Abhijit Mukherjee (born 2 January 1960) is an Indian politician who served as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) from the
Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency
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in the Indian state of
West Bengal
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.
Mukherjee won the 2012
Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency
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Assembly segments
As per orde ...
by-election by 2,536 votes defeating his nearest CPI(M) rival Muzaffar Hussain after a tough fight. The seat was vacated by his father
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Pranab Mukherjee
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after he was elected as the President.
Mukherjee was re elected to Lok Sabha from Jangipur in 2014.
He lost the 2019 election to
TMC candidate
Khalilur Rahaman.
Early years
Abhijit Mukherjee was born on 2 January 1960 in
Hoogly in
West Bengal
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. He is the son of late Pranab Mukherjee (the former
President of India
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) and late Suvra Mukherjee.
His grandfather, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was active in the
Indian independence movement
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and was a member of West Bengal Legislative Council between 1952 and 1964 as a representative of the Indian National Congress.
Mukherjee graduated with a
B.E
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. in
Mechanical Engineering
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from the Jadavpur University in 1984.
Professional career
Mukherjee has worked as a corporate executive for firms like the
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
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,
Maruti Udyog Limited
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and the
Steel Authority of India Limited
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.
He was General Manager in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility
SRin the Steel Authority of India Limited.
Political career
Mukherjee began his political career as a state legislator in West Bengal. Following his father's election to the presidency, he contested the by-election for the
Jangipur Seat in the
Lok Sabha
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and won. He was re-elected in the
2014 Indian general election
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in a four cornered contest and retained his seat in Jangipur Constituency of Dist : Murshidabad, West Bengal. He is one of the four Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from West Bengal who are members of the
Indian National Congress
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. In the 2019 General elections to the Lok Sabha, he lost to his rival candidate from TMC.
On 5 July 2021, he joined
All India Trinamool Congress
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after resigning from
Indian National Congress
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.
References
External links
Mukherjee's website*
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1960 births
Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal
Living people
Politicians from Kolkata
Jadavpur University alumni
India MPs 2009–2014
Children of presidents of India
Lok Sabha members from West Bengal
People from Birbhum district
India MPs 2014–2019
People from Hooghly district
West Bengal politicians
People from Murshidabad district