CM Mamata Banerjee-led TMC fielded 52 women candidates for West Bengal elections and also boasts several women MPs. The candidates include 70-year-old Chandrima Bhattacharya (Dumdum North), 63-year-old Shashi Panja (Shyampukur), and 43-year-old Birbaha Hansda (Binpur). MPs include Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Dola Sen, Mahua Moitra, Sagarika Ghose, and Menaka Guruswamy, India's first openly LGBTQ+ MP.