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Ajay Chakraborty
Ajay Chakraborty
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 10 May 1996 – 25 May 2009
Preceded by	Manoranjan Sur
Succeeded by	Haji Nurul Islam
Constituency	Basirhat
Personal details
Born	8 December 1943 (age 82); North 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Party	Communist Party of India
Spouse	Chandrima Chakraborty
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
	As of 17 September, 2006Source:

Ajay Chakraborty (born 8 December 1943) was a member of Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Basirhat constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) political party. He had won the Basirhat seat five times in a row. He faced a humiliating defeat in the 2009 Lok Sabha election when he lost the Basirhat seat to Trinamool Congress candidate Haji Nurul Islam.

Electoral History

Year	Const.		Votes	%	Opponent		Votes	%	Result	Margin	%
2009	Basirhat	CPI	4,19,267	40.38	Sk. Nurul Islam	AITC	4,79,630	46.20	Lost	-60,363	-5.82
2004			4,62,605	50.96	Sujit Bose		2,80,521	30.91	Won	+1,82,084	+20.05
1999			4,07,903	47.64	M. Nuruzzaman		3,25,316	37.99	Won	+82,587	+9.65
1998			4,25,442	48.85	Dr Sudipto Roy		3,05,366	35.06	Won	+1,20,076	+13.79
1996			4,53,126	50.63	Dilip Majumder	INC	3,67,110	41.02	Won	+86,016	+9.61