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{{Short description|Politician from West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Priya Paul
| office = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Sankrail Assembly constituency|Sankrail]]
| birth_place = Hirapur, [[Howrah district]], West Bengal
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}
| term_start = 2 May 2021
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| predecessor = [[Sital Kumar Sardar]]
}}

'''Priya Paul''' (born 1971)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Priya Paul(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- SANKRAIL (SC)(HOWRAH) – Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/WestBengal2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=677 |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. She is a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from Sankrail Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in [[Howrah district]]. She won the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=TimesNow |title=Sankrail Assembly Election Results 2021 – Sankrail Vidhan Sabha Election Results |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/sankrail-west-bengal-election-result-2021 |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2021 |title=West Bengal Election Results 2021: Here's full list of winners – CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/west-bengal-election-results-2021-heres-full-list-of-winners-9169581.htm |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Paul is from Hirapur village, [[Sankrail]] post, Howrah district, West Bengal. She is the wife of Amit Paul. She completed her Master of Arts in geography in 2013 at the Global Open University, [[Nagaland]]. She is a teacher.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Paul won from [[Sankrail Assembly constituency]] representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. She polled 111,888 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Probhakar Pandit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], by a margin of 40,427 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sankrail Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Priya Paul of TMC wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/sankrail-election-result-2021-live-updates-sankrail-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3694643.html |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2021 |title=Sankrail, West Bengal Assembly election result 2021 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/sankrail-west-bengal-assembly-election-result-2021-live-updates-1797254-2021-05-01 |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Live |first=A. B. P. |title=Sankrail Election Results 2021 LIVE, Vote Counting, Leading, Trailing , Winners West bengal Sankrail Constituency Election News LIVE |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/west-bengal-election-results-2021/wb-sankrail-constituency-174.html |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026]]
[[Category:People from Howrah district]]
[[Category:Women members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2026–2031]]

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