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Chandrani Murmu Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 5, 2026 • 3 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth16 June 1994

Age25 (as in 2019)

BirthplaceTikargumura Village, Keonjhar, Odisha

ProfessionPolitician

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyFather - Sanjeeb Murmu; Mother - Urvashi; Maternal grandfather - Harihar Soren

Net worthRs. 3.40 Lacs (as in 2019)

Chandrani Murmu Biography

Chandrani Murmu is an Indian politician from Odisha who became the youngest Member of Parliament in India after winning the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Ke

Early life and background

Chandrani Murmu was born on 16 June 1994 in Tikargumura Village in the Keonjhar district of Odisha. Raised in the Keonjhar area, she completed her early schooling locally before moving to Bhubaneswar for higher studies. She graduated with a B.Tech. from the Institute of Technical Education & Research (ITER), Bhubaneswar in 2017 and trained as a mechanical engineer. Her family background includes public service: her father Sanjeeb Murmu worked as a government officer and her mother Urvashi is a retired government employee. Chandrani is the only child in her family. Her maternal grandfather, Harihar Soren, previously represented Keonjhar in Parliament, serving as a Congress MP in the 1980s.

Career

After finishing her engineering degree, Chandrani initially sought work in the private sector and later looked into government employment opportunities. In early 2019 she was exploring roles such as a bank probationary officer or an assistant section officer with the state government when a turn toward active politics began.

Her entry into electoral politics was rapid. With encouragement from her uncle, social worker Harmohan Soren, she met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 1 April 2019. The following day Patnaik declared her the Biju Janata Dal’s candidate for the Keonjhar Lok Sabha seat. Chandrani campaigned as a BJD candidate and on 23 May 2019 she won the parliamentary election from Keonjhar, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament in India at that time.

Public profile

Chandrani is affiliated with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Her age at the time of the 2019 election—25 years—drew widespread attention, as did her transition from recent engineering graduate to elected representative. She comes from a Scheduled Tribe community and follows Hinduism. Chandrani’s personal profile lists her as unmarried and without children.

Her declared assets as of 2019 included modest movable assets, bank deposits, cash holdings, and jewellery; a salary figure typical for a Member of Parliament was noted along with other allowances. She is described as a non-vegetarian and her physical profile lists a height of approximately 163 cm with black hair and black eyes.

Controversies

During the 2019 campaign several disputes arose around details on nomination paperwork, with questions raised about variations in her father’s name across different documents. Chandrani stated that these differences reflected alternate entries for the same person and that a guardian’s name had appeared in some college records. At the same time, a doctored video and altered images were circulated on social media during the campaign; local police investigated, arrested accused individuals, and reported that the materials were fabricated.

Latest updates

Chandrani continues to be known for her rapid rise into national politics and for representing Keonjhar in the Lok Sabha as a young parliamentarian. Her background as an engineer and the political connections of her family, including her grandfather’s earlier parliamentary service, form part of the context for her entry into public life.

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Recent Work

Member of Parliament, Keonjhar

Elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019 from the Keonjhar constituency representing the Biju Janata Dal; became the youngest MP in India at that time.

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Career Highlights

  1. Elected to the Lok Sabha from Keonjhar in 2019
  2. Youngest Member of Parliament in India in 2019
  3. B.Tech. graduate from ITER, Bhubaneswar (2017)
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Net Worth

Rs. 3.40 Lacs (as in 2019)

Figures are editorial estimates based on publicly available reporting and may change as new information emerges.

Reviewed by F4U Editorial Desk

F4U profile pages are prepared from public career information, checked for readability, and updated when reliable correction sources are shared with the editorial team.

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When was Chandrani Murmu born?

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Chandrani Murmu's net worth is commonly listed as Rs. 3.40 Lacs (as in 2019), based on available public profile information.