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| name               = Ashok Bhattacharya

| honorific_prefix   = The Honourable

| image               =  

| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1949|04|1|df=y}}

| birth_place         = [[Siliguri, West Bengal]], India

| death_date         =  

| death_place         =  

| office             = [[Mayor]] of [[Siliguri Municipal Corporation]]

| constituency       =  

| term_start         = 12 May 2015

| term_end           = 21 March 2021

| predecessor         = Gangotri Dutta

| successor           = [[Goutam Deb]]  <br />

| office1             = [[Left Front Ministry in West Bengal in 2006|Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs]] of [[West Bengal]]

| term_start1         = 1996

| term_end1           = 2011

| predecessor1       = [[Prasanta Sur|Prasanta Chandra Sur]]

| successor1         = [[Firhad Hakim]]

| 2blankname1         = Chief Minister

| 2namedata1         = [[Jyoti Basu]]<br/>[[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]]

| office2             = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] of [[West Bengal]]

| term_start2         = 2016

| predecessor2       = Rudra Nath Bhattacharya

| constituency2       = [[Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Siliguri]]

| term_start3         = 1991

| term_end3           = 2011

| predecessor3       = Gour Chakraborty

| successor3         = Rudra Nath Bhattacharya

| constituency3       = [[Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Siliguri]]

| nationality         = [[India]]n

| spouse             = Ratna Bhattacharjee (died 2021)

| party               = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]

| residence           = [[Siliguri]]

| alma_mater         = [[University of North Bengal]] ([[B.Com]])

| profession         = Politician, [[social worker]]

| website             =  

| footnotes           =

| successor2          = [[Shankar Ghosh]]

'''Ashok Bhattacharya''' is an Indian politician and the former mayor of [[Siliguri Municipal Corporation]]. He is a member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)). He is a prominent leader of CPI(M) in the northern region of West Bengal. He was the Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the [[Government of West Bengal]] for three consecutive terms (1996–2011).

Ashok Bhattacharya started his political career as a corporator in [[Siliguri Municipal Corporation]]. He became the chairman of [[Siliguri]] municipality in 1987 and remained as the chairman till 1991. He was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] as a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate for the first time in 1991. He is a five-time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Siliguri]]. He won elections from Siliguri in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp25.htm | title = 25 - Siliguri Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| accessdate = 2010-09-25 }}</ref> In 1996, he became the Minister for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the Left Front Government in West Bengal under chief minister [[Jyoti Basu]]. He also continued as cabinet minister under chief minister [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] till 2011 when the Left Front Government lost the power to [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (AITC). in [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], he was defeated by AITC candidate Rudra Nath Bhattacharya in [[Siliguri]]. But he won from [[Siliguri]] again in [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] against AITC candidate and former captain of Indian National Football Team [[Bhaichung Bhutia]].

[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021]]