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'''Swapan Kumar Beltharia''' (born 2 February 1961)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Swapan Kumar Beltharia, AITC MLA from Kashipur - Our Neta |url=https://ourneta.com/neta/swapan-kumar-beltharia/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. He is a former two time member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kashipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency]] in [[Purulia district]]. He was elected in the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]] and [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-02 |title=Kashipur Election Result 2021 LIVE: How to check Kashipur assembly (Vidhan Sabha) election winners, losers, vote margin, news updates - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/kashipur-election-result-2021-live-how-to-check-kashipur-assembly-vidhan-sabha-election-winners-losers-vote-margin-news-updates-9143161.htm |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Beltharia is from [[Kalloli]], [[Kashipur, West Bengal|Kashipur]], Purulia district, West Bengal.<ref name=":0" /> He is the son of late Nandagopal Beltharia. He passed the Class 8 examinations at Rangamati Ranjandih High School. Later, he discontinued his studies and started his own business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swapan Kumar Beltharia(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- KASHIPUR(PURULIA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/WestBengal2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=96 |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Beltharia was first elected as an MLA in the Kashipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress in the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]. He polled 69.492 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Subhas Chandra Mahata of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], by a margin of 3,721 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Summary: Kashipur 2016 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/summary/36911 |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> He retained the Kashipur seat for the Trinamool Congress winning the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. In 2016, he got 87,483 votes and defeated his closest opponent, Sudin Kisku of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), by a margin of 19,578 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-25 |title=West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Kashipur profile: TMC's Swapan Beltharia won seat in 2016, seeks third term |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-kashipur-profile-tmcs-swapan-beltharia-won-seat-in-2016-seeks-third-term-9401721.html |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref> However, he lost the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] to [[Kamalakanta Hansda]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] by a margin of 7,387 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kashipur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/kashipur-west-bengal-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kashipur Election Results 2021 LIVE, Vote Counting, Leading, Trailing , Winners West bengal Kashipur Constituency Election News LIVE |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/west-bengal-election-results-2021/wb-kashipur-constituency-244.html |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1961 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:People from Purulia district]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016]]<br />
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