Tapas Banerjee

Tapas Banerjee
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
6 May 2021 – 4 May 2026
Preceded byRunu Dutta
Succeeded byPartha Ghosh
ConstituencyRaniganj
In office
13 May 2011 – 4 May 2021
Preceded byAmitava Mukhopadhyay
Succeeded byAgnimitra Paul
ConstituencyAsansol Dakshin
In office
1996–2001
Preceded byGoutam Roy Choudhury
Succeeded byKalyan Banerjee
ConstituencyAsansol Uttar
Personal details
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
EducationB.Com & LLB
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Tapas Banerjee is an Indian advocate and politician from West Bengal belonging to All India Trinamool Congress. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly representing Raniganj ( Vidhan Sabha constituency) from 2021 to 2026. Earlier he was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly representing Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) from 2011 to 2021.

He graduated with B.Com. & LLB from University of Calcutta. He was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Asansol Dakshin in 2011 and 2016.

Political career

Tapas Banerjee won Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha Constituency) in the 2011 assembly elections. Banerjee defeated his nearest contender, Ashok Kumar Mukherjee of CPI(M), with a margin of 28,541 votes. Banerjee received 89,645 votes, while the runner-up Mukherjee, got 61,104. The voter turnout in the election was 78.69%.

References

  1. ↑ "Tapas Banerjee(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- ASANSOL DAKSHIN(BARDHAMAN) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Asansol Dakshin Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". www.elections.in. Retrieved 19 December 2020.