Government of West Bengal

The Government of West Bengal is the principal administrative authority and state government of the Indian state of West Bengal, created by the Indian Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority.[1] The Governor acts as the head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the power of the state. The Chief Minister is the chief executive authority and the head of the government, elected by the people via elections.

Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. BBD Bagh in central Kolkata is the administrative centre of the state, in which is situated the executive headquarters of the state, the Writers' Building, Vidhansabha Bhavan, the seat of West Bengal Legislative Assembly, the Calcutta High Court, which has jurisdiction over the whole of West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands; as well as the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, the Lok Bhavan.

The present Legislative Assembly of West Bengal is unicameral, consisting of 294 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).[2] The current chief minister is Suvendu Adhikari, who assumed office on 9 May 2026. He is the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, which won 208 seats (out of 294) in the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

References

  1. ↑ "West Bengal (state)". Indian Government. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Parliament of West Bengal, India". cpahq.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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