Abhijit Roy (born 1969) is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He is a two time member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He won the

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2016 for 294 seats of the ''Vidhan Sabha'' in the Indian state of West Bengal. The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was re-elected with an enhanced majority. ...

from Mayureswar Assembly constituency in Birbhum district representing the All India Trinamool Congress. He retained the seat in 2021.

Early life and education

Roy is from Mayureswar,

Birbhum district Birbhum district () is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other impo ...

, West Bengal. He is the son of Lakshmikanta Roy. He completed his BCom in 1988 at Rampurhat College which is affiliated with

Burdwan University The University of Burdwan (also known as Burdwan University or B. U.) is a public state university located in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. It was established by the West Bengal Government as a teaching and affiliating university on ...

Career

Roy won from Mayureswar Assembly constituency representing the

All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction f ...

in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He polled 89,210 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Arup Bag of the Communist Party of India, by a margin of 38,770 votes. He r He retained the seat for the Trinamool Congress winning the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal People from Birbhum district {{WestBengal-politician-stub