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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2023
| predecessor = [[Pritam Ram]]
| constituency = [[Lundra Assembly constituency|Lundra]]
| profession = Politician
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
}}
'''Prabodh Minz''' (born 1962) is an Indian politician from [[Chhattisgarh]]. He is an MLA from [[Lundra Assembly constituency]], which is a reserved constituency for Scheduled Tribes community, in [[Surguja district]]. He won the [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]], representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Lundra Election Result 2023 LIVE Updates and Highlights: Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/lundra-election-result-2023-live-updates-and-highlights-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8687871.html |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Lundra, Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: Lundra सीट पर BJP ने हासिल की जीत |url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/story/lundra-chhattisgarh-assembly-election-results-2023-live-1830596-2023-12-03 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chhattisgarh Election 2023: Get Latest Updates of Constituency List in Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023 |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/chhattisgarh-assembly-election/constituencies-list/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Minz is from Bhagwanpur, [[Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh|Ambikapur]] tehsil, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh. His late father, Bernard Samuel Minz, was a farmer. He also served as a councilor. He did his diploma in mechanical in 1983 awarded by Madhya Pradesh Board of Technical Education, Bhopal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prabodh Minz(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- LUNDRA (ST)(SURGUJA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://myneta.info/Chhattisgarh2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=341 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> He is a Catholic Christian. He was formerly with the Indian National Congress but switched to Nationalist Congress Party for a short while in 2003 before joining the BJP in 2004.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-11-13 |title=BJP's unconventional move in Chhattisgarh: Christian candidate Prabodh Minj takes centre stage in Lundra |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/105188818.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst |access-date=2024-10-27 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Career ==
Minz won from Lundra Assembly constituency representing the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election. He polled 87,463 votes and defeated his nearest rival, [[Pritam Ram]] of the [[Indian National Congress]], by a margin of 24,128 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lundra (ST) assembly election results 2023: Lundra (ST) Winning Candidates List and Vote Share |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/chhattisgarh/lundra-st-assembly-result-26009 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Prabodh Minz, BJP Election Results LIVE: Latest Updates On Prabodh Minz, Assembly Election Constituency Seat |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/chhattisgarh/assembly-election-candidates-list-2023/prabodh-minz-50009-1 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=ndtv.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lundra Election Result 2023 Live, Lundra Elections Vote Counting, Chhattisgarh Results 2023 |url=https://news.abplive.com/electionselections/chhattisgarh-assembly-election-2023/chhattisgarh-lundra-constituency-9.html |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref>

He served as Mayor of Ambikapur city for two terms from 2004.<ref name=":0" /> During his term as the mayor, Ambikapur won five Clean City awards. He was a member of the State Minority Commission in 2019. Later in 2019, he was also elected as a corporator in the municipal elections.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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== See also ==

* [[6th Chhattisgarh Assembly]]

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[[Category:1962 births]]
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2023–2028]]
[[Category:People from Surguja district]]
[[Category:Chhattisgarh local politicians]]

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