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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mafuja Khatun
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| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kumarganj]]
| term_start = 2001
| term_end = 2011
| predecessor = Dwijendra Nath Roy
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Dakshin Dinajpur district|Fulbari]], West Bengal, India
| residence = [[Berhampore]]
| death_date =
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| office1 = Minority Morcha Vice-president of [[West Bengal]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| term_start1 = 2017
| term_end1 = 2019
| successor =
| office2 = Vice-president of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|BJP West Bengal]] unit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|president2 = [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]] | term_start2 = 2019 -
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| successor2 =
| predecessor1 = [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]

|otherparty =
[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
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'''Mafuja Khatun''' is an Indian politician who is the current Vice-president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|Bharatiya Janata Party of West Bengal]] since from 2019.

Khatun is the first Muslim woman fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party for [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Choudhury |first1=Shubhadeep |title=BJP's first-ever Muslim woman candidate says Muslims want Modi |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/bjp-s-first-ever-muslim-woman-candidate-says-muslims-want-modi-761702 |accessdate=4 August 2020 |work=[[The Tribune (India)]] |date=21 April 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> state assembly elections, Mafuza Khatun won the Kumarganj assembly seat from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] by defeating her nearest rivals Ahmad Ali Sardar and Nani Gopal Roy, both of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] respectively.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, she was the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Snigdhendu |title=BJP names first Muslim candidate in Bengal; she will take on Pranab's son |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-names-first-muslim-candidate-in-bengal-she-will-take-on-pranab-s-son/story-2dgYh88pxsLOCgHdROF9DO.html |accessdate=4 August 2020 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=23 March 2019}}</ref> nominated candidate for [[Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jangipur]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Abantika |title=Mafuja Khatun: BJP's Muslim pick gears up to take on Pranab Mukherjee's son, outsider tag |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/mafuja-khatun-bjps-muslim-pick-gears-up-to-take-on-pranab-mukherjees-son-outsider-tag-west-bangal-lok-sabha-elections-5683326/ |accessdate=4 August 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=April 19, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bjpbengal.org BJP WEST BENGAL]
*[https://www.facebook.com/MafujaKhatunBJP Facebook]
*[https://www.twitter.com/MafujaKhatunBJP Twitter]

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[[Category:Bengali people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011]]
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