Ashok Bhattacharya
| Ashok Bhattacharya | |
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| Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation | |
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Assumed office 12 May 2015 |
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| Governor | Kesri Nath Tripathi |
| Preceded by | Gangotri Dutta |
| MLA | |
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Assumed office 1991-2011, 27 May 2016 - Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | Gour Chakraborty,Rudra Nath Bhattacharya |
| Constituency | Siliguri |
| Minister For Municipal Affairs, Urban Development, Town & Country Planning | |
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In office 1996–2011 |
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| Governor |
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Shyamal Kumar Sen Viren J. Shah Gopalkrishna Gandhi Devanand Konwar M.K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Prasanta Chandra Sur |
| Succeeded by | Kala Hakim |
| Constituency | Siliguri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Siliguri, North Bengal |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Alma mater | University of North Bengal (B.Com) |
| Profession | Politician, social worker |
Ashok Bhattacharya was the Minister for Municipal Affairs and Urban Development and Town Planning in the Left Front Ministry in West Bengal. He was chairman of Siliguri municipality from 1987 to 1991. He was elected to the state assembly from Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a CPI(M) candidate in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2016. He faced his biggest defeat in the 2011 assembly election when he lost to Rudranath Bhattacharya of Trinamool Congress.
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