Lal Behari Das was an Indian politician and former member of the

West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ...

. He served as the representative of the Khejuri constituency between 1956 and 1957 as a member of the

Praja Socialist Party The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded in 1952 when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the ...

. He was elected to the constituency in a by-election and his candidacy was supported by the

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

which campaigned in opposition to the proposed merger of West Bengal and Bihar. The Khejuri constituency was abolished for the

1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957 was part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957. State Reorganization On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahan ...

while Das contested and lost on the seat of Bhagawanpur.

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West Bengal MLAs 1951–1957 Possibly living people Year of birth missing Praja Socialist Party politicians {{WestBengal-politician-stub