Subiman Ghose (1906 – 21 October 1969) was an Indian politician, belonging to the
All India Forward Bloc
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.
Personal life
Ghosh was the son of Nagendra Nath Ghose, and was married to Protiva Rani Ghose.
He obtained
Bachelor of Arts and
Bachelor of Law
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degrees.
He had five children (three sons and two daughters).
Ghose lived in Telo village, at Khandroghosh,
Burdwan District of
West Bengal.
Parliamentarian
Ghose emerged as a popular local leader of his party in Burdwan District.
He was also a leading member of the Bar of Burdwan.
He contested one of the
Burdwan seats in the
1952 Indian general election
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on a Forward Bloc (Marxist) ticket. He obtained 90,242 votes.
[Election Commission of India. ]
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA
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Ghosh contested the 1952 by-election from the
Goghat seat in the
West Bengal Legislative Assembly on a Forward Bloc (Marxist) ticket. He finished in third place with 355 votes (2% of the votes).
He was elected to the
Lok Sabha (lower house of the
parliament of India) from the
Burdwan constituency in the
1957 Indian general election
General elections were held in India between 24 February and 9 June 1957, the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence. They were held five years after the 1951–52 elections in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution o ...
, contesting on a Forward Bloc (Marxist) ticket.
[Election Commission of India. ]
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1957 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA
' Ghose narrowly won the seat, defeating the
Indian National Congress candidate by a margin of 2,050 votes.
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Ghose lost the Burdwan seat in the ]1962 Indian general election
General elections were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the 3rd Lok Sabha. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member.
Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide victory in his th ...
, again facing an Indian National Congress candidate in a straight contest.[Election Commission of India. ]
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1962 TO THE THIRD LOK SABHA
' Ghose obtained 123,015 votes (44.17%).[ The result was challenged in court.
He tried to regain the Burdwan seat in the ]1967 Indian general election
General elections were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the 4th Lok Sabha, an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha. Elections to State Assemblies were also held simultaneously, th ...
. Ghose finished in third place after a United Left Front-supported candidate and the Indian National Congress candidate.[Election Commission of India. ]
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1967 TO THE FOURTH LOK SABHA
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Late in life, Ghose joined the Praja Socialist Party
The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoo ...
.
References
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1906 births
1969 deaths
India MPs 1957–1962
All India Forward Bloc politicians
Lok Sabha members from West Bengal