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2026 CE · election democracy

BJP Forms Its First Government in West Bengal

In the May 2026 West Bengal Assembly election, the Bharatiya Janata Party won 207 seats according to the Election Commission of India, while the All India Trinamool Congress won 80. On 9 May, Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as Chief Minister in Kolkata, heading the BJP’s first government in West Bengal and ending fifteen years of Trinamool Congress government in the state.

Suvendu Adhikari at the swearing-in ceremony of the new West Bengal government in Kolkata on 9 May 2026
Official photograph from the 9 May 2026 swearing-in ceremony of the new West Bengal government. It directly represents the transfer of executive power after the Assembly election. · Credit: Prime Minister's Office, Government of India · License: GODL-India

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Sources and further reading

  1. Election Commission of India — party-wise results
  2. Direct official swearing-in photo/source metadata

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