Samar Hazra

Samar Hazra is an Indian politician, belonging to the Marxist Forward Bloc.[1][2] He won in 2016 from the Jamalpur constituency for West Bengal Legislative Assembly as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate.[3][4]

Hazra won the Jamalpur seat in the 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 assembly elections.[5] He lost the seat in the 2011 elections, but regained it in the 2016 election.[3][6] Hazra's house was attacked in post-poll violence after the 2014 Lok Sabha election.[7]

  1. ^ Ganashakti. জনস্রোতে ভেসে মনোনয়ন জমা দিলেন বাম, গণতান্ত্রিক ও ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ শক্তির ১৬প্রার্থী গণতান্ত্রিক ও ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ শক্তির ১৬প্রার্থী
  2. ^ Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal - List of Candidates
  3. ^ a b Election Commission of India. West Bangal General Legislative Election 2016
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Jamalpur profile: CPM's Samar Hazra currently represents constituency". Firstpost. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. ^ "274 – Jamalpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  6. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2011 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  7. ^ People's Democracy. TMC ATTACKS CONTINUE IN WEST BENGAL POST POLL