Subrata Bakshi

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.

Subrata Bakshi
Bakshi in March 2023
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2020
Preceded by	Manish Gupta
Constituency	West Bengal
State President of West Bengal Trinamool Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 1998
Leader	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Position 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 by	Mamata Banerjee
Succeeded by	Mala Roy
Constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Majority	136,339 (11.67%)
Minister for Public Works Department,Government of West Bengal
In office 20 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Kshiti Goswami
Succeeded by	Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar
Minister for Transport, Government of West Bengal
In office 20 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Ranjit Kundu
Succeeded by	Madan Mitra
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 13 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
Preceded by	Constituency was named before as Kalighat
Succeeded by	Mamata Banerjee
Constituency	Bhabanipur
In office 2006–2011
Preceded by	Subrata Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Sikha Mitra
Constituency	Chowranghee
In office 2001–2006
Preceded by	Sankar Saran Sarkar
Succeeded by	Rathin Sarkar
Constituency	Bishnupur West
General Secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress
In office 2015–2021
Preceded by	Mukul Roy
Succeeded by	Abhishek Banerjee
Personal details
Born	(1950-07-23) 23 July 1950 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party	Trinamool Congress (1998–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (before 1998)
Spouse	Sahana Bakshi (m. 1992)
Children	1 (Son)
Residence(s)	Kolkata, New Delhi
Alma mater	Calcutta University (B.Sc., LL.B.)
Profession	Social Worker, Politician
As of 15 March 2021 Source: [1]

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.