{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1964)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alokesh Das | image = 250px | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Nadia, West Bengal | death_date = | death_place = | office = Member of the Indian Parliament <br> for Nabadwip | term_start = 2003 | term_end = 2009 | predecessor = Ananda Mohan Biswas | successor = constituency abolished | party = CPI(M) | spouse = Sikta Joarder Das | children = 1 daughter Alakta Das | father = Shyam Charan Das | website = | footnotes = | date = 11 April | year = 2024 | source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3970 }}
'''Alokesh Das''' (born 1 January 1964) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A look at new Members of Parliament from West Bengal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/20040614-members-of-parliament-from-west-bengal-789801-2004-06-13 |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He represented the Nabadwip constituency of West Bengal from 2003 to 2009 and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alakesh Das Election Results 2019: News, Votes, Results of Assembly|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-candidates-list-2019/alakesh-das-25014-1|access-date=2021-03-26|website=NDTV.com|language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == Das was born in Ranaghat in 1964. His father's name was Shyam Chandra Das. He passed B.Sc. (Honours) from Kalyani University. Das worked as a school teacher prior to enter in politics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-24 |title=Shri Alakesh Das MP biodata Nabadwip-SC {{!}} ENTRANCE INDIA |url=https://entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/shri-alakesh-das-member-of-parliament-mp-from-nabadwip-sc-scwest-bengal-biodata/ |access-date=2023-09-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Political career== A by-election was held in 2003 when Nabadwip Lok Sabha MP Ananda Mohan Biswas died. Alokesh Das contested as a CPIM candidate in that by-election and defeated Trinamool candidate Abir Ranjan Biswas.
==Electoral history== ===General Election 2024=== {{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general election: Ranaghat}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate= Jagannath Sarkar |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes='''782,396''' |percentage='''50.78''' |change={{decrease}}'''2''' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate= Mukut Mani Adhikari |party=Trinamool Congress |votes=595,497 |percentage=39.65 |change={{increase}}1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate = Alakesh Das |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes =123,810 |percentage =8.04 |change ={{increase}}1.45 }} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate= Paresh Halder|votes=8239 |percentage=0.53 |change=''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===2021=== {{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Haringhata (SC) constituency<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=93| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327191243/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=93| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 |work = Haringhata| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Asim Kumar Sarkar |votes = 97,666 |percentage = 46.31 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = All India Trinamool Congress |candidate = Nilima Nag (Mallick) |votes = 82,466 |percentage = 39.11 |change = }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |candidate = Alakesh Das |votes = 24,800 |percentage = 11.76 |change = }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = BJP |loser = All India Trinamool Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general election: Bangaon }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Shantanu Thakur |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 6,87,622 |percentage = 48.85 |change = +24.68 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate= Mamata Thakur |party=All India Trinamool Congress |votes= 5,76,028 |percentage= 40.92 |change= -2.35 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Alakesh Das |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes = 90,122 |percentage = 6.40 |change = -19.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate= Sourav Prasad |party=Indian National Congress |votes= 22,618 |percentage= 1.61 |change= -0.72 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate= Animesh Chandra Halder |party=Independent (politician) |votes= 9,522 |percentage= 0.68 |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate= Chandan Mallick |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes= 4,707 |percentage= 0.33 |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate= Swapan Mondal |party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |votes= 4,544 |percentage= 0.32 |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate= Samaresh Biswas |party= Party for Democratic Socialism (India) |votes= 1,913 |percentage= 0.14 |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate= Swapan Kumar Roy |party= Independent (politician) |votes= 1,859 |percentage= 0.13 |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate= Subrata Biswas |party=Bahujan Mukti Party |votes= 1,291 |percentage= 0.09 |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate= None of the above |party=None of the above |votes= 7,512 |percentage= 0.53 |change= }} {{Election box majority |votes = 1,11,594 |percentage = 11.42 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 14,08,653 |percentage = 82.64 |change = }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 17,04,632 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = All India Trinamool Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===2004=== {{Election box begin | title=2004 Indian general elections: Nabadwip constituency<ref name=loksabha2004>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |candidate = Alakesh Das | votes = 560,176 |percentage = 47.56 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = All India Trinamool Congress |candidate = Nilima Nag (Mallick) |votes = 550,185 |percentage = 46.71 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Nripendra Nath Howladar |votes = 24,268 |percentage = 5.70 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Satish Biswas |votes = 15,719 |percentage = 0.92 |change = }} {{Election box candidate | |party = Independent |candidate = Basudeb Bacchar |votes = 11,139 |percentage = 0.83 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Parimal Dhali |votes = 8,318 |percentage = 0.54 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Gopal Biswas |votes = 3,710 |percentage = 0.54 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Paramesh Chandra Biswas |votes = 2,219 |percentage = 0.54 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Amitosh Biswas |votes = 2,037 |percentage = 0.54 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 9,991 |percentage = 2.09 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 12,48,360 |percentage = 80.49 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser = All India Trinamool Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===Bye election 2003=== {{Election box begin | title=Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2003: Nabadwip constituency}} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |candidate = Alakesh Das |votes = 520,630 |percentage = 48.13 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = All India Trinamool Congress |candidate = Abir Ranjan Biswas |votes = 421,830 |percentage = 39.29 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Rajani Kanta Dolai |votes = 137,319 |percentage = 12.40 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 98,800 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 11,07,919 |percentage = 81.6 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser = All India Trinamool Congress }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060623125608/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3970 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
{{Eleventh to Fourteenth Lok Sabha, West Bengal}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Alakesh}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal Category:Politicians from Nadia district Category:India MPs 2004–2009 Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal Category:India MPs 1999–2004 Category:University of Kalyani alumni