The entire list and exciting facts about the 30 assembly constituencies going to polls in West Bengal on March 27

• The battle for Bengal is set to kick off on March 27 with 30 constituencies across the state going to the polls.
• Only 14 constituencies will see their incumbent candidate contesting the election.
• 48 of the candidates up for polling have criminal cases against them.

Election fever in West Bengal is peaking as voters in 30 constituencies across five districts will go to polling booths to elect their representatives in the state assembly.

The first phase of polling will cover districts like Purulia, West Midnapore, Bankura, East Midnapore, and Jhargram. Some of the important highlights of the first phase of polling in West Bengal include:

1. 48 candidates i.e one in every four seeking votes on March 27 has criminal cases against them. 42 of them face serious criminal charges.
2. There are 19 candidates with assets worth over ₹1 crore. Nine of them are from Trinamool Congress (TMC) and four are from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
3. 53 candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 109 candidates have declared their age to be between 41 to 60 years. There are 29 candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years.

These facts have been taken from a report published by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Here’s the list of constituencies, the sitting members of the legislative assembly (MLA) and their challengers:

Constituency Name	Current MLA	Changes since last election	Challengers
Patashpur	Jyotirmoy Kar (TMC)	Uttam Basak (TMC)	Ambujaksha Mahanti (BJP), Saikat Giri (CPI)
Kanthi Uttar	Banasri Maity (TMC)	Tarun Kumar Jana (TMC)	Sunita Singha (BJP), Sutanu Maity (CPI-M)
Bhagabanpur	Ardhendu Maity (TMC)	NA	Rabindranath Maity (BJP), Shiu Maiti (Congress)
Khejuri (SC)	Ranajit Mondal (TMC)	Parthapratim Das (TMC)	Santanu Pramanik (BJP), Himangshu Das (CPI-M)
Kanthi Dakshin	Chandrima Battacharya (TMC)	Jyotirmoy Kar (TMC)	Arup Kumar Das (BJP), Anulup Panda (CPI)
Ramnagar	Akhil Giri (TMC)	NA	Swadesh Ranjan Nayak (BJP), Sabyasachi Jana (CPI-M)
Egra	Samares Das (TMC)	Tarun Maity (TMC)	Sakti Pada Nayak (BJP), Sisir Patra (CPI)
Dantan	Arun Mahapatra (CPI)	Bikram Chandra Pradhan (TMC)	Sakti Pada Nayak (BJP), Sisir Patra (CPI)
Nayagram (ST)	Dulal Murmu (TMC)	NA	Bakul Murmu (BJP), Haripada Soren (CPI-M)
Gopiballavpur	Churamani Mahato (TMC)	Khagendranath Mahato (TMC)	Sanjit Mahato (BJP), Prashanta Das (CPI-M)
Jhargram	Sukumar Hansda (TMC)	Birbaha Hansda (TMC)	Sukhmoy Satpati (BJP), Madhuja Sen Roy (CPI-M)
Keshiary (ST)	Biram Mandi (CPI-M)	Pulin Bihari Baske (CPI-M)	Paresh Murmu (TMC), Sonali Murmu (BJP)
Kharagpur	Nazmul Haque (CPI-M)	SK Saddam Ali (CPI-M)	Dinen Ray (TMC), Tapan Bhuiya (BJP)
Garbeta	Ashish Chakraborty (TMC)	Uttara Singha (TMC)	Madan Ruidas (BJP), Tapan Ghosh (CPI-M)
Salboni	Srikanta Mahata (TMC)	NA	Rajib Kundu (BJP), Susanta Ghosh (CPI-M)
Medinipur	Mrigendra Nath Maiti (TMC)	June Malia (TMC)	Shamit Dash (BJP), Tarun Kumar Ghosh (CPI)
Binpur (ST)	Dibakar Hansda (CPI-M)	NA	Debnath Hansda (TMC), Palan Saren (BJP)
Bandwan (ST)	Sushanta Besra (CPI-M)	NA	Rajib Lochan Saren (TMC), Parsi Murmu (BJP)
Balarampur	Santiram Mahato (TMC)	NA	Baneswar Mahato (BJP), Uttam Banerjee (Congress)
Baghmundi	Nepal Mahata (Congress)	NA	Sushanta Mahato (TMC), Ashutosh Mahato (AJSU)
Joypur	Dhirenda Nath Mahato (AIFB)	NA	Dibyojyoti Singh Deo (Independent), Narahari Mahato (BJP)
Purulia	Sudip Mukherjee (Congress)	Sudip Mukherjee contesting as BJP candidate	Sujoy Banerjee (TMC), Partha Prathim Banerjee (CPI-M)
Manbazar (ST)	Sandhya Rani Tudu (TMC)	NA	Gouri Singh Sardar (BJP), Jaminikanta Mandi (CPI-M)
Kashipur	Swapan Kumar Belthariya (TMC)	NA	Kamalakanta Hansda (BJP), Mallika Mahata (CPI-M)
Para (SC)	Umapada Bauri (Congress)	Umpada bauri contesting at TMC candidate	Nadia Chand Bauri (BJP), Swapan Bauri (CPI-M)
Raghunathpur (SC)	Purna Chandra Bauri (TMC)	Hazari Bauri (TMC)	Bivekananda Bauri (BJP), Ganesh Bauri (CPI-M)
Saltora (SC)	Swapan Bauri (TMC)	Santosh Mondal (TMC)	Chandana Bauri (BJP), Nandadulal Bauri (CPI-M)
Chhatna	Dhirendra Nath Layek (RSP)	Falguni Mukherjee (RSP)	Subhasis Batabyal (TMC), Satyanarayan Mukherjee (BJP)
Ranibandh (ST)	Deblina Hembram (CPI-M)	NA	Jyostna Mandi (TMC), Khudiram Tudu (BJP), Deblina Hembram (CPI-M)
Raipur (ST)	Upen Kisku (CPI-M)	NA	Mrittunjay Murmu (TMC), Sudhangsu Hansda (BJP), Milan Mandi (ISF)

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