Jayanta Bhattacharya

{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{for|Indian American professor|Jay Bhattacharya}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jayanta Bhattacharya | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|3|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Kanchrapara, 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India | death_date = | death_place = | constituency = Tamluk | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term = 1996-1998 | predecessor = Satyagopal Misra | successor = Lakshman Chandra Seth | constituency2 = West Bengal | office2 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | term2 = 2000-2006 | party = Indian National Congress (until 1999, 2002–present) | other_party = Trinamool Congress (1999-2002) | spouse = Arundhati Bhattacharya | children = 1 son | website = | footnotes = | date = | year = | source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3664.htm }} '''Jayanta Bhattacharya''' is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, from Tamluk in West Bengal in 1996. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha as an independent candidate backed by the Trinamool Congress but he rejoined the Congress in 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf | title=General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | publisher=Election Commission of India | accessdate=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050626/asp/bengal/story_4916593.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514001135/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050626/asp/bengal/story_4916593.asp | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 May 2006 | title=Somen echoes Mamata | publisher=The Telegraph | date=26 June 2005 | accessdate=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Trinamul-MP-Jayanta-Bhattacharya-rejoins-Cong/articleshow/21202000.cms | title=Trinamul MP Jayanta Bhattacharya rejoins Cong | work=The Times of India | date=5 September 2002 | accessdate=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eDuOAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=1 November 2018|year=2004|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=6}}</ref><ref name="PeopleSabha1997">{{cite book|author1=India. Parliament. House of the People|author2=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bBXAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=1 November 2018|year=1997|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat.|page=247}}</ref>

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== External links == *[https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3664.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website ]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhattacharya, Jayanta}} Category:1947 births Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal Category:Politicians from West Bengal Category:India MPs 1996–1997 Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal Category:Living people Category:Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal Category:People from Purba Medinipur district Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal