Chitta Roy
Chitta Ranjan Roy was an Indian politician from West Bengal, belonging to the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI). He was a Member of Parliament 1967–1970.
Roy was elected to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India) in the 1967 election. Roy contested the Joynagar constituency, obtaining 157,545 votes (43.95%).[1] At the time of the 1967 elections, SUCI was part of the United Left Front led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)).[2] In the Lok Sabha, Roy sat in the United Interparliamentary Group.[3] During his parliamentary tenure he raised five starred and six unstarred questions in the Question Hour.[4] He served as president of the South Eastern Zone of the All India Station Masters' Association[5]
Roy stood for re-election in the 1971 Lok Sabha election. He finished in third place with 76,423 votes (20.01%), trailing behind the Congress and CPI(M) candidates.[6]
Roy died in 1994.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967 to the Fourth Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 227–229.
- ↑ List of Members of Lok Sabha Showing Permanent and Delhi Addresses and Telephone Numbers. Lok Sabha Secretariat., 1970. p. 63
- ↑ Fourth Lok Sabha (1967–1970): Souvenir. Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1971. p. 50
- ↑ "All India Stations Masters' Association 15th annual meeting" (PDF). Proletarian Era. August 15, 1968. pp. 7–8.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-07. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Journal of Parliamentary Information: Vol. XLI, No. 1. February 28, 1995. p. 58