Sudhir Chandra Das

Sudhir Chandra Das (born November 15, 1907) was an Indian politician. During the struggle for Indian independence, he took part in the Salt, No-Tax and Quit India Movements. He represented Contai North and later Contai South in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, becoming Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services in 1969.

Das left the Indian National Congress in 1950 and joined the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party. Das contested the first West Bengal Legislative Assembly election in independent India, held in 1952, as a KMPP candidate, winning the Contai North seat. He obtained 11,830 votes (35.32%), defeating the candidates of the Indian National Congress, the Communist Party of India, the Bharatiya Jan Sangh and the Socialist Party.

He later became a key leader of the Praja Socialist Party. Das contested the Contai South seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1957, finishing in second place with 18,145 votes (45.39%).

Das won the Contai South seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1962, obtaining 22,565 votes (51.06%). He retained the seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967, obtaining 26,089 votes (51.04%). He again won the Contai South seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1969, obtaining 29,776 votes (57.07%). In all of the elections 1957–1969, the contests in Contai South were essentially straight contests between PSP and the Indian National Congress (in the sense that no other candidate obtained more than 5% of the vote).

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