Ashok Krishna Dutt

{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1928)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Asoke Krishna Dutt

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| constituency = Dum Dum, West Bengal

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term = 1977–1980

| predecessor = Constituency created

| successor = Niren Ghosh

| constituency1 = Barasat constituency

| office1 = Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly

| term1 = 1962–1967

| predecessor1 = Chitta Basu

| successor1 = H.K.Basu

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|11|21}}

| birth_place = Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India

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| party = Janata Party

|otherparty = Indian National Congress

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| spouse = Mira Dutt

| children = 1 son and daughter

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| source = http://164.100.60.131/loksabha1/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2370.htm

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Ashok Krishna Dutt (born 21 November 1928) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Dum Dum in 1977 defeating Communist leader Indrajit Gupta.{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/sep/30midna.htm | title=Indrajit Gupta may finally meet his electoral nemesis | publisher=Rediff | accessdate=12 May 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/wb20.htm | title=Elections 96 West Bengal | publisher=Rediff | accessdate=12 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title=General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=12 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }} He was a Solicitor and Advocate and practiced in the Calcutta High Court. He was arrested under Maintenance of Internal Security Act during Emergency. He was elected to the West Bengal legislative assembly from Barasat constituency in 1962 defeating Forward Bloc leader Chitta Basu.{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission of India | accessdate = 12 May 2016}}