Sikha Chatterjee is an Indian politician from
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
. In May 2021, she was elected 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
Dabgram-Phulbari constituency in
Jalpaiguri district
Jalpaiguri district () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was established in 1869 during British Raj. The headquarters of the district are in the city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional headquarters of Ja ...
. She defeated Trinamool Congress heavyweight minister of West Bengal
Goutam Deb with the margin of 27,593 votes. She was the opposition leader of Rajganj Panchayat Samiti. She was former leader of Trinamool Congress.
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal
West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026
People from Jalpaiguri district
Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal
21st-century Indian women politicians
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