Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian politician and former sportswoman.

She served as member of parliament of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from the Krishnagar constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha.

She was defeated in the 2009 Indian general election by the actor turned politician Tapas Paul of the Trinamool Congress.

In 2019, she herself pledged support to the All India Trinamool Congress and then joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the following year.

[1] She was a middle distance runner and won the 800 metres at the 1995 Asian Athletics Championships.