17th West Bengal Assembly
| 17th West Bengal Assembly | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | West Bengal Legislative Assembly | ||||
| Term | 5 May 2021 – present | ||||
| Election | 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election | ||||
| Government | Third Banerjee ministry | ||||
| Opposition | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| Members | 294 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | Biman Banerjee | ||||
| Deputy Speaker of the House | Asish Banerjee | ||||
| Leader of the House | Mamata Banerjee | ||||
| Deputy Leader of the House | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Suvendu Adhikari | ||||
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Mihir Goswami | ||||
| Party control | Trinamool Congress | ||||
The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of West Bengal constituted after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections which were concluded earlier on 29 April 2021 and the results were announced on 2 May 2021.[1] The tenure of West Bengal Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 7 May 2026.[2]
Notable positions
[edit]| S.No | Position | Portrait | Name | Party | Constituency | Office Taken | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Speaker | Biman Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | Baruipur Paschim | 8 May 2021 | ||
| 2 | Deputy Speaker |  |
Asish Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | Rampurhat | 2 May 2021 | |
| 3 | Leader of the House |  |
Mamata Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | Bhabanipur | 5 May 2021 | |
| 4 | Leader of Opposition |  |
Suvendu Adhikari | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nandigram | 10 May 2021 | |
| 5 | Deputy Leader of Opposition | Mihir Goswami | Bharatiya Janata Party | Natabari | 10 May 2021 | ||
Members of Legislative Assembly
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Source[21]
See also
[edit]- West Bengal Legislative Assembly
- 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections
- West Bengal
- Mamata Banerjee
References
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- ^ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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- ^ "Confine Kalimpong from GTA, demands MLA". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ Pal, Satyen (28 February 2024). "ফের বিজেপিতে ফিরলেন কালিয়াগঞ্জের বিধায়ক, পার্থর হাত ধরে গিয়েছিলেন তৃণমূলে!". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "News18 Evening Digest: BJP MLA Krishna Kalyani Joins TMC And Other Top Stories". News18. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Bengal minister Subrata Saha dies of cardiac arrest". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "3 months after bypoll win, lone Congress MLA in West Bengal Bayron Biswas joins TMC". The Times of India. 30 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Veteran TMC MLA Nasiruddin Ahmed dies of cardiac arrest in West Bengal". The Times of India. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Mukul Roy: I Am A Bjp Mla, Mukul Says In Affidavit To Hc". The Times of India. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Bengal BJP MLA Biswajit Das rejoins TMC, third leader to return after Mamata Banerjee's win". The Indian Express. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Jaiswal, Priya (25 April 2021). "TMC candidate Kajal Sinha passes away due to COVID-19 at Kolkata hospital". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Trinamool's Jayanta Naskar, MLA from Gosaba, dies after testing Covid negative". Hindustan Times. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Bengal minister quits assembly to help CM Mamata contest old seat". Hindustan Times. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee dies at 75". The Hindu. 4 November 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "West Bengal Cabinet Minister Sadhan Pande passes away at 71". The Indian Express. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "BJP MLA Tanmoy Ghosh joins Trinamool Congress". The Hindu. 30 August 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Bengal BJP MLA Harakali Protiher joins Trinamool Congress". India Today. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
