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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Sailen Sarkar
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| birth_date = 18 July 1940
| birth_place = [[Barisal]]
| residence =
| death_date = 31 December 2013
| death_place = [[English Bazar|Malda]]
| office1 = [[Department of Tourism (West Bengal)|Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Urban Development]]
| term1 = 1982-1987
| office2 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Food Processing]]
| term2 = 2001-2006
| office3 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Biophysical environment|Environment]] and [[Parliamentary Affairs]]
| term3 = 2006-2011
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| religion =
| spouse = Swati Sarkar
| college =
| children = No children
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'''Sailen Sarkar''' was a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] politician, a minister in the state government, five-time legislator and a CPI(M) secretariate member.

==Early days==
Born at [[Barisal]], now in [[Bangladesh]], on 18 July 1940, he was a teacher in early life. In 1956, he joined the movement against the merger of Bengal and Bihar. He acquired the membership of the undivided [[Communist Party of India]] in 1960.<ref name=toi>{{cite web| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Former-Bengal-minister-Sailen-Sarkar-dead/articleshow/28199427.cms |title = Former Bengal minister Sailen Sarkar dead |publisher= The Times of India, 31 December 2013 | accessdate = 14 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=statesman>{{cite web | url =http://www.thestatesman.net/news/32379-veteran-cpm-leader-passes-away.html | title =Veteran CPM leader passes away | publisher =The Statesman, 1 January 2014 | accessdate =14 July 2014 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20140719061858/http://www.thestatesman.net/news/32379-veteran-cpm-leader-passes-away.html | archivedate =19 July 2014 | df =dmy-all }}</ref>

==Electoral achievements==
Sailen Sarkar was elected, on [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] tickets, to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|English Bazar]] 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 = 18 June 2014}}</ref> 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 = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 18 June 2014}}</ref>

During this period he served as minister of state for municipal affairs and urban development in the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] ministry in West Bengal from 1982 to 1987.<ref name=toi/>

He was elected from [[Ratua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ratua]] in 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>

He was cabinet minister of food processing from 2001 to 2006, and cabinet minister for environment and parliamentary affairs from 2006 to 2011.<ref name=toi/>

''The Statesman'' wrote, "Sarkar contested in Parliamentary elections four times but did not succeed. In 1991, he lost by a hairline margin of 1,820 votes against redoubtable Congress leader, Mr Ghani Khan Choudhury."<ref name=statesman/>

He was the district CPI(M) secretary in the nineties and was the CPI(M) secretariat member till his last day.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://echoofindia.com/|title = Former Minister Sailen Sarkar passes away|publisher=The Echo of India, 31 December 2013 | accessdate = 14 July 2014}}</ref>

==Family and death==
His wife, Swati Sarkar, died a year earlier and he was survived by his siblings.<ref name=statesman/>
Sailen Sarkar died at a nursing home in Malda town on 31 December 2013 after a brief illness. He was 73.<ref name=statesman/>

State tourism minister, [[Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury]] showed his respect with a floral tribute and said: "Sarkar was dedicated to his party and sacrificed immensely for Left Front politics. His service as a responsible minister would be remembered always."<ref name=statesman/>

The Maldah Uttar MP, [[Mausam Noor]] showed her respect with a floral tribute and said: "Sarkar always maintained a congenial relationship with Opposition parties. He was a perfect combination of an able political leader and a successful administrator."<ref name=statesman/>

State social welfare minister and district Trinamul Congress president, [[Sabitri Mitra]], sent her condolences to Sarkar's family.<ref name=statesman/>

==References==
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==External links==
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->Red Director: Adding local short description: "Indian politician", overriding Wikidata description "Indian politician" (Shortdesc helper)

>Iridescent: /* Electoral achievements */Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: from 1982–1987 → from 1982 to 1987