West Bengal polls: 78 nominations filed on first day
Politics 31 Mar, 2026

West Bengal polls: 78 nominations filed on first day

Business To Business, Kolkata, 31 March 2026: A total of 78 nominations were filed on Monday across 152 Assembly constituencies set to go to polls in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly Elections, according to official data.
Among the districts, Purba Medinipur witnessed a relatively higher number of filings, with three candidates each submitting their nomination papers from the Nandakumar, Mahisadal, and Nandigram constituencies.
Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also filed his nomination papers from Nandigram.

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