Umakanta Roy was an Indian politician, belonging to the Revolutionary Communist Party of India and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1985-1987.
1985 by-election
After the death of the incumbent Hansan constituency legislator Trilochan Mal, Roy was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in a by-election held on 25 April 1985.[1][2][3] 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.[2]
Later period
Roy did not contest the 1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[4] 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.[5] Roy obtained 983 votes (1.09%).[5]
References
- ↑ Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 645.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95
- ↑ Chawla, Prabhu (10 December 2013). "Assembly by-election results show a dip in Congress(I) popularity". India Today. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.