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| birth_date = 18 July 1940 |
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| birth_date = 18 July 1940 |
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| birth_place = [[Barisal]] |
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| death_date = 31 December 2013 |
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| death_place = [[English Bazar|Malda]] |
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| office1 = [[Department of Tourism (West Bengal)|Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Urban Development]] |
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| office1 = [[Department of Tourism (West Bengal)|Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Urban Development]] |
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| office2 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Food Processing]] |
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| office2 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Food Processing]] |
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| office3 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Biophysical environment|Environment]] and [[Parliamentary Affairs]] |
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| term3 = 2006–2011 |
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| office3 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Biophysical environment|Environment]] and [[Parliamentary Affairs]] |
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| term3 = 2006–2011 |
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| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] |
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| spouse = Swati Sarkar |
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==Early days== |
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==Early days== |
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Born at [[Barisal]], now in Bangladesh, on 18 July 1940, he was a teacher in early life. In 1956, he joined the movement against the merger of Bengal and Bihar. He acquired the membership of the undivided [[Communist Party of India]] in 1960.[{{cite web| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Former-Bengal-minister-Sailen-Sarkar-dead/articleshow/28199427.cms |title = Former Bengal minister Sailen Sarkar dead |work= The Times of India, 31 December 2013 | accessdate = 14 July 2014}}][{{cite web | url =http://www.thestatesman.net/news/32379-veteran-cpm-leader-passes-away.html | title =Veteran CPM leader passes away | publisher =The Statesman, 1 January 2014 | accessdate =14 July 2014 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20140719061858/http://www.thestatesman.net/news/32379-veteran-cpm-leader-passes-away.html] | archivedate =19 July 2014 }} |
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Born at [[Barisal]], now in Bangladesh, on 18 July 1940, he was a teacher in early life. In 1956, he joined the movement against the merger of Bengal and Bihar. He acquired the membership of the undivided [[Communist Party of India]] in 1960.[{{cite web| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Former-Bengal-minister-Sailen-Sarkar-dead/articleshow/28199427.cms |title = Former Bengal minister Sailen Sarkar dead |work= The Times of India, 31 December 2013 | accessdate = 14 July 2014}}][{{cite web | url =http://www.thestatesman.net/news/32379-veteran-cpm-leader-passes-away.html | title =Veteran CPM leader passes away | publisher =The Statesman, 1 January 2014 | accessdate =14 July 2014 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20140719061858/http://www.thestatesman.net/news/32379-veteran-cpm-leader-passes-away.html | archivedate =19 July 2014 }}] |
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==Electoral achievements== |
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==Electoral achievements== |
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Sailen Sarkar was elected, on [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] tickets, to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|English Bazar]] in 1977,[{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}] 1982[{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}] and 1987.[{{cite web| url =] http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}} |
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Sailen Sarkar was elected, on [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] tickets, to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|English Bazar]] in 1977,[{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}] 1982[{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}] and 1987.[{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}] |
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During this period he served as minister of state for municipal affairs and urban development in the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] ministry in West Bengal from 1982 to 1987. |
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During this period he served as minister of state for municipal affairs and urban development in the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] ministry in West Bengal from 1982 to 1987. |
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He was elected from [[Ratua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ratua]] in 2001[{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission] | accessdate = 9 July 2014}} and 2006.[{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}] |
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He was elected from [[Ratua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ratua]] in 2001[{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}] and 2006.[{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}] |
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He was cabinet minister of food processing from 2001 to 2006, and cabinet minister for environment and parliamentary affairs from 2006 to 2011. |
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He was cabinet minister of food processing from 2001 to 2006, and cabinet minister for environment and parliamentary affairs from 2006 to 2011. |
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