Madan Mohan Mahato (born 2 January 1927) was an Indian politician, belonging to the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. Mahato was born on 2 January 1927 in Agardih village (

Purulia District Purulia district (Pron: puruliːaː) is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district. Some of the other important towns of Purulia district are Raghunathpur- ...

). He was the son of Joyram Mahato. He went to school at Hulmura H.E. School. Mahato worked as a school teacher. He lived in Agardih village and served as an office bearer in a number of local association there. In the Indian National Congress he served as the Kashipur Block Congress Committee Vice President and was a member of the Purulia District Congress Committee. Mahato won the Kashipur constituency seat in the

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1971. The assembly election was held alongside the 1971 Indian general election. Parties and coalitions Ahead of the 1971 election the map of party coalitions was r ...

, obtaining 11,552 votes (38.52%).Election Commission of India.
West Bengal 1971
' The following year he retained the Kashipur seat in the

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on March 11, 1972. Background The election was the 4th assembly election in West Bengal within six years. President's Rule had been introduced soon after the 1971 West ...

, obtaining 14,220 votes (57.28%).Election Commission of India.
West Bengal 1972
' Mahato contested the Hura constituency seat in the

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1991. The election took place simultaneously with the 1991 Indian general election.''The Hindu''. The case against simultaneous polls' The term of the assembly elect ...

, finishing in second place with 25,439 votes (27.74%).Election Commission of India.
West Bengal 1991
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