BJP's Swapan Dasgupta won the Rashebhari assembly constituency in the West Bengal elections. He defeated Trinamool Congress' Debasish Kumar by a margin of 20,865 votes in the constituency. He received a total of 74,123 votes, while Debasish bagged 53,258 votes. Kumar was the sitting MLA here.
Vote counting in the Rashbehari Assembly constituency, along with 292 other seats, took place on Monday as the Trinamool Congress suffered another blow.
Kumar, the sitting MLA from Rashbehari, secured the seat in the 2021 Assembly elections by defeating BJP’s Subrata Saha with a margin of over 21,000 votes. He also serves as the president of the South Calcutta District Trinamool Congress Committee.
Dasgupta, a former journalist, was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from 2016 to 2022, barring a few months in between. In 2021, he resigned from the upper house to contest the West Bengal Assembly elections from Tarakeswar on a BJP ticket but lost by more than 7,000 votes. He was later re-nominated to the Rajya Sabha to complete the remainder of his term.
Rashbehari has long been considered a stronghold of the ruling Trinamool Congress, retaining its hold over the seat for nearly three decades. However, the stakes were higher this time. Senior BJP leaders, including Union Minister Amit Shah and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, held a roadshow in the constituency in support of Dasgupta during his nomination.
Demography of Rashbehari seat
Established in 1957, the Rashbehari Assembly constituency falls within Kolkata district and is part of the Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha segment. It is an urban constituency, largely comprising Bengali Hindu middle- and upper-middle-class voters.
