Question

Who was the youngest Member of Parliament to be elected in 2019?
1. Mimi Chakraborty
2. Nusrat Jahan
3. Chandrani Murmu
4. Tejasvi Surya

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Chandrani Murmu

The correct answer is Chandrani Murmu.

• A 25 year, 11-month-old engineering graduate from Odisha Chandrani Murmu, has become the youngest Member of Parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha.
• Odisha has a total of seven women MPs, making it the first state ever to have 33 percent or the largest share of women MPs of its total of 21 seats.
• Chandrani Murmu, who has replaced Dushyant Chautala, was elected as Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate from the Keonjhar seat, as the youngest parliamentarian in the country.
• Indian National Lok Dal's Dushyant Chautala was the youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha.
• He was elected at the age of 26 from the Hisar Lok Sabha seat in 2014.