Smita Bakshi | |
Birth Date: | 5 July 1959 |
Birth Place: | Girish Park, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Party: | Trinamool Congress |
Nationality: | Indian |
Office: | Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
Constituency: | Jorasanko |
Term Start: | 2011 |
Term End: | 2021 |
Predecessor: | Dinesh Bajaj |
Successor: | Vivek Gupta |
Residence: | Girish Park |
Alma Mater: | B.SC from Scottish Church College, Calcutta University (1978) |
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]
In the 2016 elections, Smita Bakshi of All India Trinamool Congress defeated BJP candidate Rahul Sinha who came second by a very small margin.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016 Jorasanko | |||
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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 |