Janardan Paswan is an Indian politician and two-time elected member from Chatra Vidhan Sabha constituency to

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and

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . I ...

assembly. First he was elected in year 1995 on the ticket of Janta Dal for

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. After the partition of state of Bihar into two states Bihar and Jharkhand on 14 November 2000,

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won the Chatra seat twice. Then again in year 2009 assembly election Janardan Paswan got the mandate of people of

Chatra Chatra is the headquarters of Chatra district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Chatra was the “headquarters” of Ramgarh district in the 18th-19th century. The renowned reformer, Raja Rammohan Roy, was ''sheristadar'' in Ramgarh di ...

on the ticket of

RJD The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

, and served his second tenure as MLA in

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. He was born in the Partapur village and completed his schooling from Partapur school. He is a graduate in Sanskrit from KS Sanskrit University, Darbhanga. He was a prominent face of Rashtriya Janata Dal in Jharkhand state and best known for his good and close relation with RJD supremo

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. Before 2019 Jharkhand assembly election he left

and joined

. He contested 2019 assembly election from Chatra Vishan Sabha seat on the ticket of

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Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand Bihar MLAs 1995–2000 Jharkhand MLAs 2009–2014 Year of birth missing (living people) People from Chatra district Jharkhand politicians by Rashtriya Janata Dal {{Jharkhand-RJD-politician-stub