Shatrughan Mahto (born 1971) 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 member of the

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Ranchi, the capital of the state. List of assemblies ...

from Baghmara Assembly constituency in

Dhanbad district Dhanbad district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India, and Dhanbad is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Jharkhand ...

. He won the

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 2024 elections in India, 13 to 20 November 2024 to elect all 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 24 November 2024. T ...

, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education

Mahto is from Baghmara, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. He is the son of late Puna Mahto. He studied intermediate (Class 12) in arts at Katrash College, Katras,

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and in 1992 passed the examinations conducted by the Intermediate Education Council,

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. He is a former employee of

Bharat Coking Coal Limited Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited which is inturn under the ownership of Ministry of Coal, Government of India, Its headquarters is located at Dhanbad and Kolkata, India. It was incorporated in January, 197 ...

. Mahto is elder brother of current

Dhanbad Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur and a major financial hub of Jharkhand. In terms of economy, Dhanbad has the largest economy in the state of Jharkhand and it is often referred to as th ...

MP Dulu Mahto.

Career

Mahto won from Baghmara Assembly constituency representing

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 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. He polled 87,529 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Jaleshwar Mahato of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

, by a margin of 18,682 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahto, Shatrughan 1971 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand Jharkhand MLAs 2024–2029 People from Dhanbad district