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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|2|9}}
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| office1        =[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] 
| constituency1  = [[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alipurduars]]
| term_start1    = 2014
| term_end1      = 2019
| predecessor1   = [[Manohar Tirkey]]
| successor1     = [[John Barla]]
| party          = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] {{small|(2020—present)}}
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*[[All India Trinamool Congress]] {{small|(2014-2019)}}
*[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] {{small|(till 2014)}}
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'''Dasrath Tirkey''' was a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and won the [[2014 Indian general elections]] from the [[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. In 2019, he lost the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS252.htm?ac=2 |title=Constituencywise-All Candidates |publisher=Eciresults.nic.in |access-date=2014-05-17}}</ref>

Three Left Front MLAs, Dasarath Tirkey and [[Ananta Deb Adhikari]] of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] and Sunil Mandal of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] joined All India Trinamool Congress in February 2014.<ref>{{cite web| url =  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Twin-defections-but-different-outcomes/articleshow/30076338.cms|title = Twin defections, but different outcomes| publisher = The Times of India, 9 February 2014 |access-date = 23 June 2014}}</ref>Join Bhartiya Janata party 2020

While in RSP, Dasrath Tirkey was MLA for three consecutive terms in [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]], [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]] and [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]] elections, from [[Kumargram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kumargram]] assembly seat.<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> He was elected M.P. before he completed his last term as MLA.

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{{16th LS members from West Bengal}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
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[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal]]
[[Category:People from Alipurduar]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) politicians]]