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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Manju Kumari
| image = Manju Kumari.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date text|1979}}
| birth_place = [[Jamua]], [[Giridih district]], [[Jharkhand]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2024–present)<br>[[Indian National Congress]] (until 2024)
| spouse =
| parents = Sukar Ravidas (father)
| office = Member of the [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Jamua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamua]]
| term_start = 23 November 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| education = Class 10
| alma_mater = S.B.M.K. High School, Bhandaro
| occupation = Politician
| footnotes =
| image_size = 180
}}

'''Manju Kumari''' (born 1979)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Manju Kumari(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- JAMUA (SC)(GIRIDIH ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/jharkhand2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=12070 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Jharkhand]]. She is an MLA from [[Jamua Assembly constituency]], which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in [[Giridih district|Giridih District]]. She won the [[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]], representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-23 |title=Jamua, Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP's Manju Kumari defeats JMM's Kedar Hazra with 32631 votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/jamua-jharkhand-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-jaelb-2638447-2024-11-23 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LIVE Updates {{!}} Jamua (SC) Election Result 2024: Manju Kumari Of BJP Wins |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/jamua-sc-vidhan-sabha-chunav-result-2024-live-winner-and-losser-candidate-total-votes-margin-bjp-congress-jmm-eci-jharkhand-assembly-election-result-2823162.html |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Kumari is from [[Jamua]], Giridih District, Jharkhand. She is the daughter of former MLA [[Sukar Ravidas]]. She studied Class 10 at S.B.M.K. High School, Bhandaro, Giridih, and she passed the examinations conducted by Bihar School Examination Council, Patna in 1994.<ref name=":0" /> Her husband is in Indian Navy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manju Kumari(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- JAMUA (SC)(GIRIDIH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/Jharkhand2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=846 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>

== Career ==
Kumari won from Jamua Assembly constituency representing [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. She polled 1,17,532 votes and defeated her nearest rival and sitting MLA, [[Kedar Hazra]] of [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]], by a margin of 32,631 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-23 |title=Jamua (Jharkhand) Assembly Election Results 2024 Live: Winner, Runner-up, Candidates List |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/jamua-jharkhand-assembly-election-results-2024-live-winner-runner-up-candidates-9684271/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Earlier, she represented [[Indian National Congress]] and lost the [[2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]] to Kedar Hazra, who then contested on a BJP ticket.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamua Election Result 2024 LIVE: Manju Kumari of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/jamua-election-result-2024-live-leading-winner-mla-9130268.html |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamua Constituency Election Results 2024: Jamua Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/jharkhand/constituency-show/jamua |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> She joined the BJP in October 2024, a month before the Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-15 |title=Congress leader Manju Kumari joins BJP ahead of Jharkhand assembly polls |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/congress-leader-manju-kumari-joins-bjp-ahead-of-jharkhand-assembly-polls/articleshow/114237193.cms |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

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[[Category:1979 births]]
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Jharkhand MLAs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:People from Giridih district]]

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Leopoldo10S at 01:57, 20 April 2026