title: Smita Bakshi
text: # 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). She was MLA of Jorasanko, Councillor of KMC Ward 25 & Chairperson of Borough IV, Working President of West Bengal Trinamool Mahila Congress.
  
  ## 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 | NOTA | 2,374 |
  