Shilpi Neha Tirkey (born 16 August 1993) 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 serving as a member of

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Ranchi, the capital of the state. List of assemblies ...

from Mandar since June 2022 representing the

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Early life and education

Neha Tirkey is from

Hatia Hatia is a suburb neighbourhood of Ranchi in Jharkhand, India. Hatia railway station is the railway station serving the capital city of Ranchi in the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Etymology The name "Hatia" derive from "H ...

Ranchi District Ranchi district is the most populous district of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, is the district headquarters. History Iron slag, potsherds and iron tools have been found in the Chota Nagpur plateau dated to ...

, Jharkhand. She is daughter of

Bandhu Tirkey Bandhu Tirkey is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Mandar Assembly constituency representing Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) in 2019. Babulal Marandi expelled his party MLA ...

. She completed her post graduate diploma in marketing communication in 2015 at

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. Earlier, she did her graduation in 2013 in Business Administration at Christ College, a deemed university in Bangalore. Her husband works as a second engineer in Merchant navy.

Career

Neha Tirkey became an MLA for the first time winning the by-election for

Mandar Assembly constituency Mandar Assembly constituency is one of the 81 constituencies of the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha, located in Ranchi district. Mandar is part of Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency along with four other Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments, nam ...

in 2022 representing the

. The bypoll was necessitated as her father, Bandhu Tirkey, the sitting MLA was disqualified from the house after he was convicted in a disproportionate assets case. After winning, she became the youngest MLA in the house. Later, she won the

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 2024 elections in India, 13 to 20 November 2024 to elect all 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 24 November 2024. T ...

. She polled 1,35,936 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Sunny Toppo of the

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, by a margin of 22,803 votes.{{Cite web , date=2024-11-23 , title=Mandar, Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: INC's Shilpi Neha Tirkey with 135936 defeats BJP's Sunny Toppo , url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/mandar-jharkhand-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-jaelb-2638484-2024-11-23 , access-date=2024-11-25 , website=India Today , language=en

References

1993 births Living people Jharkhand MLAs 2024–2029 Politicians from Ranchi Indian National Congress politicians from Jharkhand Jharkhand MLAs 2019–2024 Women members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly 21st-century Indian women politicians Women state cabinet ministers of India State cabinet ministers of Jharkhand