Sandeep Saurav
Sandeep Saurav | |
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Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency | Paliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation) |
Residence | Bihar |
Occupation | Politics |
Sandeep Saurav (born 1988) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation) from Paliganj Assembly Constituency in Patna District, Bihar. He is nominated to contest the 2024 Indian General Election in Bihar from Nalanda seat against sitting MP Kaushalendra Kumar of JD(U).
Early life and education[edit]
Saurav hails from Maner, a satellite town in Patna metropolitan region, Bihar. His father was a farmer.[1] He completed his graduation from Patna University. Later, he joined the Centre of Indian Languages under School of Languages in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, where he also completed his M.A. in 2009, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in 2014 in Hindi.[2]
Career[edit]
Saurav left his job as an assistant professor and joined politics. He contested as an MLA candidate for the first time in 2020 and was elected from Paliganj seat.[3][1]
Student leader[edit]
Saurav was the National General Secretary of All India Students Association, a left wing students organisation. He is the leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation). Earlier, he was the councillor and general secretary of the JNU Students' Union in 2013.[2][1]
MLA[edit]
Saurav won the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election representing (CPI-ML) (Liberation) from Paliganj Assembly Constituency in Bihar State Legislative Assembly as a Mahagathbandhan nominee.[4][5] He defeated JD (U) candidate Jai Vardhan Yadav by a margin of 30,915 votes and with a vote share of 44.27 per cent.[6]
2020 election[edit]
Bihar State Legislative Assembly Election 2020
Paliganj [7] | ||||||||
Result Status | ||||||||
O.S.N. | Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | ||
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1 | Dr. Usha Vidyarthi | Lok Jan Shakti Party | 14440 | 0 | 14440 | 10.4 | ||
2 | Jaty Vardhan Yadav | Janata Dal (United) | 32961 | 0 | 32961 | 23.73 | ||
3 | Madhu Manjari | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | 4649 | 0 | 4649 | 3.35 | ||
4 | Dinanath Pandit | Lokpriya Samaj Party | 1403 | 0 | 1403 | 1.01 | ||
5 | Nitu Devi | Nation First Democratic Party | 717 | 0 | 717 | 0.52 | ||
6 | Fujalur Rahaman Asari | Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) | 681 | 0 | 681 | 0.49 | ||
7 | Manish Kumar | Shiv Sena | 297 | 0 | 297 | 0.21 | ||
8 | Manoj Kumar Upadhyay | Bharatiya Aam Awam Party | 309 | 0 | 309 | 0.22 | ||
9 | Ravindra Prasad | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) | 340 | 0 | 340 | 0.24 | ||
10 | Ravish Kumar | Bhartiya Sablog Party | 1396 | 0 | 1396 | 1.01 | ||
11 | Rajgir Prasad | Lok Sewa Dal | 601 | 0 | 601 | 0.43 | ||
12 | Sant Kumar Singh | Shoshit Samaj Dal | 1291 | 0 | 1291 | 0.93 | ||
13 | Sandeep Saurav | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation) | 61178 | 0 | 61178 | 44.05 | ||
14 | Hare Krisna Singh | Independent | 1071 | 0 | 1071 | 0.77 | ||
15 | Anita Devi | Independent | 956 | 0 | 956 | 0.69 | ||
16 | Gopal Chaudhari | Independent | 4047 | 0 | 4047 | 2.91 | ||
17 | Jitendra Bind | Independent | 919 | 0 | 919 | 0.66 | ||
18 | Dhananjay Kumar | Independent | 1432 | 0 | 1432 | 1.03 | ||
19 | Basant Kumar | Independent | 682 | 0 | 682 | 0.49 | ||
20 | Mahesh Yadav | Independent | 328 | 0 | 328 | 0.24 | ||
21 | Rakesh Ranjan | Independent | 847 | 0 | 847 | 0.61 | ||
22 | Venkatesh Sharma | Independent | 392 | 0 | 392 | 0.28 | ||
23 | Srinivas Kumar | Independent | 679 | 0 | 679 | 0.49 | ||
24 | Sanjeet Kumar | Independent | 563 | 0 | 563 | 0.41 | ||
25 | Sunil Kumar | Independent | 5010 | 0 | 5010 | 3.61 | ||
26 | None of the Above | None of the Above | 1695 | 0 | 1695 | 1.22 | ||
Total | 138884 | 0 | 138884 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "He chose politics over Hindi professor's post in JNU; now gets a Lok Sabha ticket from Bihar". The Indian Express. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ a b "2 former students of JNU set to make electoral debut in Bihar assembly polls". Hindustan Times. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Bihar Election Results: Key Seats and Crucial Takeaways From the Campaign Trail". The Wire. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Paliganj Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Sandeep Saurav of CPIMLL Wins". News18. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Sandeep Saurav Election Result Paliganj Live: Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2020 Sandeep Saurav Paliganj Seat". News18. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Paliganj (Bihar) Elections Results 2020 LIVE: Constituency Details, List of Candidates, Last Winner and more". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 10 November 2020.