Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee

Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1972–77
Preceded byJyoti Basu
Succeeded byMatish Roy
ConstituencyBaranagar
Personal details
Born28 April 1936
Died2010 (aged 74)
Political partyCommunist Party of India

Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee is an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India. He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Baranagar constituency in 1972 defeating Jyoti Basu by over 38,987 votes. He earlier used to be a campaigner for Jyoti Basu in earlier elections in Baranagar when the Communist Party of India was undivided.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Shouldn't have contested, says man who defeated Basu". Shiv Sahay Singh. Indian Express. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. ^ West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (1974). Who's who 1972: General Election, March 1972. West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat. p. 113. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. ^ Socialist India. Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee. 1971. p. 404. Retrieved 22 September 2017.