Samar Hazra

Samar Hazra is an Indian politician, belonging to the Marxist Forward Bloc.[1][2] He won in 2016 from the Jamalpur constituency for West Bengal Legislative Assembly as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate.[3][4]

Hazra won the Jamalpur seat in the 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 assembly elections.[5] He lost the seat in the 2011 elections, but regained it in the 2016 election.[3][6] Hazra's house was attacked in post-poll violence after the 2014 Lok Sabha election.[7]

References
  1. Ganashakti. জনস্রোতে ভেসে মনোনয়ন জমা দিলেন বাম, গণতান্ত্রিক ও ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ শক্তির ১৬প্রার্থী গণতান্ত্রিক ও ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ শক্তির ১৬প্রার্থী
  2. Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal - List of Candidates
  3. Election Commission of India. West Bangal General Legislative Election 2016
  4. "West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Jamalpur profile: CPM's Samar Hazra currently represents constituency". Firstpost. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. "274 – Jamalpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  6. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2011 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  7. People's Democracy. TMC ATTACKS CONTINUE IN WEST BENGAL POST POLL
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