Runu Dutta

Runu Dutta (born 1954)^[1] is an Indian politician from West Bengal. She is a former member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Raniganj Assembly constituency in Bardhaman district. She won the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the Communist Party of India (Marxist).^[2][3]

Early life and education

Dutta is from Raniganj, Bardhaman district, West Bengal. She married late Sunil Dutta. She studied Class 12 and passed the higher secondary examinations. She later discontinued her studies. She is a primary school teacher.^[1]

Career

Dutta won from Raniganj Assembly constituency representing the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. She polled 74,995 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Bano Nargis of the All India Trinamool Congress, by a margin of 12,385 votes.^[4] Earlier in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, she contested on CPI (M) ticket but lost to Md. Sohrab Ali of the All India Trinamool Congress by a margin of 1,751 votes.^[5]