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| office3 = [[Chairman of the West Bengal State Transport Department]] | |||
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| office2 = [[First Banerjee ministry|Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Minister of Transport]]<br>[[West Bengal]] | | office2 = [[First Banerjee ministry|Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Minister of Transport]]<br>[[West Bengal]] | ||
| governor2 = [[M. K. Narayanan]]<br>[[D. Y. Patil]]<br>[[Keshari Nath Tripathi]] | | governor2 = [[M. K. Narayanan]]<br>[[D. Y. Patil]]<br>[[Keshari Nath Tripathi]] | ||
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In [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Mitra was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Kamarhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kamarhati constituency]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Tamal |title=Jailed Trinamool Cong MLA Madan Mitra to contest assembly polls this time too |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jailed-trinamool-cong-mla-madan-mitra-to-contest-assembly-polls-this-time-too/articleshow/50698101.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=23 January 2016}}</ref> He became the sports minister and transport minister in the [[First Mamata Banerjee ministry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=10 crorepatis in Mamata's ministry |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/10-crorepatis-in-mamata-s-ministry/story-CC62pieZsujlJ0STXqWE7I.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=27 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Tamal |title=How West Bengal transport minister Madan Mitra's countered bandhs and strikes in the state |newspaper=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/how-west-bengal-transport-minister-madan-mitras-countered-bandhs-and-strikes-in-the-state/articleshow/16528509.cms?from=mdr |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=24 September 2012}}</ref> On 18 November 2015, he resigned from the cabinet after being named as an accused in the [[Saradha Group financial scandal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra steps down |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/bengal-minister-accused-in-saradha-scam-steps-down/article7892883.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=18 November 2015}}</ref> | In [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Mitra was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Kamarhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kamarhati constituency]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Tamal |title=Jailed Trinamool Cong MLA Madan Mitra to contest assembly polls this time too |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jailed-trinamool-cong-mla-madan-mitra-to-contest-assembly-polls-this-time-too/articleshow/50698101.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=23 January 2016}}</ref> He became the sports minister and transport minister in the [[First Mamata Banerjee ministry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=10 crorepatis in Mamata's ministry |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/10-crorepatis-in-mamata-s-ministry/story-CC62pieZsujlJ0STXqWE7I.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=27 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Tamal |title=How West Bengal transport minister Madan Mitra's countered bandhs and strikes in the state |newspaper=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/how-west-bengal-transport-minister-madan-mitras-countered-bandhs-and-strikes-in-the-state/articleshow/16528509.cms?from=mdr |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=24 September 2012}}</ref> On 18 November 2015, he resigned from the cabinet after being named as an accused in the [[Saradha Group financial scandal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra steps down |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/bengal-minister-accused-in-saradha-scam-steps-down/article7892883.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=18 November 2015}}</ref> | ||
Mitra lost the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] from his constituency. He was defeated by Manash Mukherjee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] by a margin of 4,198 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=8 ministers, Madan Mitra among heavyweight losers |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/west-bengal-elections-2016/news/8-ministers-Madan-Mitra-among-heavyweight-losers-in-Bengal/articleshow/52356102.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=20 May 2016}}</ref> Following the defeat, he was relegated to the fringes of the party. On 26 April 2019, Mamata Banerjee announced that Mitra would contest the upcoming by-election for [[Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatpara constituency]] which had become vacant due to the defection of [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1962)|Arjun Singh]] to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS25105.htm?ac=105|title = Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Snehamoy Chakraborty |author2=Kaushik Sen |title=Bypoll stage for Madan Mitra comeback |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/bypoll-stage-for-madan-mitra-comeback/cid/1689430 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=26 April 2019}}</ref> | Mitra lost the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] from his constituency. He was defeated by Manash Mukherjee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] by a margin of 4,198 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=8 ministers, Madan Mitra among heavyweight losers |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/west-bengal-elections-2016/news/8-ministers-Madan-Mitra-among-heavyweight-losers-in-Bengal/articleshow/52356102.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=20 May 2016}}</ref> Following the defeat, he was relegated to the fringes of the party. On 26 April 2019, Mamata Banerjee announced that Mitra would contest the upcoming by-election for [[Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatpara constituency]] which had become vacant due to the defection of [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1962)|Arjun Singh]] to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], but he was defeated by Pawan Kumar Singh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS25105.htm?ac=105|title = Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Snehamoy Chakraborty |author2=Kaushik Sen |title=Bypoll stage for Madan Mitra comeback |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/bypoll-stage-for-madan-mitra-comeback/cid/1689430 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=26 April 2019}}</ref> | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||