Raninagar Candidates 2026: Full List of Contestants from Raninagar Assembly Constituency in West Bengal Election

Raninagar Assembly Constituency is set to vote in Phase 1 of 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, with the Election Commission of India announcing the following candidates in the fray.

1. Abdul Soumik Hossain (TMC)
2. Ranapratap Singha Roy (BJP)
3. Julfikar Ali (INC)
4. Jamal Hossain (CPIM)
5. Yasser Haidar (AJUN)
6. Shyamal Krishna Mondal (SUCIC)
7. Julfikar Ali (IND)
8. Khalid Hossain (IND)
9. Abdul Alim Sk (IND)
10. Anoyar Hossain (IND)
11. Sumit Nath (IND)
12. Mostofa Monjur Elahi (IND)
13. Mst Masuara Khatun (IND)
14. Julfikkar Ali (IND)

Raninagar is one of the 294 constituencies in the West Bengal Assembly and falls under Murshidabad district of South East Bengal region. The seat is reserved for the General category with 3.5% of the population belonging to the Scheduled Caste community and 0.24% of the population belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community. The constituency has 2,61,292 voters, including 1,34,839 men and 1,26,447 women. The overall literacy rate of Raninagar is 67.53% according to the Census of India 2011.

Voting in Raninagar will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2026, as part of

Phase 1 polling, while counting is scheduled for Monday, May 4, 2026.

In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress won 215 of the state’s 294 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party secured 77. In the same election, Mekliganj was won by Adhikary Paresh Chandra of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), who defeated Dadhiram Ray of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of 14,685 votes.

Click here for a searchable list of all 2926 candidates contesting in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.