2021 and the results announced on 2 May 2021.[1] The tenure of West Bengal Legislative Assembly has ended on 7 May 2026.[2]
Office bearers[edit | edit source]
| S.No | Position | Portrait | Name | Party | Constituency | Office Taken | Reference | |
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| 1 | Speaker | Biman Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | Baruipur Paschim | 8 May 2021 | [3] | ||
| 2 | Deputy Speaker |  |
Ashish Banerjee | Rampurhat | 2 May 2021 | [4] | ||
| 3 | Leader of the House (Chief Minister) |
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Mamata Banerjee | Bhabanipur | 5 May 2021 | [5] | ||
| 4 | Leader of the Opposition |  |
Suvendu Adhikari | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nandigram | 10 May 2021 | [6] | |
| 5 | Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Mihir Goswami | Natabari | [7] | ||||
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
Source[31]
See also[edit | edit source]
- West Bengal Legislative Assembly
- 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections
- West Bengal
- Mamata Banerjee
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "West Bengal Election 2021: Voting dates, election results, full poll schedule, timings, all FAQs". Business Today. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ↑ "West Bengal Governor dissolves legislative assembly effective from May 7". Akashvani News.
- ↑ "Despite multiple defections, no disqualification recorded in Bengal assembly in past decade". The Indian Express. 28 June 2021.
- ↑ "Asish Banerjee elected as Deputy Speaker of West Bengal Assembly". ANI News. 2 July 2021.
- ↑ "Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal CM for third time". Hindustan Times. 5 May 2021.
- ↑ "Guv has no authority to summon officers to discuss pending Bills: Bengal minister". The Print. April 2025.
- ↑ "West Bengal House suspends Suvendu Adhikari, 5 other BJP MLAs over Sandeshkhali unrest". The Times of India. 21 February 2024.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Two West Bengal BJP MPs resign as MLAs after directive from party leadership". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ↑ "West Bengal: BJP's Alipurduar MLA Joins TMC Ahead Of Panchayat Election". news.abplive.com. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "Bengal BJP MLA Bishnu Pada Roy dies at 61". The Hindu. 25 July 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "Confine Kalimpong from GTA, demands MLA". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "B.P.Sharma joins TMC". Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ↑ Pal, Satyen (28 February 2024). "ফের বিজেপিতে ফিরলেন কালিয়াগঞ্জের বিধায়ক, পার্থর হাত ধরে গিয়েছিলেন তৃণমূলে!". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ↑ "News18 Evening Digest: BJP MLA Krishna Kalyani Joins TMC And Other Top Stories". News18. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "Bengal minister Subrata Saha dies of cardiac arrest". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "3 months after bypoll win, lone Congress MLA in West Bengal Bayron Biswas joins TMC". The Times of India. 30 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "Trinamool Congress MLA Jafikul Islam Passes Away at Private Hospital". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Trinamool Tehatta MLA Tapas Kumar Saha passes away at 66". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ↑ "Veteran TMC MLA Nasiruddin Ahmed dies of cardiac arrest in West Bengal". The Times of India. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ↑ "Mukul Roy: I Am A Bjp Mla, Mukul Says In Affidavit To Hc". The Times of India. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ↑ "Former Railway Minister, TMC leader Mukul Roy passes away at 71". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
- ↑ "Bengal BJP MLA Biswajit Das rejoins TMC, third leader to return after Mamata Banerjee's win". The Indian Express. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ↑ News, P. T. I. "Press Trust Of India". www.ptinews.com. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ Jaiswal, Priya (25 April 2021). "TMC candidate Kajal Sinha passes away due to COVID-19 at Kolkata hospital". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ↑ "Trinamool's Jayanta Naskar, MLA from Gosaba, dies after testing Covid negative". Hindustan Times. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "Bengal minister quits assembly to help CM Mamata contest old seat". Hindustan Times. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee dies at 75". The Hindu. 4 November 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ "West Bengal Cabinet Minister Sadhan Pande passes away at 71". The Indian Express. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ "BJP MLA Tanmoy Ghosh joins Trinamool Congress". The Hindu. 30 August 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ↑ "Bengal BJP MLA Harakali Protiher joins Trinamool Congress". India Today. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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