Kaushalendra Kumar

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Kaushalendra Kumar
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2009
Preceded byRam Swarup Prasad
ConstituencyNalanda
Personal details
Born (1959-01-13) 13 January 1959 (age 67)
Village Haidarchak, Nalanda district, Bihar
PartyJanata Dal (United)
SpouseRaveena kumari
Children2 sons and 1 daughter
ResidenceNalanda
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Kaushalendra Kumar is a Member of Parliament[1] for the Nalanda constituency of the India Lok Sabha. He is a representative of the Janata Dal (United) party. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2009 Indian general election, when he succeeded and was nominated by Nitish Kumar in the constituency. He again won the Nalanda seat in the 2014 Indian general election.[2] He won by a narrow margin of 9,627 votes.[3] In the 2019 general election, he got a record 540,888 votes and defeated his nearest rival by 256,137 votes.

Personal life

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He is a supporter of agrarian and social reform.[4] His father was a farmer. Kaushalendra Kumar is married to Raveena Kumari in 1979. The couple has two sons.[5] His wife is a District Council member from Nalanda.[5][6] He is a member of Kurmi caste.[7]

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Education

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He took his education from S.P.M. College Nalanda, Magadh University. He has a Bachelor of Arts. He also has an Agriculture Education from Kisan College, Sohsarai, Nalanda.[8]

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