Surjya Kanta Mishra (born 18 April 1949) is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

He served as Minister of Health and Minister in-charge of Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development in the Left Front governments of West Bengal[1][2] and was the Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal State Committee between 2015 and 2022.

He received his MBBS degree from Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack in 1971 and then a Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases in 1974.

Mishra's emergence in the political arena happened in the early 1970s, when he joined Students' Federation of India.

Mishra, regarded as a hardliner, was part of the team that voted against Jyoti Basu becoming prime minister of a Left supported Congress-led government in 1996.

He lost to TMC's Prodyut Kumar Ghosh with a margin over 13,500 votes in the 2016 assembly election as a candidate in Narayangarh.

Mishra was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from the Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for five consecutive terms.

Even after shifting base to Kolkata and becoming a heavy weight minister in the state cabinet, Mishra stuck to his roots.