# Debasish Kumar

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{{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](/source/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly)
| term_start1   = 2 May 2021
| term_end1     = 4 May 2026
| constituency1 = [Rashbehari](/source/Rashbehari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency))
| predecessor1  = [Sovandeb Chattopadhyay](/source/Sovandeb_Chattopadhyay)
| successor1    = [Swapan Dasgupta](/source/Swapan_Dasgupta)
| office2       = [Member Of Board of Administration KMC](/source/Kolkata_Municipal_Corporation)
| 1blankname2   = [Mayor](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Kolkata)
| 1namedata2    = [Firhad Hakim](/source/Firhad_Hakim)
| 2blankname2   = [Deputy](/source/Kolkata_Municipal_Corporation)
| 2namedata2    = [Atin Ghosh](/source/Atin_Ghosh)
| constituency2 = [Ward No. 85](/source/Ward_No._85%2C_Kolkata_Municipal_Corporation)
| term_start2   = 1 April 2020
| office3       = President of South Calcutta District [Trinamool Congress](/source/Trinamool_Congress) Committee
| term_start3   = 23 July 2020
| birth_place   = [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata)
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|12|22}}
| spouse        = Devjani Basu Kumar
| party         = [Trinamool Congress](/source/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](/source/Trinamool_Congress).<ref>{{Cite web|title=  Debasish Kumar  Election Affidavit|work=[Election Commission of India](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)),<ref>{{Cite web|title= Debasish Kumar was a TMC candidate Rashbehari |work=[News18](/source/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](/source/Rashbehari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)) constituency in the [2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election](/source/2021_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election).<ref>{{Cite web|title=  Rashbehari, West Bengal Assembly election result 2021|work=[India Today](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Kolkata_Municipal_Corporation).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Administrators|work=[KMC](/source/Kolkata_Municipal_Corporation)|url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/mmic.jsp}}</ref>
Debasish Kumar was also the District President, South [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata) District of [Trinamool Congress](/source/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](/source/Gourab_Chatterjee).

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Category:Members of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation

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