Aroop Biswas
Constituency: Tollygunge
Profession: Politician
Age: 57
Known for: Manages the Tollywood clan of Trinamul
Date of polling: April 10
Partha Chatterjee
Constituency: Behala West
Profession: Retired as a senior manager with a corporate house
Age: 68
Known for: His association with the party supremo
Date of polling: April 10
Madan Mitra
Constituency: Kamarahti
Profession: Politician
Age: 60
Known for: One-term MLA, he is a bit of a social media sensation now
Date of polling: April 17
Manoj Tiwary
Constituency: Shibpur
Profession: Cricketer-turned politician
Age: 35
Known for: Former India player; long-time Bengal captain; and a champion in Twitter sarcasm
Date of polling: April 10
Raj Chakrabarti
Constituency: Barrackpore
Profession: Film director
Age: 45
Known for: A Bengali film director who delivered some of some of the biggest hits in the past decade
Polling date: April 22
Lovely Maitra
Constituency: Sonarpur South
Profession: Actor
Age: 30
Known for: Her television serials like Mohor and Jol Nupur
Date of polling: April 10
Firhad Hakim
Constituency: Calcutta Port
Profession: Business
Age: 62
Known for: Outgoing mayor of Calcutta and currently state urban development minister
Date of polling: April 26
Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay
Constituency: Bhowanipore
Profession: Never lost an MLA election since 1991. Currently the power minister in the state cabinet
Age: 77
Known for: Straightspeak. Also prides himself on being a boxer
Date of polling: April 26
Debasish Kumar
Constituency: Rashbehari
Profession: Business
Age: 61
Known for: Four-term councillor of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation
Date of polling: April 26
Subrata Mukherjee
Constituency: Ballygunge
Profession: Social worker
Age: 74
Known for: Mayor of Calcutta between 2000 and 2005. Currently state panchayat minister
Date of polling: April 26
Chandrima Bhattacharya
Constituency: North Dum Dum
Profession: Politician
Age: 61
Known for: Heads the law and justice department
Date of polling: April 22
Shashi Panja
Constituency: Shyampukur
Profession: Doctor
Age: 59
Known for: Minister of women and child development department
Date of polling: April 29
Bratya Basu
Constituency: Dum Dum
Profession: Theatre personality-cum-politician
Age: 51
Known for: Party spokesman
Date of polling: April 17
Sadhan Pande
Constituency: Maniktala
Profession: Lawyer
Age: 70
Known for: Eight-term MLA. Currently consumer affairs minister in the state cabinet
Date of polling: April 29
Atin Ghosh
Constituency: Cossipore-Belgachia
Profession: Business
Age: 62
Known for: Outgoing deputy mayor of Calcutta
Date of polling: April 29
Javed Ahmed Khan
Constituency: Kasba
Profession: Business
Age: 64
Known for: Three-term MLA
Date of polling: April 10
Debabrata Majumdar
Constituency: Jadavpur
Profession: Chartered accountant
Age: 56
Known for: Good with number games. Headed the tax department of the CMC as a mayoral council member. Four-time councillor
Date of polling: April 10
Ratna Chatterjee
Constituency: Behala East
Profession: Business
Age: 49
Known for: Fielded from the seat that Sovan Chatterjee, her estranged husband, had won in 2016 on a Trinamul ticket. Sovan is now with the BJP
Date of polling: April 10
Abdul Khaleque Molla
Constituency: Metiaburuz
Profession: Retired primary school headmaster
Age: 75
Known for: Earned 30,000 votes as an independent candidate from the seat in 2011 Assembly elections
ate of polling: April 10
Firdousi Begum
Constituency: N Sonarpur
Profession: Homemaker
Age: 42
Known for: Became a councillor at 26
Date of polling: April 10
Nayna Bandyopadhyay
Constituency: Chowringhee
Profession: Social worker
Age: 52
Known for: Actor, three-term MLA
Date of polling: April 29
Swarna Kamal Saha
Constituency: Entally
Profession: Retired PSU bank officer, now runs a business
Age: 72
Known for: Three-time MLA
Date of polling: April 29
Vivek Gupta
Constituency: Jorasanko
Profession: Editor of Hindi daily Sanmarg
Age: 45
Known for: Former Rajya Sabha MP
Date of polling: April 29
Paresh Paul
Constituency: Beleghata
Profession: Quit his govt job to join politics
Age: 74
Known for: Defeating CPM’s Shyamal Chakraborty in 1996 & 2001
Date of polling: April 29
Rana Chatterjee
Constituency: Bally
Profession: Doctor
Age: 45.
Known for: A popular pediatrician in Howrah
Date of polling: April 10
Arup Roy
Constituency: Howrah Central
Profession: Politician
Age: 65
Known for: A minister of the cooperative department
Date of polling: April 10
Kanchan Mullick
Constituency: Uttar Para
Profession: Actor
Age: 49
Known for: A popular comedian on TV and films
Date of polling: April 10
Tapas Chatterjee
Constituency: Rajarhat-New Town
Profession: Politician
Age: 59
Known for: An influential leader
Date of polling: April 17
Goutam Chowdhury
Constituency: Howrah North
Profession: Politician
Age: 48
Known for: Former mayor-in-council of Howrah Municipal Corporation
Date of polling: April 10
Nandita Chowdhury
Constituency: Howrah South
Profession: Business
Age: 60
Known for: Former vice-president of Howrah
Date of polling: April 10
Sujit Bose
Constituency: Bidhannagar
Profession: Politician
Age: 58
Known for: Fire and emergency services minister
Date of Polling: April 17
Aditi Munshi
Constituency:Rajarhat-Gopalpur
Profession: Kirtan singer
Age: 32
Known for: Popular face on TV
Date of polling: April 27
Tapas Roy
Constituency: Baranagar
Profession: Politician
Age: 60
Known for: Minister of state for parliamentary affairs
Date of polling: April 17
