Trilochan Mal

Trilochan Mal was an Indian politician, belonging to the Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI). He was a school teacher by profession.^[1] Mal was active in the peasants front of RCPI in Birbhum District.^[1] He was a leading figure of the 1959 food movement in Rampurhat.^[2] Mal was imprisoned multiple times.^[1]

Mal contested the Murarai seat, standing as an independent, in the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He finished in fourth place wit 2,654 votes (13.03%).^[3] In the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election he contested the seat reserved for Scheduled Castes in the Nalhati two-member constituency, again standing as an independent. He obtained 5,132 votes, the third largest vote count among the Scheduled Caste seat candidates.^[4] In the 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election he stood as an independent in Nalhati, finishing in third place with 5,212 votes (22.48%).^[5]

Mal won the Hansan seat in the 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, standing as an RCPI candidate and obtaining 9,181 votes (44.20%).^[6] He subsequently lost the seat in the 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, finishing in second place with 12,542 votes (42.01%).^[7] Mal was elected to the assembly from Hansan in the 1977 elections (14,883 votes, 39.60%) and the 1982 election (34,663 votes, 53.10%).^[8][9] Mal died during the 1982-1987 legislative term.^[10] In 1985 a by-election was held for the Hansan seat, won by RCPI candidate Umakanta Roy.^[11][10]