Mina Kumari (born 5 April 1989) is an Indian politician from

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. She is an MLA from

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Madhubani district Madhubani district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India, and is a part of Darbhanga division. Its administrative headquarters are located in Madhubani. The district has an area of and has a population of 4,487,379 (as of 20 ...

, representing Janata Dal (United) Party. She won the

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Early life and education

Kumari is from Babubarhi,

. She married Raman Kumar, a government teacher. She completed her post graduation in Hindi in 2019 at

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Darbhanga Darbhanga is the fifth largest city and municipal corporation in the state of Bihar in India, and is considered an important city in North Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Darbhanga district and the Darbhanga division. Darbhanga ...

Career

Kumari won the

from

representing

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ...

Party. She polled 77,367 votes and defeated her nearest rival,

Uma Kant Yadav Uma Kant Yadav is an Indian politician and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly of India. Yadav was elected in 2003 by polls to fill the vacancy due to the death of Deo Narayan Yadav. He was again elected in 2010 as a member of Rashtriya Jan ...

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Other ...

, by a margin of 11,488 votes.

References

Janata Dal (United) politicians 1989 births Living people People from Madhubani district Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 21st-century Indian women politicians Women members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly {{Bihar-JDU-politician-stub