Santosh Kumar Roy (Assam Politician)
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Santosh Kumar Roy was an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a former Member of
Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral Assam Legislature, legislature of the List of states and union territories of India, Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Dispur, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present L ...
for Katlicherra. He was the father of Gautam Roy, father in law of Mandira Roy, grandfather of
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and grandfather in law of Daisy Roy.


Personal life

Roy married Shefalika Roy in 1939 and had 5 daughters and one son.


Political career

In the 1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Roy was the
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
candidate for the constituency of Katlicherra. He received 23988 votes, 54.02% of the total vote. He defeated his nearest
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opponent by 6851 votes. He served until the
1978 Assam Legislative Assembly Election The 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh Assam Legislative Assembly on February 25 1978. The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbor ...
, where the former MLA for Katlicherra, Gourishankar Roy, was instead the Congress candidate for Katlicherra and won the election. His son, Gautam Roy, would later go on to represent the same constituency.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Santosh Kumar Assam MLAs 1972–1978 Year of death missing Year of birth missing Place of death missing Place of birth missing Indian National Congress politicians from Assam People from Hailakandi district