Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Serampore
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
More Information :
Positions Held : 1972-1977 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Minister of State, Labour, West Bengal 1984 till date General Secretary, P.C.C., West Bengal 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Books Published : "Path Kothai" (Bengali)
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments : Deeply attached to the literary field; collection of rare specimen and research work on the subject of primitive conception of God and Goddess in rural Bengal and its transformation in modern concept; Editor, 'Parag Vash' (a Bengali fortnightly Journal)
Social and Cultural Activities : Permanent Member, Asiatic Society; Member (i) Planning Board of Asiatic Society; (ii) University Institute, Calcutta; and (iii) Akhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan; Connected with different Cultural Organisations
Special Interests : Sports, games, music and seminars
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Reading books
Sports and Clubs : Connected with local clubs
Countries Visited : France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and U.K.
Other Information : Connected with programmes for eradication of illiteracy
Election result of : Serampore Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 12,49,680 Total votes polled 9,90,773 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates : (1) Shri Pradip Bhattacharya (I.N.C.) 4,49,205 (2) Shri Sudarshan Roy Chaudhari (C.P.I.(M)] 4,43,742 (3) Shri Debabrata Chowdhari (B.J.P.) 60,122 (4) Shri Swaraj Mukhopadhyay [A.I.I.C.(T)] 9,600
