{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Ranajit Kumar Roy |native_name = রণজিত কুমার রায় |native_name_lang = bn

|constituency_MP = [[Jessore-4]] |parliament = Bangladesh |term_start = 25 January 2009 |term_end = 29 January 2024 |predecessor = [[M. M. Amin Uddin]] |successor = [[Enamul Haque Babul]]

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1 February 1955|df=y}} |party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]] }} '''Ranajit Kumar Roy''' (born 1 February 1955) is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and a former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Jessore-4]] constituency.

==Early life== Roy was born on 1 February 1955. He has studied up to H.S.C or grade 12.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ranajit Kumar Roy Biography |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/159/biography |website=Amarmp |accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref>

==Career== Roy was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Jessore-4 as an Awami League candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online|url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=81&Year=2008|access-date=2021-07-08|website=amardesh.com|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184342/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=81&Year=2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Roy was re-elected to Parliament in 2014 from Jessore-4 as an Awami League candidate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ranajit Kumar Roy History |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/159/history |website=Amarmp |accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref>

Roy was re-elected to Parliament in 2019 from Jessore-4 as an Awami League candidate with 273,234 votes while his nearest rival, TS Ayub of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]], received 30,874.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Jashore-4 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Jashore-4&d=khulna|access-date=2021-07-08|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> His nomination was opposed by Awami League activists from Jessore who described him as corrupt at a press conference at the [[Dhaka Reporters Unity|Dhaka Reporters' Unity]]; allegations he has refuted.<ref>{{cite news |title=Don't nominate 'corrupt' lawmakers |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/dont-nominate-corrupt-lawmakers-1637749 |accessdate=15 November 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=24 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

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