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'''Umakanta Roy''' was an [[India]]n politician, belonging to the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]] and a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] 1985-1987.<br />
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==1985 by-election==<br />
After the death of the incumbent [[Hansan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hansan constituency]] legislator [[Trilochan Mal]], Roy was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in a by-election held on 25 April 1985.<ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|page=645}}</ref><ref name="e">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95]''</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19850515-assembly-by-election-results-show-a-dip-in-congressi-popularity-770025-2013-12-10 | title=Assembly by-election results show a dip in Congress(I) popularity | date=10 December 2013 | first=Prabhu | last=Chawla | publisher=India Today | accessdate=8 November 2019 }}</ref> Roy obtained 37,573 votes (51.55%) against 34,095 votes for the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate A. Mal and 1,216 votes for independent candidate B. Marjit.<ref name="e"/><br />
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==Later period==<br />
Roy did not contest the [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<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 | publisher= [[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate = 4 December 2016}}</ref> In the [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] Roy stood as a candidate of the RCPI splinter group (Gouranga Sit faction) in Hansan, against the official RCPI candidate Trilochan Das.<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 | publisher= [[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate = 4 December 2016}}</ref> Roy obtained 983 votes (1.09%).<ref name=vidhansabha1991/><br />
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[[Category:Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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