| Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | |
| Birth Date: | 1944 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India) |
| Residence: | Bhabanipur |
| Office: | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs,Government of West Bengal Deputy Leader of the House in West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | 5 August 2022 |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Predecessor: | Partha Chatterjee |
| Office1: | Minister of Agriculture,Government of West Bengal |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Term Start1: | 10 May 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Asish Banerjee |
| Office2: | Minister of Power and Non-Conventional Energy, Government of West Bengal |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Term Start2: | 27 May 2016 |
| Term End2: | 4 May 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Manish Gupta |
| Successor2: | Aroop Biswas |
| Office3: | Chief Whip of the Government of West Bengal |
| Term Start3: | 20 May 2011 |
| Term End3: | 27 May 2016 |
| Leader3: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Successor3: | Nirmal Ghosh |
| Office4: | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start4: | 27 April 1991 |
| Subterm5: | 2021–Present |
| Suboffice5: | Khardaha |
| Subterm6: | 2021 |
| Suboffice6: | Bhabanipur |
| Subterm7: | 1998–2021 |
| Suboffice7: | Rashbehari |
| Subterm8: | 1991–1998 |
| Suboffice8: | Baruipur Paschim |
| Party: | Trinamool Congress (1998 – present) |
| Otherparty: | Indian National Congress (1976-1998) |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Spouse: | Supriya Chattopadhyay |
| Children: | 2 Sons |
| Alma Mater: | University of Calcutta (B.Sc., LL.B.) |
Sovandeb Chattopadhyay is a veteran Indian politician representing Trinamool Congress and is the first elected MLA of the party (elected in 1998). He was the founder president of INTTUC, the labour wing of his party Trinamool Congress.
He is one of the close associates of Mamata Banerjee since mid 80s and was a prominent face in her fights against CPI(M). He is also one of the founding members of Trinamool Congress in 1998.
He was the Government Chief Whip of his first TMC government in the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha from 2011 to 2016. On 27 May 2016 he took charge as the Hon'ble Minister of Power & Non Conventional Energy, Government of West Bengal.[1]
A boxer in his younger days, he is a veteran trade union leader, holding degrees in science and law.[2] [3] He is president of Kolkata Auto Rickshaw Operators' Union.[4]
He won the Baruipur seat as a Congress candidate in 1991 and 1996[5] [6] and as a Trinamool Congress candidate won the Rasbehari seat in 2001 and 2006.[7] [8] In 2011 he was pitted against a green-horn and won by nearly 50,000 votes and was further re-elected in 2016. Currently he is the Minister-in-Charge, Department of Agriculture and Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal.[2] He resigned from his seat in the Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for CM Mamata Banerjee to contest West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election.[9] He then contested the by election from Khardah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and won with a margin of 93,832 votes.
He presently serves as a Minister in West Bengal Cabinet and also as the Deputy Leader of the House in West Bengal Legislative Assembly.