West Bengal Gets a Full Cabinet, BJP Swears In 35 More Ministers Under Suvendu Adhikari

Bengal’s newly elected BJP government took a major administrative step on Monday. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari expanded his council of ministers inducting 35 BJP MLAs in one go. The swearing-in at Kolkata’s Lok Bhavan brought the state cabinet close to its constitutional limit of 44 members.

A Big Day at Lok Bhavan

It was a busy Monday morning at Lok Bhavan in Kolkata. West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari formally expanded his BJP-led cabinet and 35 party MLAs raised their hands to take oath as ministers. Governor RN Ravi administered the oath of office during the ceremony. The event marked one of the most significant steps yet in consolidating the new government’s administrative machinery.

As per Article 164(1A) of the Constitution of India, West Bengal can have a maximum of 44 ministers including the chief minister. With Monday’s expansion, the cabinet strength now stands at 41.

Who Got Sworn In The Big Names

Among those who took oath as cabinet ministers were Arjun Singh, Tapas Roy, Sharadwat Mukherjee, Jagannath Chattopadhyay and Shankar Ghosh. Swapan Dasgupta, Dudh Kumar Mondal, Deepak Burman, Manoj Oraon and Gouri Shankar Ghosh were also part of the new cabinet intake.

Additionally, BJP MLAs Rajesh Mahata, Indranil Khan and Malati Rava Roy were inducted as Ministers of State with independent charge a designation that gives them full functional authority over their respective portfolios.

Chief Secretary Manoj Agarwal officially announced the names of all newly inducted members of the expanded council of ministers.

The Full List: 35 BJPs MLAs Now Ministers

The 35 BJP legislators who were sworn in and the constituencies they won from in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections are as follows:

Dipak Barman won the Falakata constituency by defeating TMC’s Subhash Chandra Roy with a margin of 45,999 votes.

Tapas Roy won the Maniktala seat by defeating TMC’s Shreya Pandey with a margin of 15,644 votes.

Shankar Ghosh secured Siliguri by defeating TMC’s Goutam Deb by a massive margin of 73,192 votes.

Manoj Kumar Oraon won Kumargram, beating TMC’s Rajeev Tirkey by 52,877 votes.

Gouri Shankar Ghosh claimed Murshidabad by defeating TMC’s Shaoni Singha Roy with a 31,521-vote lead.

Swapan Dasgupta won Rashbehari, edging out TMC’s Debasish Kumar by 20,865 votes.

Kalyan Chakraborti won Khardaha by defeating TMC’s Devadeep Purohit with a 24,486-vote margin.

Arup Kumar Das won Singur a historically significant seat by defeating TMC’s Becharam Manna by 21,438 votes.

Dudh Kumar Mondal won Mayureswar by beating TMC’s Abhijit Roy with a 21,002-vote margin.

Sharadwat Mukherjee claimed Bidhannagar, defeating TMC’s Sujit Bose by 37,330 votes.

Jagannath Chattopadhyay won Suri by defeating TMC’s Ujjal Chatterjee with a 28,686-vote lead.

Arjun Singh secured Noapara by beating TMC’s Trinankur Bhattacharjee with a margin of 17,656 votes.

Malati Rava Roy won Tufanganj, defeating TMC’s Shib Shankar Paul by 26,457 votes.

Rajesh Mahata won Gopiballavpur, edging out TMC’s Ajit Mahata by 26,675 votes.

Indranil Khan won Behala Paschim by defeating TMC’s Ratna Chatterjee with a 24,699-vote margin.

Koushik Chowdhury claimed Raiganj, defeating TMC’s Krishna Kalyani by a convincing 58,641 votes.

Gargi Das Ghosh won Kandi by defeating TMC’s Apurba Sarkar with a margin of 10,335 votes.

Bhaskar Bhattacharya won Sreerampur, beating TMC’s Tanmoy Ghosh by 8,685 votes.

Dibakar Gharami won Sonamukhi (SC) by defeating TMC’s Kallol Saha with a 29,410-vote margin.

Sumana Sarkar won Balagarh (SC), defeating TMC’s Ranjan Dhara by 41,914 votes.

Joyel Murmu secured Habibpur (ST) with an impressive margin of 78,188 votes over TMC’s Amal Kisku.

Ashoke Dinda the former Indian cricketer won Moyna by defeating TMC’s Chandan Mondal with a 16,241-vote margin.

Anandamoy Barman won Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) by a massive 1,04,265 votes over TMC’s Sankar Malakar.

Hare Krishna Bera claimed Tamluk by defeating TMC’s Dipendra Narayan Roy with a 34,729-vote lead.

Shantanu Pramanik won Bhagabanpur, beating TMC’s Manab Kumar Parua by 20,878 votes.

Umesh Rai secured Howrah Uttar by defeating TMC’s Gautam Chowdhuri with a margin of 11,250 votes.

Purnima Chakraborty won Shyampukur, defeating TMC’s Gautam Chowdhuri by 14,633 votes.

Moumita Biswas Misra claimed Bardhaman Dakshin, defeating TMC’s Khokan Das with a 30,470-vote margin.

Kalita Maji won Ausgram (SC) by beating TMC’s Shyama Prasanna Lohar by 12,535 votes.

Bishal Lama won Kalchini (ST), defeating TMC’s Birendra Bara by 37,843 votes.

Ajay Kumar Poddar claimed Kulti by defeating TMC’s Abhijit Ghatak with a 26,498-vote margin.

Biraj Biswas won Karandighi, defeating TMC’s Goutam Paul by 19,869 votes.

Dipankar Jana secured Kakdwip, beating TMC’s Manturam Pakhira by 4,760 votes.

Amiya Kisku won Nayagram (ST) by defeating TMC’s Dulal Murmu by 6,424 votes.

Nadiar Chand Bouri claimed Para (SC), defeating TMC’s Manik Chandra Bauri with a 33,721-vote margin.

From Oath Day to Full Cabinet

Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as West Bengal’s Chief Minister on May 9 at a grand ceremony in Kolkata in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP’s central leadership and chief ministers from NDA-governed states.

On that same day, five other BJP leaders Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Nisith Pramanik, Ashok Kirtania and Kshudiram Tudu also took oath as ministers alongside Adhikari. Monday’s cabinet expansion now brings the total ministerial strength to 41 just three short of the constitutionally allowed limit of 44.

The induction of 35 ministers in one sweep is a clear signal the Adhikari government means business and is wasting no time in getting its full administrative team in place.