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| name = Jharna Das Baidya<br>ঝর্ণা দাস বৈদ্য<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|10|1|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Mirza, [[Udaipur, Tripura]]<br />
| residence = [[Agartala]], [[Tripura]]<br />
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| constituency = [[Tripura]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term_start = 3 April 2010<br />
| predecessor = [[Matilal Sarkar]]<br />
| successor = Manik Saha<br />
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| term_end = 2 April 2022<br />
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| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] <br />
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| spouse = Kaushik Baidya<br />
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| date = 21 November <br />
| year = 2010 <br />
| source = https://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2141<br />
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'''Jharna Das''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician from the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. She is a Member of the [[Parliament of India]], representing [[Tripura]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]]. She was elected unopposed in March 2010.<ref name="pd2">{{Cite web |url=http://pd.cpim.org/2010/0328_pd/03282010_4.html |title=CPI(M) Wins Tripura RS Seat Unopposed |access-date=19 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812031656/http://pd.cpim.org/2010/0328_pd/03282010_4.html |archive-date=12 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Das is a member of the Tripura State Committee of the CPI(M). Before being elected to parliament, she served as the chairperson of the State Social Welfare Board.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pd.cpim.org/2010/0321_pd/03212010_12.html |title=CPI(M) Nominee for Tripura RS Seat |access-date=19 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808130438/http://pd.cpim.org/2010/0321_pd/03212010_12.html |archive-date=8 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Das is the first [[Dalit]] to be elected to the Rajya Sabha from Tripura, and the second woman representing the state in the Rajya Sabha.<ref name="pd2"/> <br />
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On 21 March 2016, Jharna Das Baidya won the biennial [[Rajya Sabha]] elections from Tripura by receiving 49 votes, defeating [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] candidate [[Jyotirmoy Nath]], who secured only 10 votes.<ref name="term">{{cite web |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/cpi-m-s-jharna-das-baidya-re-elected-to-rajya-sabha-from-tripura-116032100845_1.html |title=CPI-M's Jharna Das Baidya re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Tripura |newspaper=Business Standard |date=21 March 2016 |accessdate= 11 January 2021}}</ref> This is her second term in the Rajya Sabha.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cpim-fields-jharna-das-baidya-as-candidate-for-rajya-sabha-poll/articleshow/51289431.cms?from=mdr | title=CPI(M) fields Jharna Das Baidya as candidate for Rajya Sabha poll | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=7 March 2016 | accessdate=26 December 2020}}</ref><br />
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