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	'''Prafulla Kumar Maity''' (born July 1, 1932) was an [[India]]n politician. Maity was born in Belda ([[Midnapore District]]), the son of Sambhunath Maity.<ref name=a>{{cite book\|title=Who's who\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rk-2AAAAIAAJ\|year=1974\|publisher=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat\|page=41}}</ref> He was schooled at Belda Gangadhar Academy, Midnapur College, David Hare Training College and obtained M.A. and B.T. degrees from the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name=a/> He worked as a headmaster.<ref name=a/>		'''Prafulla Kumar Maity''' (born July 1, 1932) was an [[India]]n politician. Maity was born in Belda ([[Midnapore District]]), the son of Sambhunath Maity.<ref name=a>{{cite book\|title=Who's who\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rk-2AAAAIAAJ\|year=1974\|publisher=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat\|page=41}}</ref> He was schooled at Belda Gangadhar Academy, Midnapur College, David Hare Training College and obtained M.A. and B.T. degrees from the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name=a/> He worked as a headmaster.<ref name=a/>

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'''Prafulla Kumar Maity''' (born July 1, 1932) was an [[India]]n politician. Maity was born in Belda ([[Midnapore District]]), the son of Sambhunath Maity.<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rk-2AAAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat|page=41}}</ref> He was schooled at Belda Gangadhar Academy, Midnapur College, David Hare Training College and obtained M.A. and B.T. degrees from the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name=a/> He worked as a headmaster.<ref name=a/>

Maity joined the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1950.<ref name=a/> He became the Vice-President of the Midnapore Congress District Committee.<ref name=a/> As of 1960 he served as President of the Midnapor Zilla Khet Majdur Samiti ('Midnapore District Land Workers Association').<ref name="Labour1960">{{cite book|author=West Bengal (India). Dept. of Labour|title=Labour Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Y8XAQAAIAAJ|date=July 1960|page=572}}</ref> He was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971 election]] and the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972 election]] from the [[Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patashpur constituency]].<ref name=a/> In 1971 he obtained 22,954 votes (44.34%), defeating candidates from [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] and [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|Congress(O)]] as well as an independent.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher= [[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate = 4 December 2016}}</ref> In 1972 he obtained 33,844 votes (72.11%) in a straight contest against [[CPI(M)]].<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher= [[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate = 4 December 2016}}</ref>

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