Dasrath Tirkey
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byManohar Tirkey
Succeeded byJohn Barla
ConstituencyAlipurduars
Personal details
Born (1967-02-09) 9 February 1967
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2020—present)
Other political
affiliations
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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.[1]

Three Left Front MLAs, Dasarath Tirkey and Ananta Deb Adhikari of RSP and Sunil Mandal of Forward Bloc joined All India Trinamool Congress in February 2014.[2] He joined Bhartiya Janata party 2020.

While in RSP, Dasrath Tirkey was MLA for three consecutive terms in 2001, 2006 and 2011 elections, from Kumargram assembly seat.[3][4][5] He was elected M.P. before he completed his last term as MLA.

References

  1. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  2. "Twin defections, but different outcomes". The Times of India, 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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