Sabita Mahato (born 1974) is an Indian politician from

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

. She is a MLA from

Ichagarh Assembly constituency Ichagarh Assembly constituency is a Vidhan Sabha, assembly constituency in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Jharkhand. Overview According to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 of the ...

in Seraikela district representing

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (; ) is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand, founded by Binod Bihari Mahato, Shibu Soren, and A. K. Roy. Hemant Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state ...

. She won the

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jharkhand, India, from 30 November to 20 December 2019 to elect the 81 members of the 5th Jharkhand Assembly, 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Results were declared on 23 December 2019. The pre-elect ...

Early life and education

Mahato is from

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million ...

. She is the wife of late Sudhir Mahato, also an MLA and a former deputy chief minister. She discontinued her studies after Class 8 in 1991. She studied at Kandra High School,

Kandra Kandra is a census town in the Gamharia block, (Adityapur) Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision of the Saraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Jharkhand. ...

Career

Mahato won the

from

ticket. She polled 57,546 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Hare Lal Mahato of All Jharkhand Students Union by a margin of 18,710 votes. Earlier, her husband Sudhir Mahato won the

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election The 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 3 to 23 February 2005 to elect the 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. It was the first election held in Jharkhand to elect the Second Jharkhand Legislat ...

on JMM ticket but lost the next election in 2009. After his death, she contested the 2014 Assembly election without success.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabita, Mahato 1974 births Living people Jharkhand Mukti Morcha politicians Jharkhand MLAs 2019–2024 People from Seraikela Kharsawan district