Nilima Nag (Mallick) (born 1959) is an Indian politician from

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

. She was a former member of the

West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ...

from Haringhata Assembly constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community in

Nadia district Nadia () is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. Nadia district is highly influe ...

. She won for the first time in the

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. The election was held in six phases between 18 Ap ...

representing

All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction f ...

Early life and education

Nag is from

Haringhata Haringhata is a city and a municipality of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Geography Location Haringhata is located at . It has an ...

, Nadia district, West Bengal. She married late Samir Kumar Nag. She studied Class 12 at Chakdaha College and passed the higher secondary board examinations in 1977.

Career

Nag won from Haringhata Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress in the

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2016 for 294 seats of the ''Vidhan Sabha'' in the Indian state of West Bengal. The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was re-elected with an enhanced majority. ...

. She polled 94,530 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Ajoy Das of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

, by a margin of 21,349 votes. She first became an MLA winning the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing All India Trinamool Congress. In 2011, she polled 83,366 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Biswajit Pal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), by a margin of 13,003 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nag, Nilima 1959 births Living people Politicians from Nadia district Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 Women members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 21st-century Indian women politicians