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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1944|1|30}}
| birth_place =
| residence = [[Bhowanipore|Bhabanipur]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Department of Agriculture (West Bengal)|Minister of Agriculture]]<br>[[Government of West Bengal]]
| term_start = 10 May 2021|
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| predecessor = [[Asish Banerjee]]
| office1 = Minister for Power & Non Conventional Energy, [[Government of West Bengal]]
| constituency1 =
| term_start1 = 27 May 2016
| term_end1 = 9 May 2021
| governor1 = [[Keshari Nath Tripathi]]<br/>[[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| predecessor1 = [[Manish Gupta (politician)|Manish Gupta]]
| successor1 = [[Aroop Biswas]]
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the]] [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start2 = 2 November 2021
| predecessor2 = [[Kajal Sinha]]
| constituency2 = [[Khardaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khardaha]]
| majority2 = 93,832
| majority3 = 28,719
| term_start3 = 2 May 2021
| term_end3 = 21 May 2021
| predecessor3 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| constituency3 = [[Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhabanipur]]
| constituency4 = [[Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rashbehari]]
|successor3 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| salary1 =
| term4 = 1998 — 2021
| predecessor4 = Dr. Hoimi Basu
| successor4 = [[Debasish Kumar]]
| chief_ minister1 = Mamata Banerjee , Buddhadev Bhattachariya , Jyoti bose
| governor = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
| office5 =
| constituency5 = [[Baruipur Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baruipur Paschim]]
| term_start5 = 1991
| term_end5 = 1998
| predecessor5 = [[Hemen Majumdar]]
| successor5 = [[Sujan Chakraborty]]
| chief_ minister2 =
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (1998 – present)
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] (1976-1998)
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| spouse = Supriya Chattopadhyay
| children = 2 Sons
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]] ([[B.Sc.]]-[[LL.B.]])
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'''Sovandeb Chattopadhyay ''' is an Indian politician representing [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and is the first elected MLA of the party, elected in 1998. He was the founder president of INTTUC the labour wing of his party Trinamool Congress.

He was the Government [[Chief Whip]] of his first TMC govt. in the West Bengal [[Vidhan Sabha]] from 2011 to 2016. On 27 May 2016 he took charge as the Hon'ble Minister of Power & Non Conventional Energy, Government of West Bengal.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110516/jsp/frontpage/story_13987791.jsp |title = Mamata issues model code Dos and don'ts for Trinamul ranks | publisher =The Telegraph 16 May 2011 |access-date = 2011-05-19 |location=Calcutta, India |first=Arnab |last=Ganguly |date=16 May 2011}}</ref>

A boxer in his younger days, he is a veteran trade union leader, armed with degrees in science and law.<ref name=statesman>{{cite web| url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=366651:a-one-sided-contest-more-than-ever-before&catid=73:kolkata-plus&from_page=search |title = A one-sided contest more than ever before |work =The Statesman 19 April 2011 | first= Tirthankar| last= Mitra|access-date = 2011-05-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110516/jsp/calcutta/story_13987653.jsp |title = DIAL M FOR MLA | publisher = The Telegraph 16 May 2011 |access-date = 2011-05-22 |location=Calcutta, India |date=16 May 2011}}</ref> He is president of Kolkata Auto Rickshaw Operators’ Union.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=340606:strike-may-bring-city-to-a-standstill-today&catid=72:bengal-plus&from_page=search |title = Strike may bring city to a standstill today |work =The Statesman 6 September 2010 |access-date = 2011-05-22 }}</ref>

Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay won the [[Baruipur Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baruipur]] seat as a Congress candidate in 1991 and 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>and as a Trinamool Congress candidate won the [[Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rasbehari]] seat in 2001 and 2006.<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 | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><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 | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> In 2011 he was pitted against a green-horn and won by nearly 50,000 votes and was further re-elected in 2016. Currently he is the Minister-in-Charge, Department of Power and Non Conventional Energy Sources in the [[Government of West Bengal]].<ref name=statesman/> He resigned from his seat in the [[Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] for CM [[Mamata Bannerjee]] to contest [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections (17th Session)|West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Tibrewal, Srijib Biswas in fray on Sept 30; key facts |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/bhabanipur-bypolls-mamata-banerjee-priyanka-tibrewal-srijib-biswas-in-fray-on-sept-30-key-facts-10933622.htm |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=www.cnbctv18.com |date=29 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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->Tahsin Ahnav at 16:41, 28 December 2021