Pratima Mondal

Pratima Mondal (née Naskar; born 16 February 1966) is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Parliament for Jaynagar since 2014. Before she joined politics she was a WBCS officer. Her father Gobinda Chandra Naskar was also a former MP from Bangaon. She belongs to the Trinamool Congress.^[1][2][3]

Pratima Mondal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Preceded by	Tarun Mandal
Constituency	Jaynagar
Personal details
Born	(1966-02-16) 16 February 1966 (age 59) Gourdaha, Canning West Bengal, India
Citizenship	India
Political party	Trinamool Congress
Spouse	Narayan Chandra Mondal
Children	1 Son & 1 Daughter
Parents	Gobinda Chandra Naskar (father) Uma Naskar (mother)
Residence	Kolkata
Education	M.A., B.Ed.
Alma mater	University of Calcutta
Occupation	Politician
Profession	WBCS Officer

Personal life

Pratima Mondal was born on 16 February 1966, to a Bengali Hindu family in Gourdaha, Cannning in South 24 Parganas. She is daughter of the former Member of Parliament, Gobinda Chandra Naskar. Pratima Mondal is a postgraduate of the University of Calcutta. She was a WBCS officer before entering politics.^[4][5][6]

Political career

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the All India Trinamool Congress nominated Pratima Mondal from the Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency. She was elected with 4,94,746 votes, which was 41.71% of the votes cast. She defeated her nearest rival Subhas Naskar of the Revolutionary Socialist Party by 1,08,384 votes.^[7][8]