Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
MUKHERJEE, SMT. GEETA
[COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA - PANSKURA (WEST BENGAL)]
Father's Name Shri Prafulla Kumar Roychowdhury Date of Birth 8 January 1924 Place of Birth Calcutta (West Bengal) Marital Status Married on 8 November 1942 Spouse's Name Late Shri Biswanath Mukherjee Educational Qualifications B.A. Educated at Ashutosh College, Calcutta University, Calcutta (West Bengal) Profession Writer, Political and Social Worker Permanent Address Flat-12, Block-D, 18, Bow Street, Calcutta-700012 (West Bengal) Tel. (033) 2254488 Present Address 519, V.P. House, New Delhi - 110001 Tel. (011) 3712326 Positions Held 1946 Member, State Committee, Communist Party of India (C.P.I.), Bengal 1967-77 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly Member, Various Committees, West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1978 Member, National Council, C.P.I. onwards 1980 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha 1980-83 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings 1981-82 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 1981-84 Member, Joint Committee on Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 1980 1981 Member, National Executive Committee, C.P.I. onwards 1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1985-86 and Member, Committee on Public Undertakings 1987-89 1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1989-91 Member, Panel of Chairmen Member, House Committee 1990-91 Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1991-92 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings 1993-96 Member, Panel of Chairmen 1993-95 Member, Committee on Public Accounts 1993-97 Member, Committee on External Affairs 1993 Member, Joint-Select Committee on bills relating onwards to women 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term) 1996-97 Chairperson, Joint Select Committee on Reservation of Seats for Women in Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies Chairperson, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit Member, Panel of Chairmen Member, Committee on Communications Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term) 1998 onwards Member, Secretariat, C.P.I. 1998-99 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-I Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women - Criminal Laws Member, Committee on Provision of computers to Members of Parliament Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Books Published (i) Bharat Upakatha; (ii) Chotader Rabindranath; (iii) He Atit Katha Kao (all in Bengali); and (iv) Bengali translation of 'Naked among Wolves' Literary, Artistic and Scientitic Accomplishments Regularly contributing articles to various newspapers and weeklies Social and Cultural Activities Women's employment, women's movement, student movement, peasant movement and eradication of illiteracy; working for womens' empowerment and also for building communal harmony Special Interests Theory and practice of Marxism and Leninism Favourite Pastime and Recreation Poetry, songs and socialising with rural women and younger generation Countries Visited Widely travelled (including Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Germany,U.A.E., U.K., U.S.A., former U.S.S.R., etc. Other Information Participated in the Freedom Struggle; imprisoned several times for participation in mass movements during pre-independence and post-independence periods; Associated with C.P.I. as a student since 1939; General-Secretary, Bengal Provincial Students' Federation, 1947-1951; Vice-President, National Federation of Women; Secretariat Member, Women's International Democratic Federation, Berlin, 1958; Executive Member, National Federation of Indian Women since 1965; Member, (i) National Commission on Rural Labour, 1986, (ii) National Commission on Women, 1988; (iii) National Children's Board, 1990; (iv) Press Council; and (v) Court of Visva Bharati, 1998-99
Our Other Sites IndianPost.com ReminderWeb.com RajPurohit.comTotal electorate 9,66,739 Total votes polled 8,31,273 Votes polled in favour of the first three leading candidates (1) Smt. Geeta Mukherjee (C.P.I.) 4,50,092 (2) Dr. Saumen Mahapatra (W.B.T.C.) 2,70,549 (3) Smt. Sandhya De (I.N.C.) 99,439
Election Result of Panskura Lok Sabha Constituency