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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{short description|Indian politician (born 1988)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Sandeep Saurav
| name               = Sandeep Saurav
| image         = Sandeep Saurav.jpg
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| caption       = Saurav speaks at a press conference in Patna
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| residence     = Bihar
| residence           = Bihar
| death_date   =  
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| office1       = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| office1             = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Paliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
| constituency1       = [[Paliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
| party         = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)]]
| party               = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)]]
| occupation   = Politics
| occupation         = Politics
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'''Sandeep Saurav''' is member of Legislative Assembly, Bihar representating [[Paliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] from   [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)]]. He is also the National General Secretary of [[All India Students Association]], a left wing students organisation. He is the leader of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)]] and represents [[Paliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in Bihar State Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-10|title=Paliganj Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Sandeep Saurav of CPIMLL Wins|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/paliganj-election-result-2020-live-updates-paliganj-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3061685.html|access-date=2020-11-10|website=News18|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sandeep Saurav Election Result Paliganj Live: Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2020 Sandeep Saurav Paliganj Seat|url=https://www.news18.com/bihar-assembly-elections-2020/sandeep-saurav-paliganj-candidate-s04a190c06/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=News18}}</ref>
'''Sandeep Saurav''' (born 1988) is an Indian politician from Bihar and a member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] representing the [[Paliganj Assembly constituency]] in [[Patna district]]. He is from [[CPI(ML)L]] and was elected in the [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020 Bihar election]], securing 67,917 votes against the incumbent MLA [[Jai Vardhan Yadav]] from [[JD(U)]] who secured 37,002 votes. He was nominated to contest the 2024 Indian General Election in Bihar from the [[Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency|Nalanda seat]] against the incumbent MP [[Kaushalendra Kumar]] of JD(U).


== Political life ==
== Early life and education ==
'''Bihar State Legislative Assembly Election 2020'''
Saurav hails from Maner, a satellite town in Patna metropolitan region, Bihar. His father was a farmer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-01 |title=He chose politics over Hindi professor's post in JNU; now gets a Lok Sabha ticket from Bihar |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/bihar-politics-ex-jnusu-general-secretary-left-ticket-9244242/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He completed his graduation from Patna University. Later, he joined the Centre of Indian Languages under School of Languages in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, where he also completed his M.A. in 2009, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in 2014 in Hindi.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2020-10-20 |title=2 former students of JNU set to make electoral debut in Bihar assembly polls |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bihar-election/2-former-students-of-jnu-set-to-make-electoral-debut-in-bihar-assembly-polls/story-Nm978JtPDNUWUrDLCk3BmN.html |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
 
| colspan="9" |Paliganj <ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ACTRENDS2020/ConstituencywiseS04190.htm?ac=190|access-date=2020-11-10|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>
== Career ==
|-
Saurav left his job as an assistant professor and joined politics. He contested as an MLA candidate for the first time in 2020 and was elected from Paliganj seat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bihar Election Results: Key Seats and Crucial Takeaways From the Campaign Trail |url=https://thewire.in/politics/bihar-assembly-election-results-2020-key-seats |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=The Wire |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
| colspan="9" |Result Status
 
|-
=== Student leader ===
!O.S.N.
Saurav was the National General Secretary of [[All India Students Association]], a left wing students organisation. He is the leader of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)]]. Earlier, he was the councillor and general secretary of the JNU Students' Union in 2013.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
!Candidate
 
!Party
=== MLA ===
!EVM Votes
Saurav won the [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election]] representing (CPI-ML) (Liberation) from Paliganj Assembly Constituency in [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Bihar State Legislative Assembly]] as a Mahagathbandhan nominee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-10|title=Paliganj Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Sandeep Saurav of CPIMLL Wins|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/paliganj-election-result-2020-live-updates-paliganj-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3061685.html|access-date=2020-11-10|website=News18|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sandeep Saurav Election Result Paliganj Live: Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2020 Sandeep Saurav Paliganj Seat|url=https://www.news18.com/bihar-assembly-elections-2020/sandeep-saurav-paliganj-candidate-s04a190c06/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=News18}}</ref> He defeated JD (U) candidate [[Jai Vardhan Yadav]] by a margin of 30,915 votes and with a vote share of 44.27 per cent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paliganj (Bihar) Elections Results 2020 LIVE: Constituency Details, List of Candidates, Last Winner and more |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-election-results-2020/paliganj |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=NDTV.com |language=en}}</ref>
!Postal Votes
 
!Total Votes
== Electoral record ==
!% of Votes
===2024 Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency===
|-
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: Nalanda<ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Nalanda">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Nalanda |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0429.htm |access-date=31 July 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731181720/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0429.htm |archive-date=31 July 2024}}</ref><ref name="Nalanda Lok Sabha Election results 2014 - 2024">{{cite news |title=Nalanda Lok Sabha Election results 2014 - 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/bihar/nalanda |access-date=9 December 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251209053859/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/bihar/nalanda |archive-date=9 December 2025}}</ref>}}
|1
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|Dr. Usha Vidyarthi
|candidate    = [[Kaushalendra Kumar]]
|Lok Jan Shakti Party
|party        = Janata Dal (United)
|14440
|votes        = 5,59,422
|0
|percentage  = 48.9
|14440
|change=}}
|10.4
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|-
|candidate    = Sandeep Saurav
|2
|party        = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|Jaty Vardhan Yadav
|votes        = 3,90,308
|Janata Dal (United)
|percentage  = 34.1
|32961
|change=}}
|0
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|32961
{{Election box majority||votes=169114|percentage=|change=}}
|23.73
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|-
{{Election box hold with party link|
|3
  |winner    = Janata Dal (United)
|Madhu Manjari
  |loser  = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
  |swing  =
|4649
}}
|0
{{Election box end}}
|4649
 
|3.35
===Bihar State Legislative Assembly Election 2020===
|-
{{Election box begin|
|4
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: [[Paliganj]]}}
|Dinanath Pandit
 
|Lokpriya Samaj Party
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|1403
|party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|0
|candidate  = Sandeep Saurav
|1403
|votes      = 67,917
|1.01
|percentage = 43.73
|-
|change=
|5
}}
|Nitu Devi
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|Nation First Democratic Party
|party      = Janata Dal (United)
|717
|candidate  = [[Jai Vardhan Yadav]]
|0
|votes      = 37,002
|717
|percentage = 23.83
|0.52
|change=
|-
 
|6
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|Fujalur Rahaman Asari
|party      = Lok Janshakti Party
|Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate  = [[Usha Vidyarthi]]
|681
|votes      = 16,102
|0
|percentage = 10.37
|681
|change=
|0.49
 
|-
}}
|7
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|Manish Kumar
|party      = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|Shiv Sena
|candidate  = Madhu Manjari
|297
|votes      = 5,467
|0
|percentage = 3.52
|297
|change=
|0.21
 
|-
}}
|8
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|Manoj Kumar Upadhyay
|party      = Independent politician
|Bharatiya Aam Awam Party
|candidate  = Sunil Kumar
|309
|votes      = 5,261
|0
|percentage = 3.39
|309
|change    =
|0.22
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|9
|party      = Independent politician
|Ravindra Prasad
|candidate  = Gopal Chaudhari
|Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
|votes      = 4,444
|340
|percentage = 2.86
|0
|change    =
|340
}}
|0.24
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|-
|party      = None of the above
|10
|candidate  = [[None of the above]]
|Ravish Kumar
|votes      = 1,881
|Bhartiya Sablog Party
|percentage = 1.21
|1396
|change    =
|0
}}
|1396
{{Election box majority|
|1.01
|votes      = 30,915
|-
|percentage = 19.90
|11
|change    =
|Rajgir Prasad
}}
|Lok Sewa Dal
{{Election box end}}
|601
|0
|601
|0.43
|-
|12
|Sant Kumar Singh
|Shoshit Samaj Dal
|1291
|0
|1291
|0.93
|-
|13
|Sandeep Saurav
|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)
|61178
|0
|61178
|44.05
|-
|14
|Hare Krisna Singh
|Independent
|1071
|0
|1071
|0.77
|-
|15
|Anita Devi
|Independent
|956
|0
|956
|0.69
|-
|16
|Gopal Chaudhari
|Independent
|4047
|0
|4047
|2.91
|-
|17
|Jitendra Bind
|Independent
|919
|0
|919
|0.66
|-
|18
|Dhananjay Kumar
|Independent
|1432
|0
|1432
|1.03
|-
|19
|Basant Kumar
|Independent
|682
|0
|682
|0.49
|-
|20
|Mahesh Yadav
|Independent
|328
|0
|328
|0.24
|-
|21
|Rakesh Ranjan
|Independent
|847
|0
|847
|0.61
|-
|22
|Venkatesh Sharma
|Independent
|392
|0
|392
|0.28
|-
|23
|Srinivas Kumar
|Independent
|679
|0
|679
|0.49
|-
|24
|Sanjeet Kumar
|Independent
|563
|0
|563
|0.41
|-
|25
|Sunil Kumar
|Independent
|5010
|0
|5010
|3.61
|-
|26
|None of the Above
|None of the Above
|1695
|0
|1695
|1.22
|-
|
|Total
|
|138884
|0
|138884
|
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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Sandeep Saurav
Bihar Legislative Assembly
ConstituencyPaliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Personal details
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)
ResidenceBihar
OccupationPolitics

Sandeep Saurav (born 1988) is an Indian politician from Bihar and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Paliganj Assembly constituency in Patna district. He is from CPI(ML)L and was elected in the 2020 Bihar election, securing 67,917 votes against the incumbent MLA Jai Vardhan Yadav from JD(U) who secured 37,002 votes. He was nominated to contest the 2024 Indian General Election in Bihar from the Nalanda seat against the incumbent MP Kaushalendra Kumar of JD(U).

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Saurav hails from Maner, a satellite town in Patna metropolitan region, Bihar. His father was a farmer.[1] He completed his graduation from Patna University. Later, he joined the Centre of Indian Languages under School of Languages in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, where he also completed his M.A. in 2009, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in 2014 in Hindi.[2]

Career[edit | edit source]

Saurav left his job as an assistant professor and joined politics. He contested as an MLA candidate for the first time in 2020 and was elected from Paliganj seat.[3][1]

Student leader[edit | edit source]

Saurav was the National General Secretary of All India Students Association, a left wing students organisation. He is the leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation). Earlier, he was the councillor and general secretary of the JNU Students' Union in 2013.[2][1]

MLA[edit | edit source]

Saurav won the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election representing (CPI-ML) (Liberation) from Paliganj Assembly Constituency in Bihar State Legislative Assembly as a Mahagathbandhan nominee.[4][5] He defeated JD (U) candidate Jai Vardhan Yadav by a margin of 30,915 votes and with a vote share of 44.27 per cent.[6]

Electoral record[edit | edit source]

2024 Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general election: Nalanda[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Kaushalendra Kumar 559,422 48.9
CPI(ML)L Sandeep Saurav 3,90,308 34.1
NOTA None of the above
Majority 169114
Turnout
JD(U) hold Swing

Bihar State Legislative Assembly Election 2020[edit | edit source]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Paliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(ML)L Sandeep Saurav 67,917 43.73
JD(U) Jai Vardhan Yadav 37,002 23.83
LJP Usha Vidyarthi 16,102 10.37
RLSP Madhu Manjari 5,467 3.52
Independent Sunil Kumar 5,261 3.39
Independent Gopal Chaudhari 4,444 2.86
NOTA None of the above 1,881 1.21
Majority 30,915 19.90

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "He chose politics over Hindi professor's post in JNU; now gets a Lok Sabha ticket from Bihar". The Indian Express. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2 former students of JNU set to make electoral debut in Bihar assembly polls". Hindustan Times. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Bihar Election Results: Key Seats and Crucial Takeaways From the Campaign Trail". The Wire. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Paliganj Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Sandeep Saurav of CPIMLL Wins". News18. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sandeep Saurav Election Result Paliganj Live: Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2020 Sandeep Saurav Paliganj Seat". News18. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Paliganj (Bihar) Elections Results 2020 LIVE: Constituency Details, List of Candidates, Last Winner and more". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Nalanda". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Nalanda Lok Sabha Election results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
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