Vijay Kumar Mandal (born 1 January 1965) is an Indian politician from

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

. He is a five time Member of

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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 ...

Early life and education

Mandal is from Araria, Araria district, Bihar. His father Nandkeshwar Mandal is a farmer. He completed his Class 10 at Government High School, Araria in 1984.

Career

Mandal first won from

Araria Assembly constituency Araria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. Overview As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 49 Araria Assembly constituency is composed o ...

representing the Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party in the

1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The 11th Bihar Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1995, to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Janata Dal got a decisive victory in the state; political manoeuvre ensured Lalu Prasad Yadav's victory in the chie ...

. He polled votes 112,284 votes and won the seat with a vote share of 63.4 per cent. He retained the seat as an independent in the

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in February 2000, to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Rashtriya Janata Dal won the most seats, but a short-lived government was formed by an alliance that included the Bharatiy ...

. Later, he won from Sikti Assembly constituency representing

ticket in the 2015 election as well as 2020 election. In between, he won the 2009 by election representing

Lok Janshakti Party The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP, ) was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable following amongst Dalits in Bihar. ...

as the seat fell vacant following the election of the then sitting MLA Pradeep Kumar Singh to Araria (Lok Sabha constituency).

References

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