Mahua Moitra (Bengali pronunciation: [mohua moi̯tro]; born 12 October 1974) is an Indian politician and former investment banker. She is known for her controversial and fiery speeches in the parliament. She won the 2019 Indian general election as an Trinamool Congress (TMC) party candidate from Krishnanagar and served as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2023 until being expelled. She was re-elected to parliament in the 2024 Indian general election. Moitra served as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly representing Karimpur from 2016 to 2019, and served as the general secretary and national spokesperson of the AITC. On 13 November 2023, Moitra was appointed AITC District President of Krishnanagar (Nadia North). She was an investment banker at JPMorgan Chase before entering politics. Moitra was disqualified and expelled from the Lok Sabha on 8 December 2023 following recommendation of Lok Sabha Ethics Committee in cash-for-query case for sharing her login and password of NIC portal.

Infobox

Preceded by

Samaredranath Ghosh

Constituency

Karimpur

Succeeded by

Bimalendu Sinha Roy

Born

(1974-10-12) 12 October 1974 Labac, Cachar, Assam, India

Party

Trinamool Congress (since 2010)

Other political affiliations

Indian National Congress (2008–2010)

Spouse(s)

Lars Brorson (divorced) Pinaki Misra (m. 2025)

Alma mater

Mount Holyoke College

Profession

Investment banker Politician

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Preceded byTapas Paul

Lok Sabha

Preceded byTapas Paul

Lok Sabha

Member of Parliament for Krishnanagar 2019

Lok Sabha

Incumbent

State Legislative Assembly

Lok Sabha

State Legislative Assembly

Preceded bySamaredranath Ghosh

Lok Sabha

Preceded bySamaredranath Ghosh

Lok Sabha

Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Karimpur Assembly constituency 2016 – 2019

Lok Sabha

Succeeded byBimalendu Sinha Roy

Party political offices

Lok Sabha

Party political offices

Preceded byOffice established

Lok Sabha

Preceded byOffice established

Lok Sabha

In charge All India Trinamool Congress, Goa 13 November 2021 – 4 May 2022

Lok Sabha

Succeeded byKirti Azad

Lok Sabha
Preceded byTapas Paul	Member of Parliament for Krishnanagar 2019	Incumbent
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded bySamaredranath Ghosh	Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Karimpur Assembly constituency 2016 – 2019	Succeeded byBimalendu Sinha Roy
Party political offices
Preceded byOffice established	In charge All India Trinamool Congress, Goa 13 November 2021 – 4 May 2022	Succeeded byKirti Azad