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{{Short description|Indian politician}}

'''Ramanand Prasad Singh''' (born 1941) is an Indian politician from [[Bihar]]. He won four times as an MLA from [[Parbatta Assembly constituency]] in [[Khagaria district]]. He won the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Janata Dal (United)]].

== Early life and education ==

Singh is from [[Parbatta]], Khagaria district, Bihar. He is the son of late Arogya Singh. He completed his B.Tech. in 1967 at Leeds University, United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramanand Prasad Singh(Janata Dal (United)(JD(U))):Constituency- PARBATTA(KHAGARIA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=79 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> His son [[Sanjeev Kumar (politician born 1979)|Sanjeev Kumar]] is also a politician and succeeded him winning from Parbatta Assembly constituency in 2020.

== Career ==

Singh won as an MLA for the first time from Parbatta Assembly constituency representing Janata Dal (United) in the 2004 Bihar Legislative Assembly by election. He later retained the seat winning the 2005 elections in [[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|February]] and [[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|October]]. He lost the [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010 election]] to [[Samrat Choudhary|Samrat Chaudhary]] of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] by a narrow margin of 808 votes but regained it winning 2014 by election in August.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-08-25 |title=Lalu Prasad Yadav says secular alliance to continue in future |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lalu-prasad-yadav-says-secular-alliance-to-continue-in-future/articleshow/40869425.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-10-02 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> He retained the seat winning the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly electio]]<nowiki/>n. He polled 76,248 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Ramanuj Choudhary of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], by a margin of 28,924 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-19 |title=Bihar Assembly Elections: परबत्ता विधानसभा सीट से JDU ने जीत का परचम लहराया |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/khagaria-bihar-assembly-election-2020-result-live-updates-jdu-wins-parbatta-assembly-seat-3245576.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-10 |title=Parbatta Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Doctor Sanjeev Kumar of JDU wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/parbatta-election-result-2020-live-updates-parbatta-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3061607.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Live |first=A. B. P. |title=Parbatta Assembly Election Results 2020 Live Updates, Parbatta Assembly Election Latest News & Updates |url=https://news.abplive.com/bihar-election/live-election-result-bihar-parbatta-assembly-election-result-2020-151.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2008, he was inducted into the [[Second Nitish Kumar ministry|Nitish Kumar ministry]] as Transport Minister but had to quit within a couple of months due to an old vigilance case.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-22 |title=Zero tolerance |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/20080602-zero-tolerance-736400-2008-05-22 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:1941 births]]

[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians]]

[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2005–2010]]

[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2010–2015]]

[[Category:People from Khagaria district]]