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'''Rama Biswas''' (born 2 September 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rama Biswas, CPI-M MLA from Ranaghat Dakshin - Our Neta |url=https://ourneta.com/neta/rama-biswas/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-05-10 |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. She is a former member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency]], which is reserved for the Scheduled Caste Community, in [[Nadia district]]. She was last elected in the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/ranaghatdakshin-west-bengal-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-07 |title=West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) profile: TMC's Barnali Dey to contest from seat this year |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-ranaghat-dakshin-sc-profile-tmcs-barnali-dey-to-contest-from-seat-this-year-9389891.html |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Biswas is from [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]], Ranaghat, Nadia district, West Bengal. She was married to late Jnanendra Nath Biswas. She completed her Master of Arts at [[Netaji Subhas Open University]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rama Biswas(Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))):Constituency- RANAGHAT DAKSHIN (SC)(NADIA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=http://www.myneta.info/WestBengal2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=1076 |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>

== Career ==
Biswas was elected as an MLA for the first time from Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency representing the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-02 |title=Ranaghat Dakshin Election Result 2021 LIVE: BJP's Mukut Mani Adhikari snatches Ranaghat Dakshin seat from CPI(M) - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/ranaghat-dakshin-election-result-2021-live-how-to-check-ranaghat-dakshin-assembly-vidhan-sabha-election-winners-losers-vote-margin-news-updates-9141231.htm |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref> She polled 104,159 votes and defeated her nearest rival, [[Abir Biswas|Abir Ranjan Biswas]] of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]], by a margin of 17,253 votes.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Summary: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) 2016 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/summary/36757 |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Live |first=A. B. P. |title=Ranaghat-dakshin Election Results 2021 LIVE, Vote Counting, Leading, Trailing , Winners West bengal Ranaghat-dakshin Constituency Election News LIVE |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/west-bengal-election-results-2021/wb-ranaghat-dakshin-constituency-90.html |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref> However, she lost the next election in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election as she could only finish third. Mukut Mani Adhikari of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the election defeating Barnali Dey Roy of the All India Trinamool Congress by a margin of 16,515 votes. Biswas could only get 15,124 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-02 |title=Ranaghat Uttar Purba, West Bengal Assembly election result 2021 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/ranaghat-uttar-purba-west-bengal-assembly-election-result-2021-live-updates-1797169-2021-05-01 |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

She also contested the [[Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency]] in the [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal]] and finished third behind winner Jagannath Sarkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party and second-placed Rupali Biswas of the Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ranaghat Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result: Candidates Profiles, Map, Total Votes, Past Results {{!}} Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/ranaghat |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politicians from Nadia district]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021]]
[[Category:Women members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]

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