Smita Bakshi

Smita Bakshi is an Indian politician from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She was the M.L.A of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. representing the 165, Jorasanko (Vidhan Sabha constituency) two times (term 2011 & 2016).[1] She was MLA of Jorasanko, Councillor of KMC Ward 25 & Chairperson of Borough IV, Working President of West Bengal Trinamool Mahila Congress.[2]

Smita Bakshi
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
2011–2021
Preceded byDinesh Bajaj
ConstituencyJorasanko
Personal details
Born (1959-07-05) 5 July 1959
Girish Park, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
ResidenceGirish Park
Alma materB.SC from Scottish Church College, Calcutta University (1978)

Assembly election 2016

In the 2016 elections, Smita Bakshi of All India Trinamool Congress defeated BJP candidate Rahul Sinha came second by a very small margin.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Jorasanko
Party Candidate Votes
AITMC SMITA BAKSHI 44,766
BJP RAHUL SINHA 38,476
RJD AVINASH KUMAR AGARWAL 15,639
BSP UTTAM MALI 816
SUCI BIJNAN KUMAR BERA 641
INDEPENDENT UTTAM ACHARYA 618
INDEPENDENT SUNIL ROY 306
JD(S) MANOJ KUMAR JAISWAL 300
INDEPENDENT BISWABASU MUKHERJEE 296
INDEPENDENT SHYAMAL SAMADDAR 218
INDEPENDENT SANJEEV KUMAR JAIN 180
NOTA 2,374

See also

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. "Kolkata municipal corporation councillors". Retrieved 18 February 2019.


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