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'''Banasri Maity''' (born 28 December 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Banasri Maity, AITC MLA from Kanthi Uttar - Our Neta |url=https://ourneta.com/neta/banasri-maity/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. She is a former member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency]] in [[Purba Medinipur district]]. She was elected in the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] Party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kanthi-uttar Election Results 2021 LIVE, Vote Counting, Leading, Trailing, Winners West Bengal Kanthi-Uttar Constituency Election News LIVE |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/west-bengal-election-results-2021/wb-kanthi-uttar-constituency-213.html |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Maity is from [[Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency|Kanthi Dakshin]], Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. She married Achin Maity. She completed her BA honours in 1987 at [[Prabhat Kumar College]], [[Contai]], which is affiliated with [[Calcutta University]]. Later, she did her postgraduate diploma in teaching at Hestings College. She works as a teacher at Basantia High School.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Banasri Maity (All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)):Constituency- Kanthi Uttar (Purbo Medinipur) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=2050 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>

== Career ==
Maity was elected as an MLA for the first time winning [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] from Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress. She polled 91,528 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Chakradhar Maikap of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], by a margin of 7,955 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-17 |title=West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Kanthi Uttar profile: TMC's Banasri Maity won a seat in past two elections |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-kanthi-uttar-profile-tmcs-banasri-maity-won-seat-in-past-two-elections-9417271.html |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kanthi Uttar Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Sumita Sinha of BJP wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/kanthi-uttar-election-result-2021-live-updates-kanthi-uttar-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3697124.html |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> She retained the Kanthi Uttar seat for the Trinamool Congress in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election defeating the Communist Party's Chakradhar Maikap again, by a margin of 18,576 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kanthi Uttar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/kanthiuttar-west-bengal-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 May 2016 |title=IndiaVotes AC Summary: Kanthi Uttar 2016 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/summary/36880 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>

In December 2020, ahead of the 2021 elections, she resigned from the Trinamool Congress Party following the resignation of rebel Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari, and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party along with him and three other MLAs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-18 |title=West Bengal: Kanthi Uttar MLA Banasri Maity latest to resign from Trinamool Congress |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/west-bengal-kanthi-uttar-mla-banasri-maity-latest-to-resign-from-trinamool-congress-1750972-2020-12-18 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-19 |title=Former TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari joins BJP at Amit Shah's rally |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-tmc-leader-suvendu-adhikari-joins-bjp-at-amit-shahs-rally/articleshow/79812369.cms |access-date=2025-05-19 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

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[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:People from Purba Medinipur district]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021]]
[[Category:Women members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]

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Dwatson32 at 12:31, 27 May 2025