Santosh Kumar Roy

Santosh Kumar Roy
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 1972 - 1978
Preceded by	Tajamul Ali Laskar
Succeeded by	Gourishankar Roy
Constituency	Katlicherra
Personal details
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Shefalika Roy
Children	6, including Gautam Roy
Relatives	Mandira Roy (Daughter in law) Rahul Roy (Grandson)
Occupation	Politician

Santosh Kumar Roy was an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a former Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Katlicherra. He was the father of Gautam Roy, father in law of Mandira Roy, grandfather of Rahul Roy and grandfather in law of Daisy Roy.[1]

Personal life

Roy married Shefalika Roy in 1939 and had 5 daughters and one son.[2]

Political career

In the 1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Roy was the Indian National Congress candidate for the constituency of Katlicherra. He received 23988 votes, 54.02% of the total vote. He defeated his nearest independent opponent by 6851 votes. He served until the 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly Election, where the former MLA for Katlicherra, Gourishankar Roy, was instead the Congress candidate for Katlicherra and won the election. His son, Gautam Roy, would later go on to represent the same constituency.[3]

References

1. "Assam's Roy family: Congress veteran on BJP ticket, kin as Independents". The Indian Express. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
2. Assembly, Assam (India) Legislature Legislative (1973). Assam Legislative Assembly Who's who. Assam Legislative Assembly.
3. "Katlicherra Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.