Sharmila Sarkar
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sharmila Sarkar
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Katwa Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal
| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| constituency2 = Bardhaman Purba
| termstart = 4 June 2024
| successor =
| predecessor = Sunil Kumar Mondal
| party = All India Trinamool Congress
| occupation = Doctor
| nationality = Indian
| spouse = Dr Sudip Kumar Ghosh (m.28 January 2007)
| parents = Surath Sarkar, Chhabi Sarkar
| children = 1 Daughter
| residence = 5/1, N G Basak Road, Dum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal
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| source = https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/5768?from=members
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Sharmila Sarkar (born 1 January 1979) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament. She is a member of All India Trinamool Congress.{{cite news |title=Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: TMC Candidate Sharmila Sarkar Wins Election With A Margin Of 160572 Votes |url=https://timelinedaily.com/lok-sabha-election-2024/lok-sabha-election-results-2024-tmc-candidate-sharmila-sarkar-wins-election-with-160572-votes |access-date=27 March 2025 |publisher=TimelineDaily |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327164708/https://timelinedaily.com/lok-sabha-election-2024/lok-sabha-election-results-2024-tmc-candidate-sharmila-sarkar-wins-election-with-160572-votes |archive-date=27 March 2025 |language=en}}
Early life
Sarkar hails from a poor family of Katwa, Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal. She passed Madhyamik in 1995 from Agradwip Union High School and entered in Katwa College in 1997. She passed MBBS and MD from R. G. Kar Medical College and started her career in Calcutta Medical College.{{Cite web |title=রাজনীতিতে আনকোরা শর্মিলাই প্রার্থী পূর্বে |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/tmc-trusting-on-inexperienced-sharmila-sarkar-as-lok-sabha-election-2024-candidate-from-katwa/cid/1502126 |access-date=4 June 2024}} Presently she lives in Dumdum and serves in Calcutta National Medical College in Kolkata.{{Cite web |title=মফঃস্বল থেকে লড়াই করে উত্থান, বর্ধমান পূর্বে তৃণমূলের প্রার্থী কে এই শর্মিলা? |url=https://eisamay.com/west-bengal-news/bardhaman-news/tmc-bardhaman-purba-candidate-dr-sharmila-sarkar-gives-first-reaction-after-announcement/articleshow/108370800.cms |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Eisamay |language=bn}}{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Apromeya Datta |date=2024-03-11 |title=পূর্ব বর্ধমানের তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস প্রার্থী ড. শর্মিলা সরকার, রাজনীতিতে আনলেন কে? |url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/districts/loksabha-election-2024-tmc-candidate-of-burdwan-east-name-dr-sharmila-sarkar-how-she-came-in-politics-31710155047448.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Hindustantimes Bangla |language=bn}}{{cite news|last1=India Today|title=Doctors {{!}} Healthy corps|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-doctors-healthy-corps-2565856-2024-07-13|accessdate=9 November 2024|date=13 July 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109153202/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-doctors-healthy-corps-2565856-2024-07-13|archivedate=9 November 2024|language=en}}
Political career
Sarkar has been elected as a Member of Parliament from Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal in the 2024 Indian General Elections.{{cite news |date=4 June 2024 |title=West Bengal Election Result 2024: Check the full list of winners |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/politics/west-bengal-election-result-2024-live-full-list-of-winners-mahua-moitra-locket-chatterjee-rachna-banerjee-adhir-ranjan-yusuf-pathan-shatrughan-sinha-dev-hiron-19423324.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327164516/https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/politics/west-bengal-election-result-2024-live-full-list-of-winners-mahua-moitra-locket-chatterjee-rachna-banerjee-adhir-ranjan-yusuf-pathan-shatrughan-sinha-dev-hiron-19423324.htm |archive-date=27 March 2025 |access-date=27 March 2025 |publisher=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Bardhaman Purba, West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights: Dr. Sharmila Sarkar Wins Seat by 248740 Votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha/story/bardhaman-purba-west-bengal-lok-sabha-election-results-2024-live-updates-clse-2548100-2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=India Today |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=The Indian Express |date=4 June 2024 |title=Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Results: Full List of winners on all 543 seats |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/full-list-of-winners-in-lok-sabha-elections-2024-9364542/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618161622/https://indianexpress.com/elections/full-list-of-winners-in-lok-sabha-elections-2024-9364542/ |archive-date=18 June 2024 |access-date=18 June 2024 |language=en}}
References
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Category:Politicians from Kolkata
Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal
Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal
Category:21st-century Indian women politicians
Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha
Category:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election