Ratna Chatterjee (born 1972) is an Indian politician from

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. She is a member of the

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from Behala Purba Assembly constituency in

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. She won the

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representing the

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party.

Early life and education

Chatterjee is from Behala Purba, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. She married Sovan Chatterjee, former minister and mayor of Kolkata. She runs her own businesses including a diagnostic centre, a hotel and a fitness studio. She completed her bachelor's degree in political science in 1995 at a college affiliated with

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Career

Chatterjee won from Behala Purba Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. She polled 110,968 votes and defeated his nearest rival,

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of the

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, by a margin of 37,428 votes. In 2016, her former husband Sovan Chatterjee won this seat.

References

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