Ajay Nishad

Summary

Ajay Nishad is an Indian politician and the current member of parliament from Muzaffarpur. He won the 2014 and the 2019 general election being a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.[1][2][3] He is the son of former Minister Jai Narain Prasad Nishad. Nishad had earlier contested and lost two assembly elections as a Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate from Kurhani and Sahebganj constituencies respectively.[4]

Ajay Nishad
Member of parliament
for Muzaffarpur
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded byJai Narain Prasad Nishad
ConstituencyMuzaffarpur
Personal details
Born (1966-10-02) 2 October 1966 (age 57)
Hajipur, Bihar, India
Political party Indian National Congress
(02 April 2024 - Present)
Other political
affiliations
Bharatiya Janata Party
(Resigned on 02 April 2024)
Rashtriya Janata Dal
SpouseRama Nishad
ResidenceMuzaffarpur
Alma materBabasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University

Election results edit

General Election, 2014: Muzaffarpur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ajay Nishad 4,69,295 49.46 +49.46
INC Akhilesh Prasad Singh 2,46,873 26.02 +8.60
JD(U) Bijendra Chaudhary 85,140 8.97 -22.40
SHS Ashok Kumar Jha 19,945 2.10 +2.10
RAJVP Raghvendra Pratap Singh 13,283 1.40 +1.40
NOTA None Of The Above 9,690 1.02 +1.02
Margin of victory 2,22,422 23.44 +15.76
Turnout 9,48,887 63.10 +16.69
BJP gain from JD(U) Swing +49.46

References edit

  1. ^ "बिहार में एनडीए की बल्ले-बल्ले - KKN Live". KKN लाइव (in Hindi). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: BJP's Ajay win margin of 405001 votes". Dainik Jagran. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ^ Singh, Shambhavi (7 May 2014). "Leading by example". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014.
  5. ^ "General Election 2014". Muzaffarpur. Indiaelections.co.in. Retrieved 20 May 2009.