| Ranjit Dutta | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency: | Tezpur, Assam |
| Term Start: | 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Pallab Lochan Das |
| Office1: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam |
| Term Start1: | 24 May 2016 |
| Term End1: | 10 May 2021 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| 2Blankname1: | Portfolios |
| 2Namedata1: |
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| Predecessor1: | Bismita Gogoi Chandan Kumar Sarkar Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Office2: | President, Assam Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Term Start2: | 2010 |
| Term End2: | 2012 |
| Successor2: | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Office3: | Member, Assam Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start3: | 19 May 2016 |
| Constituency3: | Behali |
| Predecessor3: | Pallab Lochan Das |
| Term Start4: | 2001 |
| Term End4: | 2011 |
| Successor4: | Pallab Lochan Das |
| Constituency4: | Behali |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Birth Date: | 1957 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Hatibondha, Biswanath district, Assam |
| Parents: | Kuladhar Dutta (Father) Labanya Dutta (Mother) |
| Alma Mater: | Darrang College |
Ranjit Dutta (born 24 January 1957) is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He is presently a member of Assam Legislative Assembly since 2016 for the Behali constituency. He served as MLA of Behali from 2001 to 2011. He was a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led government from 2016 to 2021.[1] [2] [3]
Dutta was born in Hatibondha, Biswanath on 24 January 1957. His father was the late Kuladhar Dutta and his mother was the late Labanya Dutta. He completed his higher Secondary from Darrang College, Tezpur in the year 1974.[4]
Dutta was the BJP candidate for the Behali constituency in the 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election. He obtained 33348 votes, 50.65% of the total vote in the election. He defeated the incumbent congress MLA, Barnabash Tanti, who had been serving for the past 10 years, by 13529 votes.[5]
In the 2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Dutta sought reelection in Behali. He polled 28633 votes in the election. He defeated his nearest opponent, a Congress candidate, by 8979 votes.
In the 2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Dutta sought reelection in Behali. He received 22662 votes, 28.02% of the total vote. He was defeated by Congress candidate and future Lok Sabha MP Pallab Lochan Das, by 18136 votes.
In the 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Dutta tried to seek the Behali seat again. He again became the BJP candidate for the election. He received 52152 votes, 56.2% of the total vote. He defeated his nearest opponent, a congress candidate, by 23601 votes.
Dutta was inducted into the Sonowal cabinet as Minister for Handloom, Welfare of Minorities, Textiles & Sericulture. He was sworn in as a cabinet minister on 24 May 2016 at Guwahati.[6] [7] [8]
In the 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election, he sought reelection. He received 53583 votes, 50.93% of the total vote. He defeated his nearest opponent by 29839 votes. He was not inducted into the Sarma Ministry.
Dutta married Gita Dutta on 1 May 1991. They have one son and one daughter. Dutta has a special interest in social service.He has nephews and nieces named Rituraj Boruah, Anamika Boruah, Kunal Raj Dutta Boruah, and Rahul Raj Dutta Boruah.