Radhakanta Sethy (born in 1959/1960) is an Indian politician and trade unionist. Sethy is the son of Binakar Sethy. He obtained a

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degree from Pattamundai College in 1982. He lives in Banto,

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. Sethy was elected to the

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in 1990. He stood as a

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candidate in the Pattamundai seat, obtaining 35,861 votes (43.96% of the votes in the constituency). He was the sole CPI(M) candidate elected to the assembly. Sethy left the CPI(M), and on 19 September 1991 he requested to be recognised as an

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assembly member. He subsequently joined the Orissa Communist Party, and on 4 March 1992 he requested to be recognised an OCP member in the assembly. He lost the Pattamundai seat in the 1995 Orissa Legislative Assembly election. He stood as an OCP candidate and finished in third place with 15,493 votes (14.34%). Sethy contested the 2000 Orissa Legislative Assembly election, standing as an independent candidate in Pattamundai. He finished in third place with 13,079 votes (12.88%). Sethy joined the

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in 2002. As of 2008, he was an Orissa State Committee member of the CPI(ML) Liberation. He is also a leader of the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), the labour wing of CPI(ML) Liberation. The first Orissa state conference of AICCTU, held in 2008, elected Sethi as the general secretary of its Orissa unit.''Liberation''.
1st Orissa State Conference of AICCTU
' CPI(ML) Liberation fielded him as its candidate in the Kendrapara constituency in the 2009 Orissa Legislative Assembly election. He finished in fifth place, with 552 votes (0.47%).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sethy, Radhakanta Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Odisha Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation politicians Odisha MLAs 1990–1995 Trade unionists from Odisha People from Kendrapara district Living people 1960 births