Government of West Bengal

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Government of West Bengal
Seat of Government	Kolkata (Calcutta)
Executive Governor (Gopalkrishna Gandhi) Chief Minister (Buddhadeb Bhattacharya) Deputy Chief Minister ()
Legislative Legislative Assembly (Vidhana Sabha) Speaker () Legislative Council (Vidhana Parishad) Chairman ()
Judiciary High Court (Calcutta High Court) Chief Justice ()
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The Government of West Bengal also known as the State Government of West Bengal, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of West Bengal and its 19 districts. It consists of an excecutive, led by the Governor of West Bengal, a judiciary and a legislative.

Like other states in India, the head of state of West Bengal is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secratariat (Writers' Building). The Calcutta High Court is located in Kolkata, which has jurisdiction over the whole of West Bengal and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The present Legislative Assembly of West Bengal is unicameral, consisting of 295 Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A) including one nominated from the Anglo-Indian community. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

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• West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Legislative Bodies in India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
• Election Database. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 2006-08-26.