Jayanta Bhattacharya

Jayanta Bhattacharya is an Indian Politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Tamluk in West Bengal in 1996. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha as an independent candidate backed by the Trinamool Congress but he rejoined the Congress in 2002.[1][2][3][4][5]

Jayanta Bhattacharya
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1996-1998
Preceded bySatyagopal Misra
Succeeded byLakshman Chandra Seth
ConstituencyTamluk, West Bengal
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2000-2006
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Personal details
Born (1947-03-15) 15 March 1947
Kanchrapara, 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India
Political partyIndian National Congress Before 1999 (Rejoined In 2002 All India Trinamool Congress (1999-2002)
Spouse(s)Arundhati Bhattacharya
Children1 son

References

  1. "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. "Somen echoes Mamata". The Telegraph. 26 June 2005. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. "Trinamul MP Jayanta Bhattacharya rejoins Cong". The Times of India. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. The Journal of Parliamentary Information. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 2004. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  5. India. Parliament. House of the People; India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (1997). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 247. Retrieved 1 November 2018.


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