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| office1 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for Jails and Social Welfare <br/> in the [[West Bengal Government]]<br />
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| term1 = 1986-2011<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] of [[West Bengal]]<br />
| term2 = 2016 — 2021<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Sankar Chakraborty]]<br />
| successor2 = Ashok Kumar Lahiri<br />
| constituency2 = [[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]<br />
| term_start3 = 1977<br />
| term_end3 = 2011<br />
| predecessor3 = Bireshwar Roy<br />
| successor3 = [[Sankar Chakraborty]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]<br />
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'''Biswanath Chowdhury''' is a [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] politician, and a MLA from [[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]] for eight times. He was the West Bengal minister for Jails and Social Welfare for quarter of a century.<br />
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==Seven-time MLA==<br />
Biswanath Chowdhury, a graduate from Balurghat College,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/Coverage/Assembly-Elections-2011/spotlight.aspx | title = Battle for Bengal, Phase I | work = Balurghat – Elections 2011 | publisher = Hindustan Times | accessdate = 14 July 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140715151345/http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/Coverage/Assembly-Elections-2011/spotlight.aspx | archivedate = 15 July 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> first became a MLA in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Thereafter, he continued as MLA in 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 2006.<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> In the 2011 elections he lost to [[Sankar Chakraborty]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Minister for 25 years==<br />
Biswanath Chowdhury was minister for Jails and Social Welfare in West Bengal for 25 years from 1986 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indianexpress.com/tag/biswanath-chowdhury/ | title = A bit of culture rejuvenates me: Minister Biswanath |publisher= Indian Express, 17 October 2010| accessdate = 14 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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