Selima Khatun (born 1982) also known as Bibi is an Indian politician who served as a 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 Debra Assembly constituency since 2016 to 2021. She had represented

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, a political party led by

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. She managed to win

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with a margin of 11908 votes against the representatives of

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and

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Biography

Selima Khatun completed her Post graduation in

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in Bengali from

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in 2005. She is serving as a Teacher at a High school and her husband is an Assistant professor in a B.ed College.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khatun, Selima 1982 births Living people Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 People from Paschim Medinipur district Women members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 21st-century Indian women politicians Indian schoolteachers Vidyasagar University alumni