Kaushalendra Kumar

Kaushalendra Kumar
Member of the 15th, 16th, 17th,18th Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2009
Preceded byRam Swarup Prasad
ConstituencyNalanda
Personal details
Born (1959-01-13) 13 January 1959 (age 65)
Village Haidarchak, Nalanda district, Bihar
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
SpouseRaveena kumari
Children2 sons and 1 daughter
ResidenceNalanda
Source: [1]

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.

  1. ^ "india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampdetail.php?mpcode=4467". Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Kaushlendra Kumar of JD(U) WINS the Nalanda constituency | Bihar , Lok Sabha Election 2014 - NewsReporter.in". Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. ^ "A record 22 candidates in Nalanda - the Hindu". The Hindu. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.