Sandeep Saurav

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Sandeep Saurav (born 1988) is an Indian politician from Bihar and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Paliganj Assembly constituency in Patna district. He is from CPI(ML)L and was elected in the 2020 Bihar election, securing 67,917 votes against the incumbent MLA Jai Vardhan Yadav from JD(U) who secured 37,002 votes. He was nominated to contest the 2024 Indian General Election in Bihar from the Nalanda seat against the incumbent MP Kaushalendra Kumar of JD(U).

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Sandeep Saurav
Bihar Legislative Assembly
ConstituencyPaliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Personal details
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)
ResidenceBihar
OccupationPolitics
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Early life and education

Saurav hails from Maner, a satellite town in Patna metropolitan region, Bihar. His father was a farmer.[1] He completed his graduation from Patna University. Later, he joined the Centre of Indian Languages under School of Languages in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, where he also completed his M.A. in 2009, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in 2014 in Hindi.[2]

Career

Saurav left his job as an assistant professor and joined politics. He contested as an MLA candidate for the first time in 2020 and was elected from Paliganj seat.[3][1]

Student leader

Saurav was the National General Secretary of All India Students Association, a left wing students organisation. He is the leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation). Earlier, he was the councillor and general secretary of the JNU Students' Union in 2013.[2][1]

MLA

Saurav won the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election representing (CPI-ML) (Liberation) from Paliganj Assembly Constituency in Bihar State Legislative Assembly as a Mahagathbandhan nominee.[4][5] He defeated JD (U) candidate Jai Vardhan Yadav by a margin of 30,915 votes and with a vote share of 44.27 per cent.[6]

Electoral record

2024 Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency

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2024 Indian general election: Nalanda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Kaushalendra Kumar 559,422 48.9
CPI(ML)L Sandeep Saurav 3,90,308 34.1
NOTA None of the above
Majority 169114
Turnout
JD(U) hold Swing
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Bihar State Legislative Assembly Election 2020

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Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Paliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(ML)L Sandeep Saurav 67,917 43.73
JD(U) Jai Vardhan Yadav 37,002 23.83
LJP Usha Vidyarthi 16,102 10.37
RLSP Madhu Manjari 5,467 3.52
Independent Sunil Kumar 5,261 3.39
Independent Gopal Chaudhari 4,444 2.86
NOTA None of the above 1,881 1.21
Majority 30,915 19.90
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