Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who has served as the 4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990 and the 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998. He served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Tura in Meghalaya from 2014 to 2016,1991 to 2008 and from 1977 to 1989 and the minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Rao ministry from 1995 to 1996. He was the founder of National People's Party and co-founder of Nationalist Congress Party.
Pranab Mukherjee was an Indian politician who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the post of President of India. In a political career spanning five decades,Mukherjee was a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India. Prior to his election as President,Mukherjee was Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012. He was awarded India's highest civilian honour,the Bharat Ratna,in 2019,by his successor as president,Ram Nath Kovind.
The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April –10 May 2004,which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 62 more seats than previous 13th Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 8 sitting members from Rajya Sabha,the Upper House of Indian Parliament,were elected to 14th Lok Sabha after the 2004 Indian general election.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is an Indian politician who served as the leader of the Indian National Congress in the 17th Lok Sabha and from 2019 to 2024 and the Member of Parliament from Berhampore from 1999 to 2024. He served as the president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) following the demise of Somendra Nath Mitra from 2020 to 2024 and previously from 2014 to 2018,Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee since 2019,Minister of State of Railways from 2012 to 2014 and the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 1999.
Mohammed Salim is an Indian politician,who is the incumbent State Secretary in West Bengal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was inducted in the politburo of CPI(M) in the 21st party congress organised at Visakhapatnam in 2015. He was a Member of the 16th Lok Sabha,representing Raiganj constituency. Earlier,he was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha,representing the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal. After delimitation,in the 2009 Lok Sabha election Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency,and lost to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress. Mohammed Salim is contesting the 2024 Indian general election as the Left Front candidate from the Murshidabad.
Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal,in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district,three are in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004,but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Chopra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Jangipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Nabagram is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Nalhati Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Jadavpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency in the Indian state of West Bengal which lies mostly in Kolkata district,while a fraction of it is in South 24 Parganas district.
Bishnupur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Subrata Mukherjee was an Indian politician who was cabinet minister of the government of West Bengal and sitting member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He was also the 35th Mayor of Kolkata from 2000 to 2005.
Locket Chatterjee is an Indian actress,politician and former Member of Parliament for Hooghly,from West Bengal,India. She is also a classical dancer. She completed her training in Bharat Natyam,Kathakali,Manipuri and Creative,but is better known as an actress,in Tollywood. Previously,she was the state president of BJP Mahila Morcha,the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal. Now she is a General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party,West Bengal.
The partial list of political families of West Bengal state of India.
Dinesh Chandra Joarder was an Indian politician who was a member of Communist Party of India. He was a member of both Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha.
Md. Sohrab is a Congress politician,five-time MLA and Congress legislature party leader in the West Bengal state assembly.
Arjun Singh is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. He contested the 2019 Indian general election as a BJP candidate and won against TMC candidate Dinesh Trivedi.
Mafuja Khatun is an Indian politician who is the current Vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party of West Bengal since from 2019.
