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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abhijit Mukherjee
| honorific-prefix =
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Am wiki page.jpg
| caption =
| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of the Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start =
| term_end =
| predecessor1 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| successor1 = [[Khalilur Rahaman (Bengali)|Khalilur Rahaman]]
| constituency1 = [[Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jangipur]]
| term_start1 = 18 October 2012
| term_end1 = 23 May 2019
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| parliament =
| term_start2 = 13 May 2011
| term_end2 = 18 October 2012
| constituency2 = [[Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nalhati]]
| majority =
| predecessor2 = Dipak Chatterjee
| successor2 = Dipak Chatterjee
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|01|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| parents = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br>[[Suvra Mukherjee]]
| spouse = Chitralekha Mukherjee
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (since 2021)
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] (2011–2021)
| relations =
| children = 2
| residence = Kabi Bharati Sarani<br>[[Kolkata]]
| alma_mater = [[Jadavpur University]] ([[Bachelor of Engineering|BE]])
| occupation = Chartered Engineer & Social Worker
| profession = Social Worker, Politician
| signature =
| website = http://www.abhijitmukherjee.in
| footnotes =
}}

'''Abhijit Mukherjee''' (born 2 January 1960) is an Indian politician who served as [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) from the [[Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].

Mukherjee won the 2012 [[Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency]] 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 [[President of India|President]] [[Pranab Mukherjee]] after he was elected as the President.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/abhijit-mukherjee-wins-jangipur-lok-sabha-bypoll/article3994294.ece The Hindu : News / National : Congress loses Tehri, scrapes through in Jangipur]</ref>

Mukherjee was re elected to Lok Sabha from Jangipur in 2014.<ref name=loksabha2014>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS256.htm?ac=9 |title = General Elections to Lok Sabha 2014 Constituency Wise Trends & Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 30 May 2014 }}</ref> He lost the 2019 election to [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]] candidate [[Khalilur Rahaman]].

==Early years==
Abhijit Mukherjee was born on 2 January 1960 in [[Hugli-Chuchura|Hoogly]] in [[West Bengal]]. He is the son of late Pranab Mukherjee (the former [[President of India]]) and late Suvra Mukherjee.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|title=Life of Abhijit Mukherjee |url=http://www.abhijitmukherjee.in/personallife.html |publisher=abhijitmukherjee.in |access-date=7 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729031552/http://www.abhijitmukherjee.in/personallife.html |archive-date=29 July 2012 }}</ref> His grandfather, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was active in the [[Indian independence movement]] and was a member of West Bengal Legislative Council between 1952 and 1964 as a representative of the Indian National Congress.<ref name="NDTV">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/people/who-is-pranab-mukherjee-231318 |title=Who is Pranab Mukherjee? |publisher=NDTV|date= 15 June 2012|access-date=11 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="PMI">{{cite web|url=http://www.pranabmukherjee.in/ |title=Biography |publisher=Pranab Mukherjee |access-date=11 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904170154/http://www.pranabmukherjee.in/ |archive-date=4 September 2010 }}</ref> Mukherjee graduated with a [[B.E]] in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from the Jadavpur University in 1984.<ref name="bio"/>

==Professional career==
Mukherjee has worked as a corporate executive for firms like the [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]], [[Maruti Udyog Limited]] and the [[Steel Authority of India Limited]].<ref name="teh">{{cite web|title=No surprises here, it’s a staid First Family|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=Ws260612Presidential_polls.asp|publisher=Tehelka|date=26 June 2012|access-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830022810/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=Ws260612Presidential_polls.asp|archive-date=30 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was General Manager in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR] in 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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jangipur]] Seat in the [[Lok Sabha]] and won. He was re-elected in the [[2014 Indian general election]] in a four cornered contest and retained his seat in Jangiur 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]]. 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]] after resigning from [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/former-president-pranab-mukherjees-son-abhijeet-mukherjee-joins-tmc|work=The Quint|title= Abhijeet Banerjee joins TMC|access-date= 5 July 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.abhijitmukherjee.in/ Mukherjee's website]
*{{Twitter|ABHIJIT_LS}}
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