Manju Basu

Manju Basu
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency:- 107. Noapara, North 24 Parganas
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 May 2021
Preceded bySunil Singh
In office
2011–2016
Preceded byKushadhwaj Ghosh
Succeeded byMadhusudan Ghose
In office
2001–2006
Preceded byMadan Mohan Nath
Succeeded byKushadhwaj Ghosh
Personal details
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
SpouseBikash Basu
Residence(s)Netaji Pally, PO Ichapur Nawabgunj, PS Noapara, dist North 24 Paraganas
Alma materM.A.

Manju Basu is an All India Trinamool Congress politician and is a Member of Legislative Assembly from Noapara.

A graduate in humanities and education, she was a school teacher by profession.[1] She entered active politics in 2000 after her husband, Bikash Basu, also a school teacher and a Trinamool Congress activist, was killed in the run up to the election the following year.[2][3]

She was nominated a Trinamool Congress candidate from Noapara in 2001 and she won the election.[4] However, she lost in 2006[5] but won again in 2011.[6] In the 2016 General Election she lost the seat again. The Congress candidate Madhusudan Ghosh won the seat. Again, in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election she defeated her nearest rival Sunil Singh of BJP.

  1. ^ "Election Watch Reporter". My Neta. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Dozen dose of dynasty on Trinamul list". The Telegraph, 19 March 2011. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. ^ "13-year-old shot dead in front of pandal". The Telegraph, 26 October 2000. Archived from the original on 12 November 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  5. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  6. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 August 2014.