Prafulla Kumar Maity (born July 1, 1932) was an Indian politician. Maity was born in Belda (

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), the son of Sambhunath Maity. He was schooled at Belda Gangadhar Academy, Midnapur College, David Hare Training College and obtained M.A. and B.T. degrees from the

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. He worked as a headmaster. Maity joined the

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in 1950. He became the Vice-President of the Midnapore Congress District Committee. As of 1960 he served as President of the Midnapor Zilla Khet Majdur Samiti ('Midnapore District Land Workers Association'). He was elected to the

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in the 1971 election and the 1972 election from the Patashpur constituency. In 1971 he obtained 22,954 votes (44.34%), defeating candidates from

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and Congress(O) as well as an independent. In 1972 he obtained 33,844 votes (72.11%) in a straight contest against

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Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 1971–1972 Living people 1932 births West Bengal MLAs 1972–1977 {{WestBengal-INC-politician-stub