The Election Commission on Monday announced by-polls to two West Bengal assembly constituencies – Rejinagar and Nandigram – with polling scheduled for October 6 and counting of votes on October 9.
By-Polls Announced Following Vacated Seats
The Election Commission has announced by-polls for the Nandigram and Rejinagar seats, which became vacant after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and AJUP founder Humayun Kabir stepped down from their positions.
Candidates must file their nominations by September 16. The scrutiny of these nominations will take place on September 17, and candidates will have until September 19 to withdraw their nominations, according to a release from the EC.
Adhikari, who led the BJP to its maiden government in West Bengal, contested and won both Nandigram and Bhabanipur seats in the April elections. The entire election process will be completed by October 11, it said. He defeated Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in her Bhabanipur stronghold by 15,105 votes and subsequently chose to retain the seat, resigning as the MLA from Nandigram. He had also defeated Banerjee in Nandigram in the 2021 assembly polls. Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief Kabir, a former TMC leader who floated the outfit after his expulsion from the party, had won both Rejinagar and Naoda in the 2026 assembly elections.
