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'''Protima Rajak''' (born 1978)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Protima Rajak(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- BURWAN (SC)(MURSHIDABAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=1117 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. She is a former member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Burwan Assembly constituency]] which is reserved for [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Caste]] community in [[Murshidabad district]]. She won for the first time in the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011 |url=https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/assembly-constituencies/2011-election-results.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=www.elections.in}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Rajak is from [[Burwan]], Murshidabad district, West Bengal. She married Kanuhari Rajak. She completed her [[Bachelor's degree|BA]] at a college affiliated with the [[University of Kolkata]] in 1998. She is an [[Integrated Child Development Services|ICDS]] worker.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Rajak was elected from the Burwan Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. She polled 55,906 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Shasthi Charan Mal of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]], by a margin of 15,002 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burwan Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/burwan-west-bengal-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> She became an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for the first time winning the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] where she polled 66,034 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Live |first=A. B. P. |title=Murshidabad Election Results 2021 LIVE, Vote Counting, Leading, Trailing Winners West bengal Murshidabad District Election News LIVE |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/west-bengal-election-results-2021/wb-murshidabad-district-14.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Protima Rajak |url=https://www.electwise.in/politician/protima-rajak/ |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Electwise |language=en}}</ref> In March 2021, she resigned from the Congress party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bangla |first=TV9 |date=2021-03-15 |title='বাচ্চার জন্য দলে সময় দিতে পারছি না', কংগ্রেস ছাড়লেন দু'বারের জেতা বিধায়ক |url=https://tv9bangla.com/west-bengal/murshidabad/murshidabad-cant-give-time-to-party-for-baby-two-time-congress-mla-protima-rajak-quits-339227.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=TV9 Bangla |language=bn}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1978 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from Murshidabad district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Women members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]</div>CelinaArellano