Manoj Tigga

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Manoj Tigga
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Parent(s)Shibcharan Tigga and Uraon Ratani
Residence(s)Singhania Tea Estate (Gaudam Line) Birpara, Alipurduar, West Bengal - 735204
Alma mater University of North Bengal (B.Sc in Biology)
Occupation Politician

Manoj Tigga (born 11 May 1972) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Alipurduars, West Bengal elected in the 2024 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was former member of Legislative assembly representing the Madarihat constituency in West Bengal. In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Tigga contesting on an election ticket from BJP defeated his nearest rival Padam Lama of TMC by 22,308 votes. [1] [2] [3]

Political career

He contested 2009 Indian general election from Alipurduars constituency and was defeated by Manohar Tirkey of Revolutionary Socialist Party (India). [4] [5]

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State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member of the  West Bengal Legislative Assembly
from Madarihat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

2016
Incumbent