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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arun Singh
| image =
| children =
| spouse =
| father = Parshu Ram Singh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://myneta.info/Bihar2020/candidate.php?candidate_id=9547|title=Arun Singh (Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|website=Myneta.com|accessdate=6 March 2023|archive-date=30 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130215154/https://myneta.info/Bihar2020/candidate.php?candidate_id=9547|url-status=live}}</ref>
| alma_mater =
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]
| office = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2020
| term_end =
| constituency = [[Karakat Assembly constituency|Karakat]]
| term_start1 = 2005
| term_end1 = 2010
| term_start2 = 2000
| term_end2 = 2005
| office1 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| office2 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor = [[Sanjay Kumar Singh (RJD politician)|Sanjay Yadav]]
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
}}
'''Arun Singh''' is a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from [[Karakat Assembly constituency]] in [[Rohtas district]]. He is a leader of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]. Singh has won the [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election| Bihar Assembly elections 2020]] from Karakat constituency, securing 79,224 votes. He was able to defeat his nearest political rival and the runner-up candidate from this constituency, Rajeshwar Raj of [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] with a margin of 16,548 votes. Singh is a political activist as well and he has also contested Bihar Assembly elections earlier in 2010, but was defeated by Rajeswar Raj, who was then a member of [[Janata Dal (United)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/rohatas/karakat-vidhan-sabha-election-result-2020-latest-news-updates-in-bihar-chunav-and-get-breaking-news-on-karakat-vidhan-sabha-winning-mla-arun-singh-results-news-asj|title=Karakat Election Result : माले के अरूण जीते, भाजपा के राजेश्वर दूसरे नंबर पर|website=prabhatkhabar.com|date=10 November 2020 |accessdate=6 March 2023|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129131838/https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/rohatas/karakat-vidhan-sabha-election-result-2020-latest-news-updates-in-bihar-chunav-and-get-breaking-news-on-karakat-vidhan-sabha-winning-mla-arun-singh-results-news-asj|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/karakat.html|title=Karakat Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results|website=Election.in|accessdate=6 March 2023|archive-date=19 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519173846/https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/karakat.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/karakat-bihar-assembly-election-results-2020-live-winner-runner-up-candidates-7023757/|title=Karakat Assembly elections 2020|website=Indian express|date=10 November 2020 |accessdate=6 March 2023|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124041024/https://indianexpress.com/elections/karakat-bihar-assembly-election-results-2020-live-winner-runner-up-candidates-7023757/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/bihar-assembly-elections-2020/arun-singh-karakat-candidate-s04a213c03/|website=news18|title=Arun Singh Karakat (winner)|accessdate=6 March 2023|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407051443/https://www.news18.com/bihar-assembly-elections-2020/arun-singh-karakat-candidate-s04a213c03/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political career==
Arun Singh, who is a [[Communism|left wing]] politician, is a three time Member of Legislative Assembly from the Karakat constituency. He first entered the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2000. In 2005 Assembly elections, he was again victorious and became a legislator for the second time. In 2010 Bihar Assembly elections, he was defeated by [[Janata Dal (United)]] candidate Rajeswar Raj. However, Raj lost this seat (assembly constituency) to Sanjay Yadav of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] in 2015 Bihar Assembly elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/assembly-elections/bihar-election-2020/story-rohtas-district-karakat-seat-2015-vote-share-poll-percent-2020-candidates-bjp-rajeshwar-rai-and-cpi-ml-arun-singh-3582704.html|title=काराकाट विधानसभा सीट: क्या है कहता है इस सीट का चुनावी समीकरण, कौन मारेगा बाजी?|website=livehindustan.com|accessdate=6 March 2023|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407051444/https://www.livehindustan.com/assembly-elections/bihar-election-2020/story-rohtas-district-karakat-seat-2015-vote-share-poll-percent-2020-candidates-bjp-rajeshwar-rai-and-cpi-ml-arun-singh-3582704.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/bihar/karakat-vidhan-sabha-seat-news-old-results-assembly-candidates-list-bihar-election-2020-319531.html|title=Bihar Election Result 2020: काराकाट विधानसभा सीट- यहां देखें प्रत्याशी, वोटर्स, जातिगत आंकड़े और इस सीट का पूरा डेटा|website=Tv9 Bharatvarsh|date=10 November 2020 |accessdate=3 March 2023|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407051454/https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/bihar/karakat-vidhan-sabha-seat-news-old-results-assembly-candidates-list-bihar-election-2020-319531.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/karakat-assembly-seat-bihar-election-2020-rjd-bjp-jdu-1140430-2020-10-05|title=काराकाट विधानसभा सीट: RJD के संजय यादव की नजर लगातार दूसरी जीत पर|website=AAJTAK|date=5 October 2020 |language=Hindi|accessdate=6 March 2023|archive-date=2023-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407051517/https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/karakat-assembly-seat-bihar-election-2020-rjd-bjp-jdu-1140430-2020-10-05|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Ajit Kushwaha]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2020–2025]]
[[Category:Activists from Bihar]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation politicians]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Rohtas district]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2005–2010]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2000–2005]]
[[Category:Indian communists]]

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