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'''Prosun Kumar Ghosh''' (died 1972) was an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]], belonging to the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was a local leader of the Congress Party in the South 24 Parganas. He was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in 1972, but died just a few weeks after being elected.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Ghosh graduated from the [[Scottish Church College]] in [[Calcutta]].<ref name=obi/> He served as the chairman of the [[Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality|Joynagar Majilpur Municipality]]<ref name=obi/> He was the Joint Secretary of the 24 Parganas District Congress Committee, and after bifurcation of the Congress Party District organisation, he became the chairman of the South 24 Parganas Congress District Committee. He was active in many social organisations.<ref name=obi/><br />
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The Congress Party fielded Ghosh as its candidate for the [[Jaynagar Assembly constituency|Joynagar seat]] in the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], confronting the incumbent [[Socialist Unity Centre of India]] legislator [[Subodh Banarjee|Subodh Banerjee]]. Banerjee retained the seat, with Ghosh finishing in second place with 23,656 votes (40.76%%).<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> Ghosh again stood as the Congress Party candidate for the Joynagar seat in the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|March 11, 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], this time defeating Banerjee having obtained 29,675 votes (51.60%).<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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Ghosh died on 19 April 1972, shortly after the election.<ref name=obi>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=YmWjlBQVVA0C Assembly Proceedings; Official Report, Vol. 52, Issues 1-2]''. West Bengal Legislative Assembly. West Bengal Government Press, 1972. p. 379</ref> A by-election was held for the Joynagar assembly seat on 6 June 1972, which was won by Congress Party candidate Nirad Kumar Saha.<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. 63</ref><br />
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[[Category:1972 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1972–1977]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:People from Jaynagar Majilpur]]<br />
[[Category:Scottish Church College alumni]]</div>CandicePrenderga