Arup Chatterjee is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a member of Legislative Assembly from

Nirsa Assembly constituency Nirsa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results Assembly election 2024 Assembly election 2019 Assembly election 201 ...

in Jharkhand representing the

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (CPI(ML)L) is a communist political party in India. The party is represented in Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assemblies. Since 2023, the party is also a member of the INDIA bloc ...

Early life and education

Chatterjee is the son of former MLA late

Gurudas Chatterjee Gurudas Chatterjee was an Indian politician who served as a three-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Nirsa Assembly constituency in the eastern state of Jharkhand, India. Representing the Marxist Coordination Committee (MC ...

. He completed his graduation in 1994 at BBM Asansol and later did a post graduate diploma in Business Management from

IILM, Kolkata Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institute ...

in 1997.

Career

Chatterjee first won as an MLA winning the

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election The 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election resulted in a fragmented assembly, with no single party achieving a clear majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) each secured 18 seats, while the Indian Nati ...

and retained it in the 2014 Assembly election. He regained the seat representing the

party in the

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 2024 elections in India, 13 to 20 November 2024 to elect all 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 24 November 2024. T ...

Election history

* 2009 - Elected as MLA Party (

Marxist Co-ordination Committee The Marxist Co-ordination Committee (MCC) was a political party in Jharkhand, India, based around the coal mining region of Dhanbad. The Party operated from 1971 to 2024. Marxist Co-ordination Committee since its inception was closely associate ...

) * 2014 - Elected as MLA Party (

) * 2024 - Elected as MLA Party (

)

Personal life

Arup Chatterjee married a home tutor and his profession is politics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterjee, Arup Living people Jharkhand MLAs 2024–2029 People from Dhanbad district Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation politicians Year of birth missing (living people)