Nirmal Mahto (born 1984) [1] is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is an MLA from Mandu Assembly constituency in Hazaribagh District. He won the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, representing the All Jharkhand Students Union. [2] [3]
Mahto is from Mandu, Hazaribagh District, Jharkhand. He is the son of Tulsi Mahto. He studied Class 10 at Rail Shramik High School, Patratu, and passed the examination conducted by the Bihar School Examination Committee. [1]
Mahto won from Mandu Assembly constituency representing All Jharkhand Students Union in the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. [4] He polled 90,871 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Jai Prakash Bhai Patel of the Indian National Congress, by a narrow margin of 231 votes. [5] He lost the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election losing to Jai Prakash, then with BJP, by a margin of 2,062 votes. [6] However, after the victory, he offered to resign the seat and requested party president to enter the assembly by winning the by election. [6] [7]
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All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU PARTY is a state political party of Jharkhand state, India. AJSU PARTY was founded on 22 June 1986, modelled after All Assam Students Union. The founders of AJSU were disillusioned with the previous political parties of Jharkhand and wanted more militant agitations.
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Loknath Mahato was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the state of Jharkhand, India, elected from constituency Barkagaon which is in the Hazaribagh district of the state. He was first elected in 1995. Since then he has been re-elected three times, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the main national parties of India. He was one of the contenders in the 12 December 2019 Jharkhand state assembly elections from Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). In 2014, Mahto had left BJP to join All Jharkhand Students Union, when denied ticket to contest from Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency. He participated in 2014 Lok Sabha elections and finished at third position.
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Mandu Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Also one of the 81 assembly constituencies of Jharkhand, Mandu belongs to Hazaribagh parliamentary constituency.
Mahto or Mahato is a surname used by several castes and communities in Nepal and the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha in India. Mahato is also a popular surname among Nepalese Zamindari villages of Madhesh Province where it is a title given to the headman of a village ward and their duties were to maintain peace in his area, and collect revenue for the zamindar. In Chotanagpur plateau region of Jharkhand, including in the Oraon tribal society, Mahato was historically a title of the village chief. In Bihar, the surname Mahto is primarily used by people belonging to Kushwaha caste. While in Jharkhand, it is a term most often associated with Koeri and Kurmi caste.
Jagannath Mahto popularly known as "Tiger Mahto" or "Tiger Jagarnath Da" was an Indian politician and cabinet minister from Jharkhand.
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Khiru Mahto is an Indian politician who is currently serving as member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar since 2022. He was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Mandu from 2005 until 2009. He is the member of the Janata Dal (United).
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Dev Dyal Kushwaha was an Indian politician, who served as first agriculture minister for the state of Jharkhand, after its formation. He was appointed as Minister for Agriculture in first Jharkhand government, which was led by Babu Lal Marandi. Kushwaha was a leader of Bhartiya Janata Party, who represented Hazaribagh Sadar Assembly constituency as Member of Legislative Assembly for three times. Before joining active politics he was associated with pedagogy. Kushwaha won the assembly elections of 1990, 1995 and 2000 from Hazaribagh Assembly constituency. Besides, Babu Lal Marandi's cabinet, he also served as a minister in Arjun Munda's cabinet. In 2005 Jharkhand Assembly elections, he was defeated by Saurabh Narain Singh— the grandson of Kamakhya Narain Singh.
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This is the alphabetical categorised list of statewide, regional and local political families involved in the politics and various elections of Jharkhand state of India at state and National level. The Soren family has produced two Chief Ministers, and family members have largely led the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) since 1972. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC) and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) also has several dynastic leaders.
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