Nirmal Ghosh (born 1 August 1949) is an Indian politician from

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. He is a member of the

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from Panihati Assembly constituency in

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. He won the

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representing the

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party.

Early life and education

Ghosh is from

Panihati Panihati is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). History There is a l ...

, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. He is the son of late Nibaran Chandra Ghosh. He completed his BSc in 1975 at Bangabasi College, which is affiliated with

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. He is a business consultant.

Career

Ghosh won from Panihati Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He polled 86,495 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Sanmoy Bandyopadhyay of the

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, by a margin of 25,177 votes. He first became an MLA winning the

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1996. The election took place simultaneously with the 1996 Indian general election. This was the last election Jyoti Basu contested, as he retired from politics in 2 ...

on Indian National Congress ticket. He later shifted to Trinamool Congress and retained the Panihati seat in the

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2001 to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Seat Allotment Results Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 196 seats, a ...

. He lost the next election in

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, to Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya of the

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but regained the seat for Trinamool Congress in 2011 defeating Ahibhusan Chakraborty, also of CPM. He won for the fourth time in 2016 Assembly election. He became an MLA for the fifth term winning the 2021 election from the same seat Trinamool Congress.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Nirmal 1949 births Living people Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 1996–2001 West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006 West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 Politicians from North 24 Parganas district Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal Bangabasi College alumni People from Barrackpore subdivision