Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
BANERJEE, KUMARI MAMATA [WEST BENGAL TRINAMOOL CONGRESS - CALCUTTA SOUTH (WEST BENGAL)]
Father's Name Late Shri Promileswar Banerjee Date of Birth 5 January 1955 Place of Birth Calcutta (West Bengal) Marital Status Unmarried Educational Qualifications M.A., B.Ed., LL.B., Trained in Work Education Educated at Calcutta University (West Bengal) Profession Political and Social Worker Permanent Address 30-B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Calcutta-700026 (West Bengal) Tel. and Fax (033) 4753000 Present Address C-4, M.S. Flats, B.K.S. Marg, New Delhi-110001 Tel. (011) 3722975 Positions Held 1970-80 General-Secretary, Mahila Congress (I), West Bengal 1978-81 Secretary, District Congress Commitee (Indira) [D.C.C. (I)], Calcutta South 1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha 1985-87 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress (I) Committee 1987 Member, National Council, All India Youth Congress (I) 1987-88 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs 1987-93 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development 1988 Member, Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary Party [C.P.P. (I)] 1989 Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee [P.C.C. (I)], West Bengal 1990 President, Youth Congress, West Bengal 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1991-93 Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Women and Child Development 1993-96 Member, Committee on IndiaPress Affairs Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs 1995-96 Member, Committee on Public Accounts 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1996-97 Member, Committee on IndiaPress Affairs Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1998-99 Chairman, Committee on Railways Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs Books Published (i) Upalabdhi; (ii) Janatar Darbare; (iii) Maa; (iv) Pallabi; and (v) Manabik(in Bengali); (vi) Struggle for Existance; (vii) Motherland (in English); and (viii) Crocodile Island Social and Cultural Activities Connected with different social and Human Rights organisations; providing free legal aid to the poor and working for the protection of human rights Special Interests Protecting human rights Favourite Pastime and Recreation Music and writing Countries Visited Angola, France, Malaysia, Maldives, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A. and Vietnam

Election Result of Calcutta South Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 11,78,748 Total votes polled 8,59,577 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Kumari Mamata Banerjee (W.B.T.C.) 5,03,551 (2) Shri Prasanta Sur (C.P.M.) 2,79,470 (3) Shri Sougata Ray (I.N.C. ) 56,725 (4) Shri Partha Sarathi Ghosh (Ind.) 1,937
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