Satyendra Nath Tiwari (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 Garhwa Assembly constituency in

Garhwa District Garhwa District is one of the twenty-four districts in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Jharkhand. The Garhwa District is part of the Palamu division, Palamu division and has its administrative headquarters in Garhwa City. Hist ...

. He won the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 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 ...

Early life and education

Tiwari is from Garhwa, Jharkhand. He is the son of Ram Krishna Tiwari. He completed his B.Sc. in 1987 at Ganesh Lal Agrawal College, Daltonganj which is affiliated with

Ranchi University Ranchi University is a public state university in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It was established in 1960 by an Act of the Bihar legislature. Ranchi University offers degrees in undergraduate, post-graduate, M.Phil. and doctorate programs. History ...

. Earlier, he studied at Government High School, Daltonganj and passed the examinations conducted by the Bihar School Examination Council, Patna, in 1982.

Career

Tiwari won from Garhwa Assembly constituency representing

in the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. He polled 1,33,109 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Mithilesh Kumar Thakur of the

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (; ) is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand, founded by Binod Bihari Mahato, Shibu Soren, and A. K. Roy. Hemant Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state ...

party, by a margin of 16,753 votes. He first became an MLA winning the

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election The 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election resulted in a fragmented assembly, with no single party achieving a clear majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) each secured 18 seats, while the Indian Nati ...

representing

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P)) ( 'Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)') was a state political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by former Union Minister and First Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Babulal ...

and defeated Girinath Singh of Rashtriya Janata Dal, by a margin of 16,753 votes. He later joined BJP and retained the seat on BJP ticket in the next election in the

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election The 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election (Hindi: झारखण्ड विधानसभा चुनाव) was held in five phases between November 25 and December 20 to elect the members of the 4th Jharkhand Assembly, 4th Jharkha ...

. He won for the third time in the 2024 Assembly election. In the 2019 Assembly election he lost to Mithilesh Kumar Thakur of JMM by a margin of 23,522 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiwari, Satyendra Nath 1961 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand Jharkhand MLAs 2009–2014 Jharkhand MLAs 2014–2019 Jharkhand MLAs 2024–2029 People from Garhwa district Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) politicians