Mrigendra Nath Maiti (1946 – 7 December 2020) 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.
Early life and education 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
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. He polled 103,060 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Santosh Rana of the Communist Party of India, by a margin of votes. He retained the seat in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
In Assembly Election of 2016 West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: MedinipurPartyCandidateVotes%±%AITMCMrigendra Nath Maiti106,774CPISantosh Rana73,787BJPTushar Mukherjee22,567Amra BangaliSova Das2,171SUCISushanta Sahoo2,069AJSUSk.Aliuddin Ali1,655 NOTA4,060
In Assembly Election of 2011 West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: MedinipurPartyCandidateVotes%±%AITMCMrigendra Nath Maiti103,06054.43% +24.90#CPISantosh Rana74,84039.53%BJPSubhajit Roy4,8802.58%LJPArun Kumar Adhikari1,436IndependentDilip Kumar Das724IndependentSanjay Mishra2,590IndependentPradyot Saw699JMMSunil Kumar Hembram691JD(S)Pratap Kumar Roy42 Turnout189,34888.32% Swing42.74
See also Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress Suvendu Adhikari
References
External links http://aitcofficial.org/