Bengal Assembly elections: Cong to contest on 92 seats, Left Front get 101

After two rounds of conferences, a seat-sharing settlement for 193 of the full 294 seats within the upcoming West Bengal Meeting elections was finalised between Congress and the Left events on Thursday.

Left events will contest 101 seats whereas the Congress will contest at 92 seats.

"In the second round of seat-sharing talks for the 116 seats of the upcoming West Bengal elections, it was decided that Congress will contest 48 seats while the Left will contest from 68 seats. The arrangement has been finalised for 193 seats so far," stated state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

On Monday, after the primary assembly between the Congress and the Left Entrance alliance, it was introduced that they'll preserve the seats that that they had gained within the 2016 Meeting election whereas a call on the remaining 217 seats can be concluded by January 31.

Congress had gained 44 seats whereas the Left Entrance emerged victorious in 33 seats throughout the 2016 elections.

The tenure of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) authorities led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will finish on Could 30 this yr.

Within the 2016 West Bengal Meeting elections, out of the 294 seats, Congress had managed to win 44 seats whereas the Left Entrance bagged 33 seats. The ruling TMC secured 211 seats and BJP had gained 3 seats.

In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Left and Congress had fought individually and whereas Congress gained two seats, the Left drew a clean.

Elections for 294-member West Bengal is more likely to be held later this yr.