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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder 
| name = Haripada Bharati
| office1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|1st President of Bharatiya Janata Party - West Bengal]] 
| term_start1 = 1980
| term_end1 = 1982
| predecessor1 = office established 
| successor1 = [[Vishnu Kant Shastri|Dr. Vishnukant Shastri]] 
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal]] 
| term_start2 = 1977
| term_end2 = 1982
| predecessor2 = [[Ila Roy]]
| successor2 = [[Subrata Mukherjee]] 
| constituency2 = [[Jorabagan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jorabagan]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] 
| otherparty = [[Janata Party]], [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] 
| citizenship = {{flag|India}} 
| residence = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]] 
}}
'''Haripada Bharati''' (also known as "Master Mosai") was the [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|first president of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bjpbengal.org/our-state-presidents/|title=BJP West Bengal - Our State PresidentsBJP West Bengal|language=en|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref> In 1977 he was elected MLA from [[Jorabagan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jorabagan Assembly Constituency]] as a [[Janata Party]] candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/1977/jorabagan/haripada-bharati/|title=🗳️ Haripada Bharati, Jorabagan Assembly Elections 1977 LIVE Results {{!}} Election Dates, Exit Polls, Leading Candidates & Parties {{!}} Latest News, Articles & Statistics {{!}} LatestLY.com|website=LatestLY|language=en|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref> He was also the Principal of [[Narasinha Dutt College]], Howrah.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://narasinhaduttcollege.edu.in/ws/academic/departments/philosophy/|title=Narasinha Dutt College|last=College129|first=Narasinha Dutta|last2=Road|first2=Belilious|website=Narasinha Dutt College|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-22|last3=Bengal|first3=West}}</ref>

==Political career==
He contested the General election of 1967 as [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] candidate from [[Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency)|Calcutta North West]] and got 82,455 (21.08%) votes. In General election of 1971 he again contested as an independent candidate from the same constituency and got around 34,397 (21.08%) votes. In the year 1980, he again contested from [[Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur]] as [[Janata Party]] candidate and got 31846 votes.

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[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1977–1982]]
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[[Category:People from Kolkata]]
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