Sankar Malakar

Malakar is from Siliguri, Darjeeling district, West Bengal. He is the son of late Rajendra Malakar. He studied BA under open schooling system at Indira Gandhi National Open University from 2017.^[1]

Malakar first became an MLA winning the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Matigara Naxalbari Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress. He polled 74,334 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Jharen Roy of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), by a margin of 6,833 votes.^[2] He retained the seat for the Congress winning the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he polled 86,441 votes and defeated his closest opponent, Amar Sinha of the Trinamool Congress, by a margin of 18,627 votes.^[2][3] He lost the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election finishing third behind winner, Anandamoy Barman of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rajen Sundas of the TMC, who finished second.^[4][5] In 2019, he also contested and lost from the Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency, which was won by Raju Bista of the BJP.^[6][7][8]He was elected as the President of Darjeeling District Congress Committee. He joined Trinamool Congress in 4th June 2025