Sovandeb Chattopadhyay information

Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
	Chattopadhyay in March 2023
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs ; Deputy Leader of the House in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 August 2022
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Partha Chatterjee
Minister of Agriculture
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 May 2021
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Asish Banerjee
Minister of Power and Non-Conventional Energy
	In office; 27 May 2016 – 4 May 2021
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Manish Gupta
Succeeded by	Aroop Biswas
Chief Whip of the Government of West Bengal
	In office; 20 May 2011 – 27 May 2016
Leader	Mamata Banerjee
Succeeded by	Nirmal Ghosh
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 April 1991
2021–Present	Khardaha
2021	Bhabanipur
1998–2021	Rashbehari
1991–1998	Baruipur Paschim
Personal details
Born	30 January 1944 (age 80)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress (1998 – present)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (1976-1998)
Spouse	Supriya Chattopadhyay
Children	2 Sons
Residence	Bhabanipur
Alma mater	University of Calcutta (B.Sc., LL.B.)

Sovandeb Chattopadhyay is a veteran Indian politician representing All India Trinamool Congress and is the first elected MLA of the party (elected in 1998). He was the founder president of INTTUC, the labour wing of his party Trinamool Congress.

He is one of the close associates of Mamata Banerjee since mid 80s and was a prominent face in her fights against CPIM. He is also one of the founding members of Trinamool Congress in 1998.

He was the Government Chief Whip of his first TMC government in the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha from 2011 to 2016. On 27 May 2016 he took charge as the Hon'ble Minister of Power & Non Conventional Energy, Government of West Bengal.^[1]

A boxer in his younger days, he is a veteran trade union leader, holding degrees in science and law.^[2]^[3] He is president of Kolkata Auto Rickshaw Operators' Union.^[4]

Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay won the Baruipur seat as a Congress candidate in 1991 and 1996^[5]^[6] and as a Trinamool Congress candidate won the Rasbehari seat in 2001 and 2006.^[7]^[8] In 2011 he was pitted against a green-horn and won by nearly 50,000 votes and was further re-elected in 2016. Currently he is the Minister-in-Charge, Department of Agriculture and Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal.^[2] He resigned from his seat in the Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for CM Mamata Banerjee to contest West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections.^[9] He then contested the by election from Khardah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and won with a margin of 93,832 votes.

He presently serves as a Minister in West Bengal Cabinet and also as the Deputy Leader of the House in West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

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^ Ganguly, Arnab (16 May 2011). "Mamata issues model code Dos and don'ts for Trinamul ranks". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b Mitra, Tirthankar. "A one-sided contest more than ever before". The Statesman 19 April 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^ "DIAL M FOR MLA". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^ "Strike may bring city to a standstill today". The Statesman 6 September 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ "Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Tibrewal, Srijib Biswas in fray on Sept 30; key facts". www.cnbctv18.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[3] Ganguly, Arnab (16 May 2011). "Mamata issues model code Dos and don'ts for Trinamul ranks". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

[statesman-4] Mitra, Tirthankar. "A one-sided contest more than ever before". The Statesman 19 April 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

[5] "DIAL M FOR MLA". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

[6] "Strike may bring city to a standstill today". The Statesman 6 September 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

[vidhansabha1991-7] "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1996-8] "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha2001-9] "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha2006-10] "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[11] "Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Tibrewal, Srijib Biswas in fray on Sept 30; key facts". www.cnbctv18.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

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Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
Chattopadhyay in March 2023

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Deputy Leader of the House in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 August 2022
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Partha Chatterjee
Minister of Agriculture
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 May 2021
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Asish Banerjee
Minister of Power and Non-Conventional Energy
In office 27 May 2016 – 4 May 2021
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Manish Gupta
Succeeded by	Aroop Biswas
Chief Whip of the Government of West Bengal
In office 20 May 2011 – 27 May 2016
Leader	Mamata Banerjee
Succeeded by	Nirmal Ghosh
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 April 1991
2021–Present^[a]	Khardaha
2021^[b]	Bhabanipur
1998–2021	Rashbehari
1991–1998	Baruipur Paschim

Personal details
Born	(1944-01-30) 30 January 1944 (age 80)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress (1998 – present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (1976-1998)
Spouse	Supriya Chattopadhyay
Children	2 Sons
Residence	Bhabanipur
Alma mater	University of Calcutta (B.Sc., LL.B.)