Sovandeb Chattopadhyay

Sovandeb Chattopadhyay (born 30 January 1944) is an Indian politician representing the 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 Trinamool Congress. He is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Infobox

2021

Bhabanipur

Governor

R. N. Ravi

Deputy

Nayna Bandyopadhyay Ashima Patra

Preceded by

Sukhendu Shekhar Roy

Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee

Succeeded by

Nirmal Ghosh

Leader

Mamata Banerjee

2026–present

Ballygunge

2021–2026

Khardaha

1998–2021

Rashbehari

1991–1998

Baruipur Paschim

Born

(1944-01-30) 30 January 1944 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Kolkata, West Bengal, India)

Party

All India Trinamool Congress (since 1998)

Other political affiliations

Indian National Congress (1976–1998)

Spouse

Supriya Chattopadhyay

Children

2 sons

Alma mater

University of Calcutta (B ., LL .)

References

Elected in a by-election in November 2021.
Resigned on 21 May 2021.
The Telegraph
https://web.archive.org/web/20110525130541/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110516/jsp/frontpage/story_13987791.jsp
The Statesman 19 April 2011
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
The Telegraph
https://web.archive.org/web/20110929164730/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110516/jsp/calcutta/story_13987653.jsp
The Statesman 6 September 2010
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
Constituency-wise Data
http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf
Constituency-wise Data
http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf
Constituency-wise Data
http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf
Constituency-wise Data
http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf
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