Padma Bhushan awardee Swapan Dasgupta of BJP wins Rashbehari seat

BJP's Swapan Dasgupta has won the Rashbehari seat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, defeating TMC's Debasish Kumar by 20,865 votes. Dasgupta is a veteran journalist, a Padma Bhushan awardee and a former member of the Rajya Sabha. In the 2021 state Assembly elections, Dasgupta lost his contest for the Tarakeswar seat.