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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Chandrima Bhattacharya
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age| 1955|12|05|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| residence = 57E Garcha Road, Kolkata
| death_date =
| death_place =
| profession = [[Politician]]
| office1 = [[Minister of State|Minister of State (Independent Charge)]], [[Government of West Bengal]]
| 1blankname1 = Department
| 1namedata1 = *[[Ministry of Finance (West Bengal)|Finance]] ''(I/C)''
*[[Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal)|Health and Family Welfare]] ''(MoS)''
*[[Ministry of Land & Land Reforms (West Bengal)|Land and Land Reforms]] ''(MoS)''
*Refugee and Rehabilitation ''(MoS)''
| 2blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| 2namedata1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| governor1 = [[M. K. Narayanan]] [[D. Y. Patil]] ''(additional charge)'' 
[[Keshari Nath Tripathi]] [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]] [[La. Ganesan]] ''(additional charge)'' [[C. V. Ananda Bose]]
| term_start1 = 2012
| term_end1 =
| office2 = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 2 May 2021
| constituency2 = [[Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum Uttar]]
| predecessor2 = Tanmoy Bhattacharya
| constituency3 = [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]]
| term_start3 = 20 May 2016
| term_end3 = 2 May 2021
| predecessor3 = [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]
| successor3 = Arup Kumar Das
| constituency4 = [[Dum Dum Uttar]]
| term_start4 = 14 May 2011
| term_end4 = 20 May 2016
| predecessor4 = ''Constituency established''
| successor4 = Tanmoy Bhattacharya
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]
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'''Chandrima Bhattacharya'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-22|title=Chandrima Bhattacharya: One among Mamata's reliable lieutenants|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/chandrima-bhattacharya-bengal-elections-mamata-banerjee-tmc-7239228/|access-date=2021-03-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=27 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127113402/https://indianexpress.com/elections/chandrima-bhattacharya-bengal-elections-mamata-banerjee-tmc-7239228/|url-status=live}}</ref> is an [[Trinamool Congress]] politician in India and the current [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Finance (West Bengal)|Finance]] ''(Independent Charge)'', [[Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal)|Health and Family Welfare]], [[Ministry of Land & Land Reforms (West Bengal)|Land and Land Reforms]], Refugee and Rehabilitation<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wbcmo.gov.in/ministers.aspx |title=Chief Minister's Office - Government of West Bengal |access-date=29 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223173653/http://www.wbcmo.gov.in/ministers.aspx |archive-date=23 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> of the [[Government of West Bengal]]. Previously, she acted as a minister in the first reshuffle of the ministry in January 2012 after [[Mamata Banerjee]] took over as Chief Minister.<ref name=minister>{{cite web | url = http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/mamata-inducts-two-new-ministers/254/28644/ | archive-url = https://archive.today/20141215114436/http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/mamata-inducts-two-new-ministers/254/28644/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 15 December 2014 | title = Mamata inducts two new ministers | publisher = The Sunday Indian, 16 January 2012 | accessdate = 19 August 2014 }}</ref> She was also made the junior Law Minister in October 2012.<ref name=law>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121027/jsp/bengal/story_16128013.jsp#.U_86BWPYfIU| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903113844/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121027/jsp/bengal/story_16128013.jsp#.U_86BWPYfIU| url-status = dead| archive-date = 3 September 2014|title = Junior minister for legal leg-up |publisher= The Telegraph, 27 October 2012| accessdate = 19 August 2014}}</ref> She was promoted as a cabinet minister and given independent charge of [[Department of Law (West Bengal)|Law and Judicial Department]], [[Government of West Bengal]] in November 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/mamata-reshuffles-ministry-drops-one-minister-112112200043_1.html |title = Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister |newspaper = Business Standard India |date = 22 November 2012 |publisher = Business Standard 22 November 2012 |accessdate = 29 October 2014 |agency = Press Trust of India |archive-date = 30 October 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141030145545/http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/mamata-reshuffles-ministry-drops-one-minister-112112200043_1.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

Bhattacharya holds an [[LL.B]] (1976) degree from the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://myneta.info/westbengal2011/candidate.php?candidate_id=638 | title =Election Watch Reporter | publisher =My Neta | accessdate =19 August 2014 | archive-date =3 September 2014 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140903073129/http://myneta.info/westbengal2011/candidate.php?candidate_id=638 | url-status =live }}</ref> She was also a practising advocate in [[Calcutta High Court]] till the 2011 elections.<ref name=law/>

She had been elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly on an [[Trinamool Congress]] ticket from [[Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum Uttar]] in [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]] and [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]] and from [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]] in 2017.<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf| title =General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal| work =Constituency-wise Data| publisher =Election Commission| accessdate =13 August 2014| archive-date =4 April 2014| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140404205355/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf| url-status =live}}</ref>

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Debasish swain at 14:25, 3 February 2026