Jagannath Sarkar (born 2 January 1963) is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He is a two time Member of Lok Sabha for

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. He won in the

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and retained the seat in 2024 representing the

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. In between, he won the Santipur Assembly seat in 2021 election but resigned his assembly seat and retained the MP seat.

Early life and education

Sarkar was born on 2 January 1963 to Bhim Chandra Sarkar and Nani Bala Sarkar in Tashuli village of

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. He graduated with

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from Santipur College in 1984 and Bachelor of Physical Education degree from

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in 1986-1987. He married Arpita Sarkar (Baidya) on 2 November 1999, and together they have a son and a daughter. He was a teacher in Vidyamandir School in Fulia and others. He was also a farmer by profession.

Career

Sarkar is the general secretary of the

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unit of the

. On 10 April 2019, the party nominated him for the

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from the Ranaghat constituency, after the nomination of

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was rejected. On 23 May, he was elected to the

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after defeating his nearest rival, Rupali Biswas of the

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. He contested and won the

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from Santipur Assembly constituency but later resigned the MLA seat and retained the MP seat from Ranaghat. He defeated Ajoy Dey of the Trinamool Congress by a margin of 15,878 votes. In the 2024 Indian general election in West Bengal, he retained the Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency defeating Mukut Mani Adhikari of the Trinamool Congress by a margin of 186,899 votes.

References

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