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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Madhuparna Thakur
| office = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 13 July 2024
| term_end = 4 May 2026
| predecessor = [[Biswajit Das (politician)|Biswajit Das]]
| successor = Soma Thakur
| constituency = [[Bagdah Assembly constituency|Bagdah]]
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]
| birth_date = 
| birth_place =
| spouse =
| parents = 
| mother = [[Mamata Bala Thakur]]
| father = [[Kapil Krishna Thakur]]
| relatives = [[Shantanu Thakur]] and [[Subrata Thakur]] (Cousin)
| education = [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in Zoology
| alma_mater = [[West Bengal State University]]
| occupation = Social Worker
| profession =
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'''Madhuparna Thakur''' is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. As a member of [[Trinamool Congress]], she is the incumbent MLA from [[Bagdah Assembly constituency|Bagdah]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-13 |title=Madhuparna Thakur of TMC Wins by Over 33,000 Votes|url=https://www.news18.com/elections/bagda-bypoll-result-2024-live-leading-trailing-winner-mla-8963765.html |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultByeJuly24/candidateswise-S2594.htm</ref><ref name="Maniktala Assembly constituency 2024 By Poll Result">{{cite news |date=13 July 2024 |title=Maniktala Assembly constituency 2024 By Poll Result |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultByeJuly24/candidateswise-S2594.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250725163249/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultByeJuly24/candidateswise-S2594.htm |archivedate=25 July 2025 |accessdate=25 July 2025 |work= |publisher=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]] |language=en}}</ref> Elected at the age of 25, she was the youngest MLA in the history of West Bengal at the time of her election.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Pradip |date=2024-07-09 |title=If Madhuparna wins, she will be the youngest MLA of the House ever |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal/if-madhuparna-wins-she-will-be-the-youngest-mla-of-the-house-ever-571217 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=MillenniumPost |language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
She contested the Legislative Bye-election in 2024 after the sitting MLA [[Biswajit Das (politician)|Biswajit Das]] resigned to contest the [[2024 Indian general election]], and won by a majority of 33,455 votes over the runner-up candidate, Binay Kumar Biswas of the BJP. However, she lost to BJP candidate Soma Thakur by a margin of 34,616 votes in the [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].

==Electoral results==
{|class="wikitable"
! Year !! Assembly !! Party !! Margin !! Results
|-
| [[2024_elections_in_India#West_Bengal|2024]]
| rowspan=2|[[Bagdah Assembly constituency|Bagdah]]
| rowspan=2|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| 33,455
| {{won}}
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| 34,616
| {{Lost}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Bagda Election Result 2026 Highlights: BJP retains Bagda seat, Soma Thakur wins with 111058 votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/bagda-assembly-election-results-2026-live-updates-west-bengal-vote-counting-seat-constituency-candidates-leading-trailing-wbaelb-2905420-2026-05-04 |access-date=5 May 2026 |work=India Today |date=4 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Women members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:Politicians from North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:People from Bangaon subdivision]]

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EzraDrago8750 at 18:53, 5 May 2026