Mrigendra Nath Maiti
Mrigendra Nath Maiti (1946 – 7 December 2020)[1][2] was an Indian (West Bengal State) politician from West Bengal. He was a two time member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly representing the All India Trinamool Congress from Medinipur Assembly constituency. He won the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and retained the seat for Trinamool Congress in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He died on 7 December 2020.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Maiti was from Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. He was the son of late Kedarnath Maiti. He completed his MA at Rabindra Bharati University in 1971. He was a retired government employee and his wife was a teacher.
Career
[edit]He also served as the chairman of Midnapore Kharagpur Development Authority (M.K.D.A.) and the state General Secretary of Paschim Bangya Rajya Sarkari Karmachari Federation (Unified).
He won the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Medinipur Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress.[4] He polled 103,060 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Santosh Rana of the Communist Party of India, by a margin of votes.[3][5][6] He retained the seat in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[3]
In Assembly Election of 2016
[edit]| West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Medinipur | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| AITMC | Mrigendra Nath Maiti | 106,774 | |||
| CPI | Santosh Rana | 73,787 | |||
| BJP | Tushar Mukherjee | 22,567 | |||
| Amra Bangali | Sova Das | 2,171 | |||
| SUCI | Sushanta Sahoo | 2,069 | |||
| AJSU | Sk.Aliuddin Ali | 1,655 | |||
| NOTA | 4,060 | ||||
In Assembly Election of 2011
[edit]| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Medinipur | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| AITMC | Mrigendra Nath Maiti | 103,060 | 54.43% | +24.90# | |
| CPI | Santosh Rana | 74,840 | 39.53% | ||
| BJP | Subhajit Roy | 4,880 | 2.58% | ||
| LJP | Arun Kumar Adhikari | 1,436 | |||
| Independent | Dilip Kumar Das | 724 | |||
| Independent | Sanjay Mishra | 2,590 | |||
| Independent | Pradyot Saw | 699 | |||
| JMM | Sunil Kumar Hembram | 691 | |||
| JD(S) | Pratap Kumar Roy | 42 | |||
| Turnout | 189,348 | 88.32% | |||
| Swing | 42.74 | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mrigendra Nath Maiti(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- MEDINIPUR(PASCHIM MEDINIPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ a b "প্রয়াত তৃণমূল বিধায়ক মৃগেন মাইতি". bengali.indianexpress.com (in Assamese). 7 December 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Medinipur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Medinipur Election Result 2021 LIVE: How to check Medinipur assembly (Vidhan Sabha) election winners, losers, vote margin, news updates - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
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- ^ "Medinipur Election Result 2021 Live Updates: June Maliah of TMC wins". News18. Retrieved 20 April 2025.