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'''Biswanath Chakraborty''' (born 1932) was an Indian politician from [[Behala]]. <br />
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Chakraborty was born on October 31, 1932 in [[Lodna]] ([[Bihar]]).<ref name=who/> He was the son of Dhananjay Chakraborty.<ref name=who/> Biswanath Chakraborty went to school at the [[Barisha High School]] in [[Behala]].<ref name=who/> He would continue his studies in [[Calcutta]] at the [[Bangabasi College]], the [[Ashutosh College]] and the [[Calcutta University]] - obtaining a [[Master of Arts]] degree.<ref name=who/> Chakraborty married Dipti, the couple had one daughter and two sons.<ref name=who/> Chakraborty worked as a lecturer, and was a member of the General Council of the West Bengal College and University Teachers Association.<ref name=who/> He served as a Commissioner of the South Suburban Municipality (Behala). He served as president and secretary of various schools in Behala.<ref name=who>''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=I78yAAAAMAAJ Who's who 1972: General Election, March 1972]''. West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat, 1974. p. 13</ref><br />
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The [[Communist Party of India]] fielded Chakraborty as its candidate for the [[Behala West Assembly constituency|Behala West seat]] in the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], confronting the incumbent [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] legislator Rabin Mukherjee. Mukherjee retained the seat, with Chakraborty finishing in second place with 25,394 votes (43.07%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140718182727/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1971 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref> Chakraborty again stood as the CPI candidate for Behala West in the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], this time defeating Mukherjee having obtained 31,939 votes (51.55%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140404195120/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
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[[Category:Asutosh College alumni]]</div>Swap72