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Subrata Bakshi

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Subrata Bakshi
Bakshi in March 2023
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
3 April 2020
Preceded byManish Gupta
ConstituencyWest Bengal
State President of West Bengal Trinamool Congress
Assumed office
1 January 1998
LeaderMamata Banerjee
Preceded byPosition established
Deputy Leader of Trinamool Congress in Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2020 – 8 June 2024
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
4 December 2011 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byMamata Banerjee
Succeeded byMala Roy
ConstituencyKolkata Dakshin
Majority136,339 (11.67%)
Minister for Public Works Department,Government of West Bengal
In office
20 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byKshiti Goswami
Succeeded bySudarsan Ghosh Dastidar
Minister for Transport, Government of West Bengal
In office
20 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byRanjit Kundu
Succeeded byMadan Mitra
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
13 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
Preceded byConstituency was named before as Kalighat
Succeeded byMamata Banerjee
ConstituencyBhabanipur
In office
2006–2011
Preceded bySubrata Mukherjee
Succeeded bySikha Mitra
ConstituencyChowranghee
In office
2001–2006
Preceded bySankar Saran Sarkar
Succeeded byRathin Sarkar
ConstituencyBishnupur West
General Secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress
In office
2015–2021
Preceded byMukul Roy
Succeeded byAbhishek Banerjee
Personal details
Born (1950-07-23) 23 July 1950 (age 74)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political partyTrinamool Congress (1998–present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (before 1998)
SpouseSahana Bakshi (m. 1992)
Children1 (Son)
Residence(s)Kolkata, New Delhi
Alma materCalcutta University (B.Sc., LL.B.)
ProfessionSocial Worker, Politician
As of 15 March 2021
Source: [1]

Subrata Bakshi (born 23 July 1950) is an Indian politician who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. He was the General Secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress and State President of West Bengal Trinamool Congress. He was the Minister for Public Works and the Minister for Transport in the Government of West Bengal in 2011. He was also an MLA, elected from the Bhabanipur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[1][2]

He was elected to parliament from Kolkata Dakshin constituency after Mamata Banerjee resigned to become a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was elected on 10 December 2011 with a margin of 2,30,999 votes, and re-elected in 2014.

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State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
from Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

20012006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
from Chowrangee (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

20062011
Succeeded by
New seat Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
from Bhabanipur, West Bengal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

2011
Succeeded by
Lok Sabha
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Kolkata Dakshin

2011 – 2019
Succeeded by
Rajya Sabha
Preceded by Member of Parliament
in Rajya Sabha for West Bengal

2020 –
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
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Minister for Public Works, Government of West Bengal
20 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Ranjit Kundu
Minister for Transport, Government of West Bengal
20 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by General secretary
All India Trinamool Congress

1 January 1998 – present
Incumbent