{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Debasish Kumar | image = MIL1759.jpg | caption = | office1 = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = 2 May 2021 | term_end1 = 4 May 2026 | constituency1 = Rashbehari | predecessor1 = Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | successor1 = Swapan Dasgupta | office2 = Member Of Board of Administration KMC | 1blankname2 = Mayor | 1namedata2 = Firhad Hakim | 2blankname2 = Deputy | 2namedata2 = Atin Ghosh | constituency2 = Ward No. 85 | term_start2 = 1 April 2020 | office3 = President of South Calcutta District Trinamool Congress Committee | term_start3 = 23 July 2020 | birth_place = Kolkata | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|12|22}} | spouse = Devjani Basu Kumar | party = Trinamool Congress | alma_mater = 12th pass | profession = Politician | website = www.debasishkumar.com | footnotes = }} ''' Debasish Kumar ''' (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian politician and member of Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Debasish Kumar Election Affidavit|work=Election Commission of India|url= https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-profile/MTY0NDE=/MTY=/MTA=/Mw==/QUM= |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=West Bengal Assembly Election Candidate Debasish Kumar |work=NDTV|url= https://www.ndtv.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly-election-candidates-list-2021/debasish-kumar-25160-1 |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> He is a former MLA,<ref>{{Cite web|title= Debasish Kumar was a TMC candidate Rashbehari |work=News18|url= https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2021/west-bengal/debasish-kumar-rashbehari-candidate-s25a160c002/ |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> elected from the Rashbehari constituency in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Rashbehari, West Bengal Assembly election result 2021|work=India Today|url= https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/rashbehari-west-bengal-assembly-election-result-2021-live-updates-1797240-2021-05-02 |access-date= 9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= Debasish Kumar - राशबिहारी विधानसभा चुनाव 2021 परिणाम|work=Amar Ujala|url= https://www.amarujala.com/election/vidhan-sabha-elections/west-bengal/candidates/debasish-kumar-aitc-2021-rashbehari-179-west-bengal |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> He was once the Deputy Chief Government Whip, in Government of West Bengal, Assembly House. He was the Member Mayor in Council of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Administrators|work=KMC|url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/mmic.jsp}}</ref> Debasish Kumar was also the District President, South Kolkata District of Trinamool Congress. Currently he doesn't hold any office after being defeated by Dr Swapan Dasgupta in 2026 election by a margin of over twenty thousand votes. The Trinamool Congress were humiliated and humbled in the election. His daughter Devlina Kumar is an actress and married to actor Gourab Chatterjee.
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