Ravindra Kumar Pandey (born 20 January 1959) is an Indian politician belonging to

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. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...

. He was a member of the

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, representing

Giridih (Lok Sabha constituency) Giridih Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers parts of Giridih, Bokaro and Dhanbad districts. Assembly segments Presently, Giridih Lok Sabh ...

. He was denied ticket in the 2019 Lok Sabha election as the seat was given to AJSU's Chandraprakash Choudhary, who won the election thus being first Lok Sabha member from AJSU.

Biography

His father was late Krishna Murari Pandey, and his mother is Ramdulari Devi. He was born in a place called Ghutiatand, in

Bokaro district Bokaro district is one of the most industrialized zones in India. It is one of the twenty-four districts of the Jharkhand state, India. It was established in 1991 by carving out one subdivision consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad District a ...

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in 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 and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . ...

state, (Brahmin family) India. He holds a bachelor's degree, and was educated at K. B. College, Bermo. He is married to Laxmi Pandey, and has three sons and two daughters. He has been M.P. from Giridih for 5 terms. He defeated Jagannath Mahto in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. He is from Tamsi of Aurangabad district of Bihar. He is mentally well.

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1959 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand People from Giridih district India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Jharkhand India MPs 2014–2019 People from Bokaro district {{Jharkhand-BJP-politician-stub