Brajagopal Roy Explained
Brajagopal Roy (1935/1936 – 31 July 2022)[1] was an Indian politician. Roy was the main leader of the All India Forward Bloc in the North-Eastern state of Tripura. He was President of the AIFB Tripura State Committee[2] and a member of the All India Secretariat of the party.
Roy was member of the legislative assembly of Tripura 1978–1983 and 1993–1998, representing the Town Bordowali constituency.[3] [4] In the 1998 election he lost his seat, coming second with 7665 votes (36.92%).[5]
Roy stood as the Left Front candidate in Town Bardowali in the 2003 state legislative assembly elections. Among others, he had to face dissident Forward Bloc candidate Nitish Das. Roy came second with 9844 votes (43,57%). Das came third with 331 votes (1,46%).[6]
Notes and References
- News: 31 July 2022 . Top Tripura Left leader Braja Gopal Roy dies at 86 . 31 July 2022. IANS. Lokmat.
- Web site: tripura . 7 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041534/http://ganashakti.com/old/2005/051114/nation2.htm . 27 September 2007 . dead .
- Web site: rptDetailedResults . 7 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070712032116/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReport%201977%20Tripura.pdf . 12 July 2007 . dead .
- Web site: rptDetailedResults . 7 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930094304/http://eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/Statistical%20Report%201993%20Tripura.pdf . 30 September 2007 . dead .
- Web site: rptProgrammeOFElections . 7 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930065735/http://eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-TRI98.pdf . 30 September 2007 . dead .
- http://archive.eci.gov.in/Febse2003/pollupd/ac/states/S23/Aconst08.htm State Elections 2003 – Constituency wise detail for 8-Town Bordowali Constituency of TRIPURA
