Nagendra Mahto (born 1951) [1] is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is an MLA from Bagodar Assembly constituency in Giridih District. He won the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. [2]
Mahto is from Bagodar, Giridih District, Jharkhand. He is the son of late Lakho Mahto. He completed his B.A. (B.T.) in 1984 at a college affiliated with Ranchi University, Ranchi. [1]
Mahto won from Bagodar Assembly constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. [3] He polled 1,27,501 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Vinod Kumar Singh of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, by a margin of 32,617 votes. [4] He first became an MLA winning the 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election defeating Vinod Kumar Singh of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation by a margin of 4,339 votes. [5] [6]
The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation is a communist political party in India. The party is represented in Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assemblies. Since 2023, the party is also a member of the INDIA electoral alliance. In Bihar, the party has significant base amongst the Extremely Backward Castes and the Schedule Castes. It was successful in mobilising Upper Backward Caste groups such as Koeris in some districts of central Bihar, prior to the rise of Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party faced existential crisis when a large section of its Koeri and Yadav support base defected to Rashtriya Janata Dal in 1990s. However, the ideological commitment of its cadre protected it from disintegration. It staged a comeback in politics after winning twelve seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2020 and by sending two of its members to Lok Sabha in 2024 Indian general elections.
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