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West Bengal Assembly elections | Abbas Siddique’s ISF announces candidates for 20 seats

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The party said that it announced the names of 20 candidates from among the 26 seats for which it has an alliance with the Left Front

Abbas Siddiqui-led Indian Secular Front (ISF), an alliance partner of the Left Front and the Congress in the State, on March 14 announced the names of candidates for 20 constituencies in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.

ISF president Simul Soren will contest from Haripal in Hooghly district, while Mohammed Iqbal and Nuruzzaman will be the party’s candidates from Entally and Metiabruz, respectively, it said in a statement.

ISF is yet to announce the names of candidates from Canning Purba, Jangipara, Bhangar, Madhyamgram, Haroa and Mayureshwar — the seats it has identified to fight from as a part of the alliance.

The party said that it announced the names of 20 candidates from among the 26 seats for which it has an alliance with the Left Front.

While the Left Front has given 30 seats to the ISF from its kitty, the Congress, from which the Siddique-led party demanded 15 seats, has agreed to give it only eight from its share.

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West Bengal Elections 2021: Full list of 291 candidates announced by TMC

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The ruling Trinamool Congress Friday announced its full list of candidates for the upcoming eight-phased Assembly elections in West Bengal. The party would contest 291 seats out of the total 294 while reserving the remaining three seats in Darjeeling for its allies.

While Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would contest from Nandigram seat, vacating her Bhawanipore seat. Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay will contest from Bhawanipore seat in her place.

Here’s the full list of candidates announced by the TMC:

Trinamool Congress full list of candidates by The Indian Express on Scribd

After announcing the names of candidates, Banerjee said, “Have faith in me, only TMC can take Bengal to new heights”.

She further said that 23-24 existing TMC MLAs have been dropped due to age and other factors. Given the Covid-19 pandemic, those candidates who are more than eighty years of age have been replaced with new and younger face.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced an eight-phase election schedule for the 294-seat West Bengal Assembly starting from March 27 and going on till April 29. About 7,32,94,980 electors will exercise their franchise across 1,01,916 polling booths.

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