Jitendra Kumar Rai (born 1978) is an Indian politician from

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. He is a member of

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from Marhaura representing

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. He is three time MLA from 2010 to 2020.

Early life and education

Rai is from Marhaura, Saran district, Bihar. He is the son of Yaduvanshi Ray, a two time MLA from Marhaura. He completed his intermediate at Rajendra College in 1994 and later did his graduation at Lok Mahavidyalaya,

Hajipur Hajipur ( , ) is the headquarters and largest city of Vaishali district of the state of Bihar in India. Hajipur is the 16th most populous city of Bihar, besides being the second-fastest developing city, next to Patna. It had a total population ...

in 1998.

Career

Rai won from Marhaura Assembly constituency representing Rashtriya Janata Dal in the

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

. He polled 59,812 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Altaf Alam of

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, by a margin of 11,385 votes. Earlier, he won the 2010 and 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections.

References

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