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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Meenal Choubey
| image =
| caption = Choubey in 2025
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|10|16}}
| birth_place = [[Raipur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] {{small|(present-day [[Raipur]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]])}}
| birth_name =
| office = 10th [[Raipur Municipal Corporation|Mayor of Raipur]]
| term_start = 27 February 2025
| term_end =
| predecessor = Dr. Gaurav K. Singh, [[Indian Administrative Services|IAS]] ([[District Magistrate|Administrator]])
| successor =
| office1 = [[Leader of Opposition]],<br/> [[Raipur Municipal Corporation]]
| term_start1 = 26 March 2021
| term_end1 = 7 January 2025
| deputy1 = Manoj Verma, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| predecessor1 = Suryakant Rathore, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| successor1 = Sandeep Sahu, [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| office2 = [[Councillor]], [[Raipur Municipal Corporation]]
| term_start2 = 5 January 2010
| term_end2 = 7 January 2025
| constituency2 = Khubchand Baghel Ward
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = Durga Sahu, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| occupation = Politician
| spouse = Chagan Choubey
| children =
| education = [[Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University]]
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
| source =
}}

'''Meenal Chagan Choubey''' is an Indian politician from [[Chhattisgarh]], presently serving as the Mayor of [[Raipur Municipal Corporation|Raipur]], capital city of [[Chhattisgarh]] since 2025. Belonging to [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], she is a senior politician in the city who served as [[Leader of Opposition]] in [[Raipur Municipal Corporation]] and [[Councillor]] (''Parshad'') from [[Khubchand Baghel]] Ward of Raipur for three consecutive terms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-16|title=Chhattisgarh Municipal Election Result LIVE: BJP registers landslide victory, CM Sai calls it 'historic moment' |url= https://www.livemint.com/politics/chhattisgarh-municipal-election-result-live-bjp-leads-in-nikay-chunav-results-counting-underway-congress-11739603359696.html|access-date=2025-02-16|website= Live Mint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-16|title=BJP sweeps urban body polls in Chhattisgarh , wins all 10 mayor posts
|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/bjp-sweeps-urban-body-polls-in-chhattisgarh-wins-all-10-mayor-posts/articleshow/118292642.cms|access-date=2025-02-16|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Choubey was born in 1972 in a [[Brahmin]] family. She has done his post graduation from Pandit [[Ravishankar Shukla University]]. She entered student politics through [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-15|title=Raipur Nikay Chunav Results 2025: BJP's bumper victory in Raipur Nagar Panchayats, huge votes in favor of Madam Mayor Meenal!|url= https://mpcg.ndtv.in/chhattisgarh-news/chhattisgarh-news-cg-nagar-nikay-election-result-2025-live-updates-bjp-congress-winner-candidate-raipur-nagar-nigam-meenal-choubey-7715937 |access-date=2025-02-16|website= NDTV MP-CG|language=hi}}</ref>

== Political career ==
She has been continuously active in the [[BJP Mahila Morcha]] in the form of agitations, sit-ins and demonstrations. She had earlier been the Leader of Opposition in the [[Raipur Municipal Corporation|Municipal Corporation]] Council. She has worked on many posts in the Councillor, District and State Women BJP Front. She has also been a BJP councilor three times. Meenal is also active in the organization. Along with this, she is one of the senior councilors of Raipur Municipal Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chhattisgarh urban body polls: BJP declares candidates for all 10 mayoral seats |url=https://bansalnews.com/cg-bjp-raipur-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-snj/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Bansal News |language=hi}}</ref>

== Mayor of Raipur (2025–present) ==
She became the mayor of Raipur in February 2025 by defeating the Congress candidate by 1,53,290 votes. She is the second woman and non-Congress mayor of Raipur to be elected.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-15|title= Raipur Nikay Chunav Results: BJP's record win in Raipur, Meenal Chaubey defeated Deepti Dubey by 1 lakh 53 thousand votes, Ejaz Dhebar also lost.|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/chhattisgarh/raipur/chhattisgarh-raipur-nikay-chunav-result-2025-bjp-meenal-choubey-vs-congress-deepti-dubey-who-wins-in-mayor-and-raipur-nagar-nigam-election-news/articleshow/118264052.cms |access-date=2025-02-16|website= Navbharat Times|language=hi}}</ref>

==Elections contested==
===Raipur Municipal Corporation===
{{Main|Raipur Municipal Corporation}}
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!width=50|Year
!width=50|Post
!width=50|Result
!width=70|Vote Percentage
!width=200|Opposition Candidate
!width=70|Opposition Party
!width=70|Opposition Vote Percentage
|-
|[[2025 Raipur Municipal Corporation election|2025]] || [[Mayor of Raipur|Mayor]] || {{Won}} || 62.03 || Deepti Dubey|| [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || 31.92
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==

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[[Category:1972 births]]
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[[Category:People from Raipur]]
[[Category:Mayors by populated place in India|Raipur]]
[[Category:Women mayors of places in Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century mayors of places in India]]
[[Category:Mayors of Raipur]]
[[Category:Politicians from Raipur]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University alumni]]

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