Vijay Kumar Mandal (born 1 January 1965) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a five time Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Bharatiya Janata Party.

Vijay Kumar Mandal
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2015
Preceded byAnandi Prasad Yadav
ConstituencySikti
In office
2009–2010
Preceded byPradeep Kumar Singh
Succeeded byZakir Hussain Khan
ConstituencyAraria
In office
1995–2005
Preceded byVinod Kumar Roy
Succeeded byPradeep Kumar Singh
ConstituencyAraria
Personal details
Born (1965-01-01) 1 January 1965 (age 59)[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
OccupationPolitician

Early life and education

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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.[2]

Career

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Mandal first won from Araria Assembly constituency representing the Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party in the 1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He polled votes 112,284 votes and won the seat with a vote share of 63.4 per cent.[3] He retained the seat as an independent in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.

Later, he won from Sikti Assembly constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party ticket in the 2015 election[2] as well as 2020 election.[4][5] In between, he won the 2009 by election representing Lok Janshakti Party as the seat fell vacant following the election of the then sitting MLA Pradeep Kumar Singh to Araria (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]

References

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  1. ^ "BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA". Vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Vijay Kumar Mandal(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- SIKTI(ARARIA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  3. ^ "IndiaVotes AC: Bihar [1947 - 1999] 1995". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Sikti election results LIVE: Vijay Kumar Mandal of BJP wins". cnbctv18.com. 10 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Sikti Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  6. ^ "Araria Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.