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'''Matiranjan Tar''' was an [[India]]n politician, belonging to the [[Indian National Congress]]. Tar was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Cooch Behar Uttar Assembly constituency|Cooch Behar North constituency]] in the [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967 election]].<ref name=wbelec>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ Election Results of West Bengal: Statistics & Analysis, Vol. 1]''. p. 448</ref> He obtained 17,440 votes (37.73%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140404194327/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><br />
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Tar lost the Cooch Behar North seat in the subsequent [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]. Although Tar's vote share had increased to 21,514 votes (46.06%) he was defeated by the [[All India Forward Bloc]] candidate Bimal Kanti Basu.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140718182429/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><br />
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[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1967–1969]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:People from Cooch Behar]]<br />
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