Kedar Hazra (born 1961) is an Indian politician from

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

. He is a three time MLA from Jamua Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in

Giridih district Giridih district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Giridih is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Jharkhand (out of 24), after Ranchi and Dhanbad ...

. He won the

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jharkhand, India, from 30 November to 20 December 2019 to elect the 81 members of the 5th Jharkhand Assembly, 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Results were declared on 23 December 2019. The pre-elect ...

, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. He lost the 2024 Assembly election contesting on JMM ticket.

Early life and education

Hazra is from

Jamua Jamua is a village in the Jamua CD block in the Khori Mahuwa subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state ...

, Giridih district, Jharkhand. His father Damar Hazra, is a farmer. He completed his graduation at Giridih College, which is affiliated with Ranchi University. But he is a farmer.

Career

Hazra won from Jamua Assembly constituency representing the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

in the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. He polled 58, 468 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Manju Kumari of the

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, by a margin of 18,175 votes. He first became an MLA winning the first legislative election after the formation of the new state. In the

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election The 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 3 to 23 February 2005 to elect the 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. It was the first election held in Jharkhand to elect the Second Jharkhand Legislat ...

, he defeated Chandrika Mahtha of JMM, by a margin of 5,134 votes. He lost the next election in

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, but regained the seat in 2014 Assembly election and won for the third time in 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hazra, Kedar 1961 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand Jharkhand MLAs 2005–2009 Jharkhand MLAs 2014–2019 Jharkhand MLAs 2019–2024 People from Giridih district