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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kalpana Murmu Soren
| image = Kalpana Soren in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.jpg
| caption = Soren in 2025
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 4 June 2024
| term_end =
| governor =
| predecessor = [[Sarfaraz Ahmad]]
| successor =
| constituency = [[Gandey Assembly constituency|Gandey]]
| birth_name = Kalpana Murmu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|03|03}}
| birth_place = [[Kapurthala]], [[Punjab]], India
| main_width =
| party = [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
| mother =
| father =
| relations = [[Shibu Soren]] (father-in-Law)
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hemant Soren]]|2006}}
| children = 2
| education = {{hlist|[[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech.]]|[[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]}}
| alma_mater = Koustuv Institute of Self-domain (under [[Biju Patnaik University of Technology|BPUT University]], [[Odisha]])
| occupation = {{hlist|Businessperson|social activist|politician}}
| image_size = 200
}}

'''Kalpana Soren''' (born 3 March 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kalpana Soren |url=https://indianexpress.com/about/kalpana-soren/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian politician from the state of [[Jharkhand]]. She had won the [[Gandey Assembly constituency|Gandey constituency]] bypoll for MLA which was held in 2024. Soren is wife of [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand|Jharkhand Chief Minister]] [[Hemant Soren]].<ref name="Jailed Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s wife Kalpana wins Gandey bypoll">{{cite news |newspaper=The Hindu |title=Jailed Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana wins Gandey bypoll |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jharkhand/jailed-jharkhand-cm-hemant-sorens-wife-kalpana-wins-gandey-bypoll/article68251544.ece |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604155220/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jharkhand/jailed-jharkhand-cm-hemant-sorens-wife-kalpana-wins-gandey-bypoll/article68251544.ece |archive-date=4 June 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Jailed Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren''s wife Kalpana wins Gandey bypoll">{{cite news |last1=The Week |title=Jailed Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana wins Gandey bypoll |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/06/04/eln849-elections-jh-result-gandey-kalpana.html |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604161529/https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/06/04/eln849-elections-jh-result-gandey-kalpana.html |archive-date=4 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Meet Kalpana Soren, Hemant Soren's Wife Who May Be Next Chief Minister">{{cite news |last1=NDTV |title=Meet Kalpana Soren, Hemant Soren's Wife Who May Be Next Chief Minister |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/meet-kalpana-soren-hemant-sorens-wife-who-may-be-next-chief-minister-4962779 |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604161907/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/meet-kalpana-soren-hemant-sorens-wife-who-may-be-next-chief-minister-4962779 |archive-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>

==Political career==
Kalpana Murmu Soren, joined politics 4 March 2024,<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite web | last=Bisoee | first=Animesh | title=Kalpana Soren promises befitting reply to 'fascist forces' in Gandey bypoll, Lok Sabha polls | website=Telegraph India | date=30 April 2024 | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/kalpana-soren-promises-befitting-reply-to-fascist-forces-in-gandey-bypoll-lok-sabha-polls/cid/2016646 | access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref> following her husband [[Hemant Soren]]'s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on 31 January. She has actively worked for the [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] political campaign on [[2024 Indian general election|2024 General election]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kalpana Soren made a grand entry in Jharkhand politics, defeated BJP candidate by 27149 votes |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/jharkhand/ranchi/blockbuster-entry-of-kalpana-soren-in-politics-of-jharkhand-mtj }}</ref> She is up against [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Dilip Kumar Varma and its alliance partner [[All Jharkhand Students Union]] is also canvassing support for the BJP candidate.<ref>{{cite web |title= Kalpana Soren: How "Jhansi ki Rani" filled a political void in Jharkhand |url= https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/kalpana-soren-how-jhansi-ki-rani-filled-a-political-void-in-jharkhand-12734392.html|publisher= moneycontrol.com |website= www.moneycontrol.com |access-date=2024-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Litmus test for Kalpana Soren as she makes political debut in Gandey Assembly bypoll |url= https://www.thehindu.com/elections/litmus-test-for-kalpana-soren-as-she-makes-political-debut-in-gandey-assembly-bypoll/article68186498.ece|publisher=thehindu.com |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 18 May 2024|access-date=2024-06-30|last1= Bhelari|first1= Amit}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kalpana Soren ([[née]] Murmu) was born on 3 March 1985, into a [[Santal people|Santal]] family in [[Kapurthala district|Kapurthala]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], where her father, Ampa Murmu, was stationed with the [[Indian Army]].<ref name=Telegraph/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03 |title=Who is Kalpana Soren, who might replace husband Hemant Soren as Jharkhand CM? {{!}} Sambad English |url=https://sambadenglish.com/who-is-kalpana-soren-who-might-replace-husband-hemant-soren-as-jharkhand-cm/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Hemant most popular in Jharkhand: Soren's father-in-law |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/hemant-most-popular-in-jharkhand-sorens-father-in-law-1140378.html |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=[[Deccan Herald]] |language=en}}</ref> Her father's native place is [[Mayurbhanj district]], [[Odisha]]. Due to her father's postings, she lived in various states and attended several [[Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools|Kendriya Vidyalaya schools]]. She completed her [[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech]] in [[Electrical engineering]] from Koustuv Institute of Self-Domain ([[Biju Patnaik University of Technology]], Odisha). On 7 February 2006, she married [[Hemant Soren]], son of former Chief Minister [[Shibu Soren]] of [[Jharkhand]]. In 2012, she earned her MBA degree from Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, [[Pune]]. She is fluent in [[Odia language|Odia]], [[English language|English]], [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Santali language|Santali]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mandhani |first=Apoorva |date=2024-05-19 |title='Deshbhakt' from Army family, warrior in her own right — who is Kalpana Soren |url=https://theprint.in/politics/deshbhakt-from-army-family-warrior-in-her-own-right-who-is-kalpana-soren/2091980/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>

She is the President of ''Sona Sobharam Memorial Society'', and Director of ''Sohrai Livestock Pvt Ltd'' & Others.<ref>{{cite web |title= Jharkhand 2019 |url= https://www.myneta.info/jharkhand2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=12579 |publisher=myneta.info |website=www.myneta.info |access-date=2024-06-30}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
=== Jharkhand Legislative Assembly elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
! Constituency
! colspan="2" |Party
!Votes
!%
!Result
|-
|2024^
|rowspan=2|[[Gandey Assembly constituency|Gandey]]
| {{party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|rowspan=2}}
|109,827
|50.54
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name="Jharkhand Assembly results: Women kin of top politicians fare badly; two ex-CMs’ wives lose">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |date=23 November 2024 |title=Jharkhand Assembly results: Women kin of top politicians fare badly; two ex-CMs' wives lose |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/jharkhand-assembly/jharkhand-assembly-results-women-kin-of-top-politicians-fare-badly-two-ex-cms-wives-lose/article68902277.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123150051/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/jharkhand-assembly/jharkhand-assembly-results-women-kin-of-top-politicians-fare-badly-two-ex-cms-wives-lose/article68902277.ece |archive-date=23 November 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
|119,372
|50.51
|{{Won}}
|-
|}
^by-election

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Jharkhand Mukti Morcha politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:People from Mayurbhanj district]]
[[Category:Jharkhand MLAs 2019–2024]]

Kalpana Soren - Revision history

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