constituency date party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
medinipur 1948 communist party of india member of the legislative assembly 1948 2006 santosh rana -lrb- cpi -rrb-
 2011 santosh rana
santosh rana -lrb- cpi -rrb-

`` not to be confused with the naxal leader santosh rana '' santosh rana is an indian politician , belonging to the communist party of india .
he studied at bhattar college at danton , graduating with a b.a. in 1969 .
he contested the tamluk seat in the 2001 west bengal legislative assembly election , and finished in second place with 44.45 % of the votes .
he won the medinipur seat in the 2006 west bengal legislative assembly election , but lost it in 2011 .
