Record №west-bengal-37 · 18th Lok Sabha
Shri Saumitra Khan

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Bishnupur, West Bengal
Bharatiya Janata Party
Saumitra Khan is an Indian politician representing the Bishnupur constituency of West Bengal in the Lok Sabha since 2014. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 and currently serves as the president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha West Bengal.
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accountability · Poor
The election
How they won the seat
2024 general election result, as declared by the Election Commission of India.
Margin vs NOTA
More voters chose NOTA than the number of votes separating the winner from the runner-up.
Runner-up: SUJATA MONDAL (AITC).
Updated 4 Jun 2024
Parliamentary work
Did they show up — and speak?
Lok Sabha activity tracked by PRS. House averages: 84% attendance · 26 questions · 6 debates.
What they ask about · questions by ministry
How they used the floor · interventions by type
15 recorded interventions across 7 types, as logged by PRS.
Updated 31 May 2026
The affidavit
What they declared
As self-declared in the sworn 2024 election affidavit. Criminal cases are self-declared — pending ≠ convicted.
Declared assets across 4 sworn affidavits · 2011 → 2014 → 2019 → 2024
Each point is a sworn affidavit filed with the Election Commission. Declared assets moved from ₹1.3 L (2011) to ₹3.09 Cr (2024) — a change of +23,276%.
Updated 1 May 2024
The affidavit · in detail
Cases, assets & income, line by line
Reproduced from the sworn 2024 ECI affidavit. Self-declared — pending ≠ convicted.
Cite a serious IPC section
9 of 15
Other declared cases
6
“Serious” follows the ADR / MyNeta criteria (offence punishable by 5+ years, non-bailable, electoral, against the State, or a crime against women); derived from the self-declared sections. MyNeta’s own analysis lists this MP among winners with declared serious criminal cases.
Charges by IPC / BNS section · self-declared
- 4×Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty (§332)
- 4×Punishment for criminal intimidation (§506)
- 4×Punishment for criminal breach of trust (§406)
- 3×Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property (§420)
- 3×Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent (§409)
- 1×Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc. (§407)
- 1×Punishment for theft (§379)
- 1×Dishonestly receiving stolen property (§411)
- 1×Habitually dealing in stolen property (§413)
- 1×Punishment for rape (§376)
- 1×Forgery for purpose of cheating (§468)
- 1×Forgery of valuable security, will, etc. (§467)
- 1×Statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes (§505(2)
- 1×Statements conducing to public mischief (§505(1)
- 1×Sexual harassment (unwelcome physical contact,advances,demand,request for sexual favours, showing pornography, sexually coloured remark) (§354A)
- 1×Assisting in concealment of stolen property (§414)
- 5×Punishment for Being member of an unlawful assembly (§143)
- 4×Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant (§188)
- 3×Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty (§353)
- 3×Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life (§269)
- 2×Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention (§34)
- 2×Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life (§270)
- 2×Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions (§186)
- 2×Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace (§504)
- 2×Punishment of criminal conspiracy (§120B)
- 2×Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman (§509)
- 2×Threat of injury to public servant (§189)
- 1×Punishment for Rioting (§147)
- 1×Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation (§283)
- 1×Disobedience to quarantine rule (§271)
- 1×Punishment for Defamation (§500)
- 1×Obscene acts and songs (§294)
- 1×Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter (§285)
- 1×Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt (§323)
- 1×Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance (§187)
- 1×Punishment for wrongful Confinement (§342)
Pending · 15
- Sonamukhi PS Case No 68/2023 Dt:13.04.2023 serious
Special Judge, MP MLA Court
§143§189§323§332§353§354A§505(1)§506§509 - Kotulpur PS Case No.-243/22 Dated 19.09.2022 serious
ACJM, Bishnupur, Bankura
§420§120B - Khandaghosh PS Case No.21/21 Dt.: 29.01.2021 serious
ACJM, Burdwan
§504§505(1)(b)§509 - Mollarpur PS Case No.104/20 Dt:31.10.2020 serious
JM 2nd Court , Birbhum
§143§186§188§353§332§504§506§505(2)§269§270Section 51 of D & M Act, Ssec-3 of E & D Act.
- Borjora PS Case no 07/19 Dt:10.01.2020 serious
Special Judge, MP MLA Court
§409§406§420§467§468§506Section-7 PC Act 1988
- New Town PS Case No.73/19,Dated 22.02.2019 serious
CJM, Barasat
§342§376§406 - Joypur PS Case no 10/19 Dt:17.02.2019 serious
ACJM, Bishnupur, Bankura
§420§406§409 - Bankura PS Case No.33/19 Dt:05.02.2019 serious
Special Judge, MP MLA Court
§406§407§409§506Section- 7
- Patrasayer PS Case No 03/19 Dt:07.01.2019 serious
ACJM, Bishnupur, Bankura
§379§411§413§414§120B§34Sec- 4D of W.B.L.R.Act Sec -21 OF M&M Act
- Sonamukhi PS Case No 69/2023 Dt:13.04.2023
ACJM, Bishnupur, Bankura
§143§189§332§353§285 - Hare Street PS Case No.172/21 Dt:16.08.2021
CMM, Calcutta
§143§147§188§187Section- 51B of D&M Act.
- Siliguri PS Case no 1239/20 Dt:18.09.2020
ACJM, Siliguri
§294§500§34 - Siliguri PS Case no 1237/20,Dt:18.09.2020
ACJM, Siliguri
§188§269§270Sec-51(b) of D & M Act
- Bagnan PS Case No 182/20 Dt:24.06.2020
ACJM, Ulberia
§143§269§271§332§186§283§188 - Bishnupur PS Case No.-32/19 Dt: 27.01.2019
ACJM, Bishnupur, Bankura
Section-25(1)(a) & 27 of Arms Act
Convicted · 0
None declared.
Reproduced verbatim from the candidate’s sworn ECI affidavit. Self-declared; pending ≠ convicted. Cases marked “charges framed” are pending cases where the court has framed charges and the trial has begun — a court stage, not a verdict.
Where the declared wealth sits
Movable
₹2.45 Cr
Immovable
₹88.6 L
Declared sources of income
- SelfSocial worker
- SpouseProfession
- DependentNa
Income declared in ITR, by year (self)
Updated 1 May 2024
Local-area funds
Where the development money went
MPLADS development funds for the constituency. House average: 27% spent.
Updated 31 May 2026
Party funding
Who bankrolled the party
Electoral bonds received by Bharatiya Janata Party between 2019 and 2024 — party-level, not attributable to this MP. The scheme was struck down by the Supreme Court in February 2024.
Top corporate donors to Bharatiya Janata Party
Donor-level breakdown is not disclosed for this party in the public bond data.
Updated 15 Feb 2024
What the numbers suggest
Read between the lines
Arithmetic on the public record — cross-checking what was declared, attended, debated, asked and spent. These are observations about the figures, each cited to its source. dickipedia draws no conclusions about any individual.
Declared assets grew 23,276% across 4 affidavits
Review-worthyFrom ₹1.3 L (2011) to ₹3.09 Cr (2024) — among the steepest on record (top 1% of MPs).
Declared case(s) cite IPC sections for cheating, forgery of valuable security, rape
Review-worthySections 420, 467, 376 appear in the self-declared affidavit. Pending ≠ convicted; reproduced as recorded.
76% of development funds lie unspent
FlagOnly 25% of MPLADS local-area funds were spent — ₹11.10 Cr unspent.
More voters chose NOTA than the victory margin
NotableNOTA drew 19,132 votes; the seat was won by 5,567.
Reach & roles
Contact & committees
Public contact details as published by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
Vill. and P.O. Durlovpur, Distt. Bankura, West Bengal, 722133
Updated 31 May 2026
Press coverage
In the news
Recent third-party press matched to this MP via an automated news search — aggregated headlines linking out to the original publishers. These are the publishers’ own words: not verified by dickipedia, not one of the public registries, and excluded from the accountability score. An automated match may occasionally be imperfect.
MP-MLA Court In Bengal Grants Bail To BJP MP Saumitra Khan In 2023 Case
Ommcom News · 6 Jul 2024Bengal BJP leadership is incompetent … TMC contacted me (after results) … Some proposals have come but I have not made up my mind yet: MP Saumitra Khan
The Indian Express · 13 Jun 2024‘I have options’: BJP's Bishunpur MP Saumitra Khan hints at TMC shift if denied ministerial berth
The Times of India · 10 Jun 2024Bishnupur (SC) election results 2024 live updates: BJP's Khan Saumitra wins
The Times of India · 5 Jun 2024Saumitra Khan vs Sujata Mondal: It's battle of the exes in Bengal's Bishnupur
theweek.in · 26 May 2024
Updated 31 May 2026
Provenance
Sources & method
- Election Commission of India
- PRS Legislative Research
- Lok Sabha Secretariat
- ADR / MyNeta — sworn affidavit
- MPLADS eSAKSHI (MoSPI)
- ECI / SBI electoral-bond disclosure
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
- Google News (aggregated press; not verified)
dickipedia reports public records and the arithmetic on them, and cites every figure; it authors no accusations. Criminal data is reproduced as self-declared in sworn affidavits (pending ≠ convicted). Electoral-bond totals are party-level. Spot an error? It’s open data — corrections welcome on GitHub.