Sushil Kumar Singh (politician)

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Arti Singh
(m. 1987)
Sushil Kumar Singh
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Former Member of the India Parliament
for Aurangabad, Bihar
In office
2009–2024
Children3 (2 sons, 1 daughter)
Alma mater Anugrah Narayan College
Occupation Politician

Sushil Kumar Singh (born 27 June 1963) is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha from Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. He has been elected as a Member of Parliament in the 12th Lok Sabha [1] and the 15th Lok Sabha. [2] He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party, which is ruling party in the Indian Parliament. He was a member of the Standing committee on Coal and Steel, Committee on Public Undertakings and Committee on Petitions. [3] and Consultative Committee of Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways in the 17th Lok Sabha. [4] He joined Bhartiya Janata Party on 7 March 2014 in presence of Rajnath Singh. Earlier he was associated with Janata Dal (United), the ruling party in the state of Bihar.

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In 2024 Indian general election, he lost the Aurangabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency to the RJD leader Abhay Kumar Sinha with margin of 79111 votes.

Early life

He was born in Aurangabad to Ramnaresh Singh (Lutan singh) and Pushpalata Singh. He completed his early schooling from Gate School (A N High School), Aurangabad, and then enrolled at Banaras Hindu University for his pre-University studies. He graduated in political science from Anugrah Narayan College, Patna, Magadh University. [5]

Election results

2014 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sushil Kumar Singh30794139.16
INC Nikhil Kumar 24159430.72
JD(U) Bagi Kumar Verma 13613717.31
NOTA None of the Above 174542.22%
Majority 66,347
Turnout 78627451.19
BJP gain from JD(U) Swing

References

  1. Parliament of India
  2. Lok Sabha
  3. "Members : Lok Sabha".
  4. "Compositions of Committees | Ministry OF Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India".
  5. "Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.132. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  6. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 80. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  7. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.