When was pranab mukherjee elected

Mukherjee contested and won the Jangipur seat in Murshidabad district in and won it again in Till , he had been a member of the Rajya Sabha. After the victory, Mukherjee said in his first speech at Jangipur that he was thankful to the people for finally giving him a land to represent.

According to the census, I knew him for 50 years. Now, the lawmaker from the Raghunathganj assembly constituency, Md Akhrujjaman was one of the lieutenants of Mukherjee during the poll campaigns. I requested Pranab Da to ensure deployment of Central security forces at Geria and Sekendra, where rigging was part of polling back in those days.

The Election Commission did not allow it. Mukherjee then became a member of the Rajya Sabha in July , reports said. He was reelected to the Upper House in , , and Additionally, he also worked as a professor of political science and a journalist. He became "one of Indira Gandhi's most trusted lieutenants" and was appointed as a Cabinet minister in He was also active during the controversial Emergency which was imposed on India for two years — Mukherjee was appointed as the finance minister from to Additionally, he held the portfolios of Commerce from to ; External Affairs from to and to ; Defence from to He held the post of finance minister again from to Mukherjee was the Leader of the Lok Sabha from to till he resigned to contest the election for the President's office.

In , Mukherjee retired from active politics to run for the post of President and on 25 July, , he became the 13th President of India. At the end of his tenure in , he didn't run for re-election and retired from politics due to age-related health issues. He was succeeded by Ram Nath Kovind.

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