Nikki Hembrom (born 1978) is an Indian politician from

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

. She is a member of the

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from Katoria Assembly constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe community in

Banka district Banka is one of the thirty-eight districts of the state of Bihar in India. The district headquarters of Banka is situated in Banka town. The district was established on 21 February 1991. History Banka is the homeland of the revolutionary Sat ...

representing the

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. She was elected in the

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

Early life and education

Hembrom is from

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. Her husband Ramesh Hembrom is a businessman. Together, they have a son, Sonalal Hembrom. She completed her doctorate in 2012 and earned her Ph.D. at

Sido Kanhu Murmu University Sido Kanhu Murmu University (SKMU), formerly Siddhu Kanhu University, is a public university situated in the Santhal Parganas region of Jharkhand state in eastern India. It has its headquarters at Dumka, the second capital of Jharkhand. The un ...

Dumka Dumka, the headquarters of the Dumka district and Santhal Pargana region, is a city in the state of Jharkhand, India. It was made the headquarters of the Santhal Pargana region, which was carved out of the Bhagalpur and Birbhum district afte ...

. She declared assets worth Rs.1 crore in the affidavit filed to the Election Commission of India before the general election. She has no criminal cases against her.

Career

Hembrom won the

from Katoria Assembly constituency representing the

. She polled 74,785 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Sweety Sima Hembram of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, by a margin of 6,421 votes. She fights for the rights of the tribal people. In the

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar Alliance group ...

, she contested on the BJP ticket for the first time but lost to the same candidate, Sweety Sima. In 2015, she polled 44,423 votes against Sima, who got 54,762 and won by a margin of 10,339 votes.

Accident

On 1 July 2025, she was involved in a road accident when their car hit a tree. The MLA was and her driver were injured along with three other security guards who were escorting her in a vehicle behind her car. After finishing a programme in Bhaljor, she was returning to Bausi. At the Hechala turn, near Shyambazar, the vehicle overturned after hitting a tree, and four guards in the vehicle behind them were injured and treated at a local hospital. In June 2023, her son Sonalal Hembrom died of brain hemorrhage.

References

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