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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Meitei name|Irengbam|Nalini|Devi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}{{Infobox Indian politician|office=Member of the [[ Manipur Legislative Assembly]]}}
'''Irengbam Nalini Devi''' (born 1959) is an Indian politician from [[Manipur]]. She is an MLA of National People's Party from [[Oinam Assembly constituency]] in [[Bishnupur district]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Oinam, Manipur Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: NPEP's Irengbam Nalini Devi wins Oinam with 10808 votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/oinam-manipur-assembly-election-results-2022-live-updates-1923457-2022-03-09 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2022-03-12 |title=Five women elected to 60-member Manipur assembly. It is a first |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/manipur-assembly-election/five-women-elected-to-60-member-manipur-assembly-it-is-a-first-101647029097432.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref> She is one of the five women elected to the 60-member [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]] in 2022, the highest representation of women MLAs in the state legislature in the history of Manipur.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Verniers |first=Gilles |date=2022-03-09 |title=This election season, India's dismal score on women's representation |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/this-election-season-india-s-dismal-score-on-women-s-representation-101646809350762.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barooah Pisharoty |first=Sangeeta |date=2022-03-11 |title=With Five Women Winning MLA Seats, a Historic Turn in Manipur |url=https://thewire.in/women/with-five-women-winning-mla-seats-a-historic-turn-in-manipur |access-date=2024-05-01 |work=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Nalini hails from Irengbam Awang Mamang, Nambol post office, Bishnupur district. She was married to two-time former MLA, Irengbam Ibohalbi Singh, a medical doctor, who died of COVID in 2021.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-05-20 |title=Former Manipur MLA Irengbam Ibohalbi dies of COVID-19 |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/7419/former-manipur-mla-irengbam-ibohalbi-dies-of-covid-19 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Imphal Free Press |language=en}}</ref> She did her schooling at Oinam Girls High School, Oinam and her pre-university course at Imphal College. Later, she completed her Bachelor of Arts in 1979 from CI College, Bishnupur, which is affiliated to [[Gauhati University]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-02-08 |title=Affidavit to be filed by the Candidate Along with nomination paper before the returning officer for election to the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly |url=https://ceomanipur.nic.in/Affidavits/AssemblyElection/2022/25/Irengbam%20Nalini%20Devi.pdf}}</ref>

== Career ==
After the death of her husband in 2021, Nalini contested as MLA on a [[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]] ticket from Oinam and won for the first time the seat represented by her husband in 2012 and 2007.<ref name=":1" /> She won the [[2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Oinam Assembly constituency]], defeating Laishram Radhakishore Singh of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] by 442 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oinam, Manipur Assembly Election 2022 – Get Oinam constituency news updates and complete details |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/manipur-assembly-election/oinam-1127139095 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Oinam Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Irengbam Nalini Devi of NPP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/oinam-election-result-2022-live-updateswinner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-4855217.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[News18 India|News18]] |language=en}}</ref> She polled 10,808 votes to 10,336 by Singh. In June 2023, she was part of the delegation of MLAs that met defence minister [[Rajnath Singh]], urging the centre to put an end to the violence in Manipur.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-19 |title=Manipur violence: 23 BJP, NPP MLAs meet Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, demands withdrawal of SoO |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/manipur/story/manipur-violence-23-bjp-npp-mlas-meet-union-defence-minister-rajnath-singh-demands-withdrawal-of-soo-600766-2023-06-19 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[India Today|India Today NE]] |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Manipur MLAs 2022–2027]]
[[Category:People from Bishnupur district]]
[[Category:Women members of the Manipur Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:National People's Party (India) politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:Gauhati University alumni]]

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Sougataghosh at 14:49, 7 March 2026