BHATTACHARYA, SHRI PRADIP
CONGRESS (I)- SERAMPORE (WEST BENGAL)

Father's Name  :Late Shri Nirod Kumar Bhattacharya

Date of Birth  :30 January 1945

Place of Birth :Suri in Distt. Birbhum (West Bengal)

Marital Status :Married on 13 August 1989

Spouse's Name  :Smt. Anjana Bhattacharya

Children       :One daughter

Educational Qualifications :
M.A. 
Educated at Burdwan University, Burdwan 
(West Bengal)

Profession :
Teacher, Educationist, Political and Social Worker, Trade Unionist

Permanent Address :
59-A, Palm Avenue, Ist Floor, Flat No. 4, 
Calcutta-700019 (West Bengal)
Tel. (033) 2473922

Positions Held :

1972-1977Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly, 
Minister of  State, Labour, West Bengal
1984 till dateGeneral Secretary, P.C.C., West Bengal
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)

Books Published :
"Path Kothai" (Bengali)

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Deeply attached to  the literary  field;  collection  of  rare 
specimen  and  research  work  on  the  subject  of  primitive 
conception  of  God  and  Goddess  in  rural  Bengal  and  its 
transformation   in   modern   concept;  Editor,  'Parag Vash' 
(a Bengali fortnightly Journal)
 
Social and Cultural Activities :
Permanent Member, Asiatic Society; Member (i) Planning Board of 
Asiatic Society; (ii) University Institute, Calcutta; and (iii) 
Akhil Bharat Banga  Sahitya Sammelan;  Connected with different 
Cultural Organisations

Special Interests :
Sports, games, music and seminars

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Reading books

Sports and Clubs :
Connected with local clubs

Countries Visited :
France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and U.K.

Other Information :
Connected with programmes for eradication of illiteracy

Election result of :

Serampore Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate12,49,680
Total votes polled 9,90,773
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Pradip Bhattacharya (I.N.C.)4,49,205
(2) Shri Sudarshan Roy Chaudhari (C.P.I.(M)]4,43,742
(3) Shri Debabrata Chowdhari (B.J.P.)  60,122
(4) Shri Swaraj Mukhopadhyay [A.I.I.C.(T)]      9,600