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{{short description|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bansuri Swaraj
| image = Bansuri Swaraj in June 2024.jpg
| caption =
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|New Delhi]]
| term_start1 = 4 June 2024
| predecessor1 = [[Meenakshi Lekhi]]
| successor1 = Incumbent
| term_start3 =
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| constituency3 =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1984|01|03}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], India
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| other_party =
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Advocate]]|[[politician]]}}
| parents = [[Sushma Swaraj]] (mother) <br /> [[Swaraj Kaushal]] (father)
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[St Catherine's College, Oxford|St. Catherine's College]], [[University of Oxford]] ([[Master of Studies|M.St.]])|[[Inner Temple]] ([[Barrister]])}}
}}

'''Bansuri Swaraj''' (born 3 January 1984) is an Indian lawyer and politician. She is a [[List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha|member of Lok Sabha]] from [[New Delhi]].<ref name="mint">{{Cite web |last=Anand |first=Akriti |date=2024-03-02 |title=Meet Bansuri Swaraj — Sushma Swaraj's daughter, poll debutant & BJP candidate |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/meet-bansuri-swaraj-sushma-swarajs-daughter-lok-sabha-poll-debutant-and-bjps-new-delhi-candidate-11709390030401.html |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi passes the baton to Bansuri Swaraj for New Delhi seat |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/lok-sabha-elections-bjp-meenakshi-lekhi-bansuri-swaraj-new-delhi-2510429-2024-03-04 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=India Today |date=4 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Bansuri Swaraj is the daughter of former Union Minister [[Sushma Swaraj]] and former [[List of governors of Mizoram|Governor of Mizoram]] [[Swaraj Kaushal]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 April 2024 |title=Bansuri Swaraj on how she got her name: 'My mother used to say…' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bansuri-swaraj-on-how-she-got-her-name-my-mother-used-to-say-101712990300752.html |work=The Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=28 March 2013 |title=A sneak peek into Sushma Swaraj's life |url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MP-BHO-in-pics-the-life-of-sushma-swaraj-4219444-PHO.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427224648/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MP-BHO-in-pics-the-life-of-sushma-swaraj-4219444-PHO.html |archive-date=27 April 2014 |access-date=27 April 2014 |publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref><ref name="Inheritors {{!}} Next-gen netas">{{cite news |last1=India Today |date=13 July 2024 |title=Inheritors {{!}} Next-gen netas |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-inheritors-next-gen-netas-2565854-2024-07-13 |accessdate=25 October 2024 |work= |language=en}}</ref>

== Education ==
Bansuri Swaraj is a graduate of the [[University of Warwick]] and of [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] and a [[barrister]]-at-law from [[Inner Temple]].<ref>{{cite web |date=28 March 2013 |title=A sneak peek into Sushma Swaraj's life |url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MP-BHO-in-pics-the-life-of-sushma-swaraj-4219444-PHO.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427224648/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MP-BHO-in-pics-the-life-of-sushma-swaraj-4219444-PHO.html |archive-date=27 April 2014 |access-date=27 April 2014 |publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 February 2014 |title=Sushma Swaraj re-invents herself in a party dominated by Narendra Modi |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-02-25/news/47670679_1_sushma-swaraj-bjp-leader-new-bjp-president |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427201742/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-02-25/news/47670679_1_sushma-swaraj-bjp-leader-new-bjp-president |archive-date=27 April 2014 |access-date=27 April 2014 |work=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> She has completed her Master of Studies from [[St Catherine's College, Oxford|St. Catherine's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ms. Bansuri Swaraj |url=https://w20india.org/ms-bansuri-swaraj/ |website=W20 India}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Swaraj won her first election in [[2024 Indian general election|2024]] as a Member of Parliament [[18th Lok Sabha]] defeating her nearest rival candidate [[Somnath Bharti]] with a margin of 78,370 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-05 |title=Delhi Lok Sabha Elections Results 2024: BJP makes history with third consecutive clean sweep, but with lower margins |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/delhi-lok-sabha-elections-results-2024-bjp-makes-history-with-third-consecutive-clean-sweep-but-with-lower-margins-aap-congress-bansuri-swaraj-manoj-tiwari-432170-2024-06-05 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls">{{cite news|last1=The Economic Times|title=Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|accessdate=27 July 2024|date=6 June 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727153249/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|archivedate=27 July 2024}}</ref><ref name="Inheritors {{!}} Next-gen netas2">{{cite news|title=Inheritors {{!}} Next-gen netas|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-inheritors-next-gen-netas-2565854-2024-07-13|accessdate=25 March 2025|publisher=India Today|date=13 July 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325141549/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-inheritors-next-gen-netas-2565854-2024-07-13|archivedate=25 March 2025|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}

==External links==
*[https://delhi.gov.in/profile/ms-bansuri-swaraj Official Biographical Sketch at the Delhi government website]

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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Warwick]]
[[Category:Members of the Inner Temple]]
[[Category:India MPs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Delhi]]
[[Category:Sushma Swaraj]]
[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]

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