{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
'''Apurba Chowdhury''' (born 1966)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Apurba Chowdhury (Achal) (All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- Mongalkote (Purba Bardhaman) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/WestBengal2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=1579 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Mangalkot Assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district. He won the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-02 |title=Mangalkot, West Bengal Assembly election result 2021 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/mangalkot-west-bengal-assembly-election-result-2021-live-updates-1797354-2021-05-01 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Chowdhury is from Mangalkot, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal. He is the son of late Jagannath Chowdhury. He studied Class 10 at Kshirgram Sri Jogyada Banipith, Kalna, and passed Madhyamik, the centralised examinations conducted by West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in 1981. His wife runs her own business.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == Chowdhury won from Mangalkot Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He polled 107,596 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Rana Protap Goswami of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 22,337 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mangalkot Election Result 2021 Live Updates:Apurba Chowdhury (Achal) Of TMC Wins. |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/mangalkot-election-result-2021-live-updates-mangalkot-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3695819.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-02 |title=Mangalkot Election Result 2021 LIVE: Apurba Chowdhury defeats BJP's Rana Protap Goswami from Mangalkot seat - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/mangalkot-election-result-2021-live-how-to-check-mangalkot-assembly-vidhan-sabha-election-winners-losers-vote-margin-news-updates-9132181.htm |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mangalkot Election Results 2021 LIVE, Vote Counting, Leading, Trailing , Winners West bengal Mangalkot Constituency Election News LIVE |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/west-bengal-election-results-2021/wb-mangalkot-constituency-272.html?noHeader=true |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref> In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sahajahan Chowdhury of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated Apurba Chaudhuri of Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-12 |title=West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Mangalkot profile: TMC's Siddiqullah Chowdhury won constituency in 2016 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-mangalkot-profile-tmcs-siddiqullah-chowdhury-won-constituency-in-2016-9386641.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>
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