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'''Biswajit Kundu''' (born 1974)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Biswajit Kundu(Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)):Constituency - Kalna (SC)(Purba Bardhaman) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/WestBengal2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=1240 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. He is a former two time member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kalna Assembly constituency]], which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in [[Purba Bardhaman district]]. He was elected in the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[All India Trinamool Congress]].

== Early life and education ==
Kundu is from [[Kalna I|Kalna]], Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal. He is the son of late Ramnarayan Kundu. He studied Class 10 and passed the [[Madhyamik Pariksha]] conducted by [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] in 1992. He runs his own business while his wife is a school teacher.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Kundu was first elected as an MLA from Kalna Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress in the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]. He polled 85,096 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Sukul Chandra Sikdar of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], by a margin of 12,637 votes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Kalna Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/kalna-west-bengal-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kalna Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Deboprasad Bag (Poltu) Of TMC Wins. |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/kalna-election-result-2021-live-updates-kalna-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3695186.html |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> He retained the seat for the Trinamool Congress winning the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-02 |title=Kalna Election Result 2021 LIVE: How to check Kalna assembly (Vidhan Sabha) election winners, losers, vote margin, news updates - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/kalna-election-result-2021-live-how-to-check-kalna-assembly-vidhan-sabha-election-winners-losers-vote-margin-news-updates-9139301.htm |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref> In 2016, he polled votes and once again defeated his closest opponent, Sikdar of the Communist Party, by a margin of 25,261 votes.<ref name=":1" /> He later shifted to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and lost the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] to [[Deboprasad Bag|Deboprosad Bag]] (Poltu) of the Trinamool Congress by a margin of 7,478 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-04 |title=West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Kalna profile: Sitting MLA Biswajit Kundu has switched over from TMC to BJP |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-kalna-profile-sitting-mla-biswajit-kundu-has-switched-over-from-tmc-to-bjp-9377701.html |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>

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[[Category:1974 births]]
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[[Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politicians from Purba Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021]]

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LatonyaSunseri2 at 02:05, 28 May 2025