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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific_prefix = <br />
| name = Kamakhya Prasad Tripathy<br />
| honorific_suffix = <small>Ex. Finance Minister of Assam</small><br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| office = 6th Finance Minister of Assam<br />
| term_start = 1967<br />
| term_end = 1972<br />
| predecessor = [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]<br />
| successor = [[Sarat Chandra Sinha]]<br />
| office2 = Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1957<br />
| term_end2 = 1972<br />
| predecessor2 = Constituency established<br />
| successor2 = Kosheswar Bora<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1930|5|12}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tezpur]], [[Assam Province|Assam]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1978|3|19|1926|8|29}}<br />
| death_place = [[Tezpur]], [[Assam]], [[India]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]],<br />
[[Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
| profession = Politician, professor<br />
| alma_mater = [[Cotton University]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Biswanath (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Biswanath]]<br />
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term3 = 1952-1957<br />
| constituency3 = Darrang Lok Sabha Constituency<br />
}}<br />
'''Kamakhya Prasad Tripathy''' (d. 1978) was an Indian politician, educator and independence activist. He was a member of [[1st Lok Sabha]] from [[Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency|Darrang Lok Sabha constituency]], Finance Minister of Assam under Chief Ministers [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]],[[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry]] and 3 times former member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] from [[Biswanath Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-11-06 |title=A politician with Left leanings |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/a-politician-with-left-leanings/articleshow/10631936.cms |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Members Bioprofile |url=http://164.100.60.131/loksabha1/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1077.htm |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=164.100.60.131}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-24 |title=kamakhya prasad tripathi |url=https://kamleshsujata.blog/tag/kamakhya-prasad-tripathi/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Shravan charity mission |language=en}}</ref> He was also the founding Principal of [[Darrang College]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-03-06 |title=Assam's Himanta Biswa Sarma becomes 4th finance minister to present 5 successive budgets |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/assams-himanta-biswa-sarma-becomes-4th-finance-minister-to-present-5-successive-budgets/articleshow/74514472.cms |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== Electoral history ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Constituency<br />
!Election<br />
!Result<br />
!Votes<br />
!Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]]<br />
|[[Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency|Darrang]]<br />
|[[Parliament of India]]<br />
|'''Won'''<br />
|'''81,775'''<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|[[Biswanath Assembly constituency|Biswanath]]<br />
|[[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|'''Won'''<br />
|'''14,418'''<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
|[[Biswanath Assembly constituency|Biswanath]]<br />
|[[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|'''Won'''<br />
|'''20,490'''<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|[[Biswanath Assembly constituency|Biswanath]]<br />
|[[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|'''Won'''<br />
|'''13,295'''<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1978]]<br />
|[[Behali Assembly constituency|Behali]]<br />
|[[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|'''Lost'''<br />
|'''7,026'''<br />
|[[Janata Party]]<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian politicians assassinated in the 20th century]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:1930 births]]<br />
[[Category:1978 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Asian politicians assassinated in the 1970s]]<br />
[[Category:People from Tezpur]]<br />
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