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Lalchand Fulamali (Bengali: লালচাঁদ ফুলমালি) (born November 1935) is an Indian politician, hailing from Brahmanbahara village in Birbhum District.[1] Fulamali became a member of the Communist Party of India in 1957 and represented the party in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1977.

Youth[edit]

Fulamali was born in Bramhanbahara. His father was Nanigopal Fulamali.[1] He was educated at Bramhanbahara Primary Vidyalaya and completed the 4th grade .[1]

Political worker[edit]

Fulamali became a member of the CPI in 1957.[1] He was active in the local area and became a member of the gram panchayat ('village council').[1] In 1962 he was jailed during a food movement.[1] Fulamali stood as the CPI candidate in the Mayureswar (SC) constituency in the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election; with 5,738 votes (19.28%) he finished in third place behind the Congress and CPI(M) candidates.[2] He did not contest the subsequent 1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[3] From 1967-1970 he was arrested at a number of times.[1]

Legislator[edit]

He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the 1971 election and the 1972 election from the Mayureswar (SC) constituency.[1][4] In 1971 he obtained 10,925 (35.13%) defeating Congress, CPI(M) and Congress(O) candidates.[5] In 1972 he obtained 15,089 (50.74%), defeating the CPI(M) and Congress(O) candidates.[6]

Later period[edit]

Fulamali lost the Mayureswar (SC) seat in the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, where he finished in third place with 4,760 votes (13.60%).[7] As of 2014 Fulamali was involved in an all-party committee demanding to secure a hospital at Mayureswar.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Who's who. West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat. 1974. p. 23.
  2. ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ Communist Party of India. National Council (1971). On the General Election of March 1971: Resolutions and Review Report of the National Council of the Communist Party of India, New Delhi, 23 to 28 April 1971. Communist Party of India. p. 91.
  5. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  6. ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  7. ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  8. ^ Anandabazaar Patrika. প্রশাসনিক জটে হয়নি স্বাস্থ্যকেন্দ্র
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