The 2026 Howrah Municipal Corporation election will be held on 2026 tentatively to elect 68 members of the Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) which governs the city of Howrah.
Schedule Poll eventScheduleNotification dateLast Date for filing nominationLast Date for withdrawal of nominationDate of pollDate of counting of votes
Parties and alliances Following is a list of political parties and alliances which may contest in this election:
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderAllianceCandidatesTrinamool Congress (AITC) AITC+ Indian National Congress (INC) INDIA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) NDA Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Left Front Marxist Forward Bloc (MFB) - Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI) - Communist Party of India (CPI) All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (CPI(ML)L) Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C)) Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Mass Line (CPI(ML)ML) - Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star (CPI(ML)RS) - West Bengal Socialist Party (WBSP) - Indian Secular Front (ISF) Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) None All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Independents (IND)None Others
Candidates + List of candidates No. Assembly Ward AITC INC Left Front BJP Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1 Howrah UttarWard 1 2Ward 2 3Ward 3 4Ward 4 5Ward 5 6Ward 6 7Ward 7 8Ward 8 9 ShibpurWard 9 10Ward 10 11Ward 11 12Ward 12 13Ward 13 14Ward 14 15Ward 15 16 Howrah UttarWard 16 17Ward 17 18Ward 18 19Ward 19 20Ward 20 21Ward 21 22Ward 22 23Ward 23 24Ward 24 25 Howrah MadhyaWard 25 26Ward 26 27Ward 27 28Ward 28 29 ShibpurWard 29 30Ward 30 31Ward 31 32Ward 32 33Ward 33 34Ward 34 35 Howrah DakshinWard 35 36Ward 36 37Ward 37 38Ward 38 39Ward 39 40Ward 40 41Ward 41 42Ward 42 43ShibpurWard 43 44 Howrah MadhyaWard 44 45Ward 45 46Ward 46 47Ward 47 48Ward 48 49Ward 49 50Ward 50 51Ward 51 52Ward 52 53Ward 53 54Ward 54 55Ward 55 56Ward 56 57Ward 57 58Ward 58 59Ward 59 60Ward 60 61Ward 61 62Ward 62 63 Howrah DakshinWard 63 64Ward 64 65Ward 65 66Ward 66 67Ward 67 68Ward 68
Turnout +No. of VotersNo. of Voters who cast votesVoters Turnout (%)
Surveys and polls Seat Projections +Name of the electionDateAITC+INDIALFNDAINDMargin2013 Howrah Municipal Corporation election22 November 2013584220542014 Indian general election in West Bengal17 April - 12 May 20142016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election25 April 20162019 Indian general election in West Bengal11 April - 19 May 20192021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election10 April 20212024 Indian general election in West Bengal1 June 20242026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election29 April 2026
Opinion polls
Exit polls
Result Results by parties + 0 0 0 0 AITC INC CPI(M) BJP
AlliancePartySeatsPopular Vote (%)ContestedWonChangeEarned Second PositionParty-wiseAlliance-wiseParty-wiseAlliance-wiseParty-wiseAlliance-wiseChange (%)AITC+AITCNDABJPLeft FrontCPI(M)CPIRSPAIFBMFBRCPICPI(ML)LSUCI(C)INDIAINCNCP-SPNoneIndependentOthersTotal Polled Votes / Voter TurnoutRegistered Voters
Results by wards + ResultsWinnerRunner UpMargin Assembly Ward Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Howrah UttarWard 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Ward 7Ward 8 ShibpurWard 9Ward 10Ward 11Ward 12Ward 13Ward 14Ward 15 Howrah UttarWard 16Ward 17Ward 18Ward 19Ward 20Ward 21Ward 22Ward 23Ward 24 Howrah MadhyaWard 25Ward 26Ward 27Ward 28 ShibpurWard 29Ward 30Ward 31Ward 32Ward 33Ward 34 Howrah DakshinWard 35Ward 36Ward 37Ward 38Ward 39Ward 40Ward 41Ward 42ShibpurWard 43 Howrah MadhyaWard 44Ward 45Ward 46Ward 47Ward 48Ward 49Ward 50Ward 51Ward 52Ward 53Ward 54Ward 55Ward 56Ward 57Ward 58Ward 59Ward 60Ward 61Ward 62 Howrah DakshinWard 63Ward 64Ward 65Ward 66Ward 67Ward 68
See also Howrah Municipal Corporation 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 2023 West Bengal Panchayat elections 2024 Indian general election in West Bengal 2026 elections in India
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