The Left Front revealed its second list of candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, featuring 32 names. In the initial list unveiled on March 14, candidates for 192 constituencies were disclosed, bringing the total number of announced candidates to 224 out of 294 seats. Among the 32 candidates in the recent list, one belonged to the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), three to the CPI, and the remaining 28 to the CPI-M.
The CPI-M opted not to field its own candidate in the prominent Nandigram assembly constituency this time. Instead, a CPI candidate will contest against the BJP’s sitting MLA and Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari. Adhikari is also running from the Bhabanipur assembly constituency in South Kolkata against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Notably, prominent leaders like Md Salim and Dr Sujan Chakraborty were absent from both the first and second lists.
Additionally, the well-known youth and media personality of the party, Satarup Ghosh, did not feature in either list. Instead of running for office, these leaders will focus on campaigning for Left Front candidates across the state. The Left Front had previously announced that 10 seats would be reserved for the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist, the largest Left force in Bihar, which has already named its candidates for those constituencies.
Meanwhile, discussions on seat-sharing arrangements between the Left Front and the All India Secular Front (AISF) are ongoing. The All India Forward Bloc, a junior ally of the Left Front, is the sole entity opposing this arrangement with the AISF.
