Chandrani Murmu (born 16 June 1993) is an Indian politician. She was elected to the

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, lower house of the

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from

Keonjhar Kendujhar is a town with municipality in Kendujhar District in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kendujhar district, and it is one of the fifth scheduled areas of Odisha. Climate Politics Mohan char ...

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

in the

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as a member of the

Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...

. Chandrani Murmu is currently the youngest Indian Member of Parliament. Murmu won against

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Ananta Nayak Ananta Nayak (born 1 May 1969) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Keonjhar constituency of Odisha and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP). Nayak became the Member of Parliament at the age of 30 from t ...

, who has previously won twice, by a margin of 66,203 votes. She succeeded

Sakuntala Laguri Sakuntala Laguri is an Indian politician. She was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Keonjhar constituency in Odisha. She is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. See also * Indian general election, 2014 (Odisha) ...

to win the election from Keonjhar for the BJD once again. The youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha was Dushyant Chautala representing the

Indian National Lok Dal Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party in India, in the state of Haryana. INLD was founded in October 1996 as Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Choudhary Devi Lal, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of India in the V.P. Singh's Cab ...

from Hisar in

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Early and personal life

Chandrani Murmu was born on 16 June 1993 to Sanjiv Murmu, a government employee and Urbashi Soren, daughter of former MP Hariharan Soren (who won from Keonjhar on behalf of the

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in 1980 and 1984). Murmu completed her degree in Mechanical Engineering from

Siksha 'O' Anusandhan Shiksha 'O' Anusandhan (SOA), formerly Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University (SOA University), is a private deemed university located at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The university is composed of nine degree-granting schools and colleges and has ...

University,

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...

, in 2017. She had been preparing for competitive exams when she was approached by the BJD, through her maternal uncle Harmohan Soren, to contest from the constituency of Keonjhar. Being a reserved tribal constituency, the BJD was looking for an educated woman to contest from here. Some discrepancies were found in her father’s name, which was brought up with the Chief Electoral Officer. She was also the victim of an obscene video featuring a morphed image of hers which was circulated on social media.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murmu, Chandrani Living people 1993 births India MPs 2019–present Lok Sabha members from Odisha Biju Janata Dal politicians People from Kendujhar district