Vijay Kumar Mandal

Vijay Kumar Mandal is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a five time Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education

Mandal is from Araria, Araria district, Bihar. His father Nandkeshwar Mandal is a farmer. He completed his Class 10 at Government High School, Araria in 1984.

Mandal first won from Araria Assembly constituency representing the Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party in the 1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He polled 112,284 votes and won the seat with a vote share of 63.4 per cent. He retained the seat as an independent in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
Later, he won from Sikti Assembly constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party ticket in the 2015 election as well as 2020 election. In between, he won the 2009 by election representing Lok Janshakti Party as the seat fell vacant following the election of the then sitting MLA Pradeep Kumar Singh to Araria (Lok Sabha constituency).