Kumar Shailendra
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Kumar Shailendra (born 9 December 1966) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is an MLA from Bihpur Assembly constituency in Bhagalpur District. He won the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election representing Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-10 |title=Bihpur Bihar Election 2020 Final Results LIVE:BJP Candidate KUMAR SHAILENDRA wins from Bihpur, Bihar |url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/bihpur-bihar-election-2020-results-live-vote-counting-begins-at-8-am-stay-tuned-for-updates-1385828 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=news.abplive.com }}{{Cite web |title=Bihar Assembly Election Result 2020: Bihpur Assembly Constituency |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/acno152-2-1795474 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Deccan Herald }}
Early life and education
Shailendra is from Bihpur, Bhagalpur District, Bihar. He is the son of Kumar Nityanand Singh. He completed his B.Sc. in engineering at Indian College of Engineering, Motihari, Bihar University in 1991.{{Cite web |title=Kumar Shailendra(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- BIHPUR(BHAGALPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/Bihar2020/candidate.php?candidate_id=11228 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=myneta.info}}
Career
Shailendra won from Bihpur Assembly constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He polled 72,938 votes and defeated his nearest rival and two time MLA, Shailesh Kumar Mandal of Rashtriya Janata Dal, by a margin of 6,129 votes.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-10 |title=Bihpur Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Kumar Shailendra of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/bihpur-election-result-2020-live-updates-bihpur-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3061670.html |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=News18 }}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-10 |title=Bihar election result 2020: Seat wise full list of winners |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/bihar-assembly-polls-2020/story/bihar-election-result-full-list-of-winners-1739762-2020-11-10 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=India Today }} He first became an MLA winning the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. In 2010, he polled 48,027 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Shailesh Kumar of Rashtriya Janata Dal, by a narrow margin of 465 votes. However, he lost the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election to Varsha Rani of RJD by a margin of 12,716 votes.
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