Mamata Banerjee

Biography

Mamata Banerjee is the current Chief Minister of West Bengal, and is the chief of the All India Trinamool Congress. She was born in a middle class family in Kolkata, and entered active politics right from college. She joined the Congress in her youth, winning her first Lok Sabha election in 1984 from Jadavpur parliamentary Constituency, which she lost in 1989 and won again 1991. She kept retaining the seat till the 2009 general elections. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress in 1997, and became Railway Minister twice. Following alliances with both the NDA and UPA, Banerjee rose to even more prominence during the Nandigram and Singur agitations. Finally, she was elected the Chief Minister of West Bengal in 2011, and also in 2016, with even greater majority.

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Personal Life

Full Name Mamata Banerjee

Date of Birth 05 Jan 1955 (Age 64)

Place of Birth Kolkata

Party name All India Trinamool Congress

Education Post Graduate

Profession Politics & Social Works

Father's Name Promileswar Banerjee

Mother's Name Gayatri Banerjee

Contact

Permanent address R/o 30B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata - 700026

Present address R/o 30B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata - 700026

Contact number 9073348620, 09831159772

Email cm@wb.gov.in

Website https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/meet-the-chief-minister

Social Handles

Interesting Facts

Mamata Banerjee became the first ever woman Chief Minister of West Bengal. She is popularly known as 'Didi', which translates into elder sister. She has an Honors degree in History, a Master's degree in Islamic History, as well as degrees in Education and Law. She writes poems and has sold almost 300 works of paintings. She is considered by many as Prime Ministerial candidate.

Political Timeline

2016

Became Chief Minister of West Bengal for a second term, as the TMC alone won 211 seats against a Left-Congress alliance.
2012

Mamata withdrew support from the UPA.
2011

Became the 8th Chief Minister of West Bengal, as a TMC-Congress alliance won 227 of the 294 seats, bringing down a 34 year Left Front rule in the state.
2009

Just before Loksabha elections, she joined Congress led UPA and won. Mamata registered her fifth consecutive victory from Kolkata Dakshin and was inducted in cabinet as Railway Minister. This was her second term as Railway Minister.
2006

After losing Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections, Mamata started giving more focus to her party.
2006

On 4 August 2006, During the Loksabha proceedings, Mamata hurled her resignation papers at the deputy speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal.
2006

Mamata called Banerjee major strike against proposed Tata Motors car project. Trinamool Congress MLAs protested inside the assembly by damaging furniture and microphones.
2005

Mamata protested against the forceful land acquisition by West Bengal government. More than lakh farmers were with Mamata.
2004

Mamata defeated Rabin Deb and retain her seat.
1999

Mamata again won from Kolkata Dakshin. This time she defeated Subhankar Chakraborty for CPI(M).
1999

Mamata's TMC joined National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and she became the Union Railway Minister. She presented her first Railway Budget. She introduced 19 new trains for the FY 2000–2001.
1998

In 1998 General Election Mamata's vote share increased to 59%. She won by 224,081 votes against Prasanta Kumar Sur of CPI (M) from same seat.
1997

Mamata left the Congress Party and established All India Trinamool Congress, commonly known as TMC or Trinamool Congress. Soon her party became the primary opposition party in the eastern state.
1996

Mamata retained her Kolkata Dakshin seat. This time she won by 103,261 votes. She defeated Bharti Mukherjee of CPI (M).
1991

Mamata re-elected to Loksabha. This time she won from Kolkata Dakshin. She got 3,67,896 votes which was around 52 per cent of total votes.
1991

Mamata was made the Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development, Youth Affairs and Sports, and Women and Child Development during PV Narshimha Rao's government. Later she was discharged of her portfolios in 1993
1989

During 1989 Loksabha Election, Mamata lost Jadhavpur seat because of anti-Congress wave in West Bengal.
1984

Won her first ever Lok Sabha election defeating Communist stalwart Somnath Chatterjee from Jadavpur Loksabha Constituency. Mamata became one of youngest parliamentarians.
1984

In mid of the year 1984 she was appointed as the general secretary of the Indian Youth Congress.
1976

She became General Secretary of the Mahila Congress in West Bengal. She served this post for around four years.
1974

Mamata began her political career with district unit of Congress party.

Early Life

1970

While studying at the Jogamaya Devi College she established Chhatra Parishad. This was the student's wing of the Congress (I). She defeated the Democratic Students’ Union of the Socialist Unity Centre of India.

Net Worth₹30.45 LAKHS

ASSETS₹30.45 LAKHS

Liabilities₹N/A

Disclaimer: The information relating to the candidate is an archive based on the self-declared affidavit filed at the time of elections. The current status may be different. For the latest on the candidate kindly refer to the affidavit filed by the candidate with the Election Commission of India in the recent election.

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