Siliguri , August 24: A total of 138 people would contest Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) polls.
SMC with 47 wards will go to the polls on September 13.
Congress and Trinamool Congress combine is likely to give a tough challenge to the ruling Left Front candidates.
Trinamool Congress candidates would contest in 24 seats while Congress has fielded candidates in 23.
In the last SMC board, CPI-M was the major partner with 30 seats while CPI, Forward Bloc and RSP had two seats each. The 11-member opposition constituted five Trinamool Congress, four Congress, one BJP and an Independent councillor.
BJP has fielded 22 candidates in the corporation poll.
—Agencies