CHATTERJEE, SHRI NIRMAL KANTI
C.P.I (M)- DUM DUM (WEST BENGAL)

Father's Name  :Late Shri Khagendra Nath

Date of Birth  :1 March 1925

Place of Birth :Calcutta (West Bengal)

Marital Status :Married on 22 June 1949

Spouse's Name  :Smt. Meera Chatterjee

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

Profession :
Teacher, Researcher and Political Worker

Permanent Address :
A-I, Rajarhat Road, Jyangra, Baguiati, 
Calcutta-700059 (West Bengal)
Tel. (511) 9824

Positions Held :

1940 onwardsMember, C.P.I. [now in C.P.I. (M)]
1982Elected to Rajya Sabha
1982-83& 87-88Member, House Committee, Rajya Sabha
Member, Public Accounts Committee
1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
Dec. 1989Member, Panel of Chairmen
Jan. 1990-91Member, General Purposes Committee
Member, Rules Committee
Member, Consultative Committee constituted under 
the Punjab State Legislative 
Delegation of Powers Act 1987
Member, Public Accounts Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
1991Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time

Special Interests :
Reading and travelling

Countries Visited :
China,  Italy,  Spain  and U.K.;  Member, Indian Delegations to 
Spain and U.K.

Other Information :
Participated  in  the  freedom  struggle; Victimised five times for 
participating in trade union movement; jailed in 1959 in connection 
with the  food movement in West Bengal;  Member (i) Governing Body, 
Bose  Research  Institute; (ii) Indian  Statistical  Institute and 
(iii) Governing Body, I.C.A.R., 1982-83 & 1987-88

Election result of :

Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate15,44,506
Total votes polled12,52,429
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee [C.P.I.(M)]5,80,455
(2) Shri Ashutosh Laha (I.N.C.)5,22,164
(3) Shri Dibakar Kundu (B.J.P.)1,07,501