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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox Indian politician|office =Member of the [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]}}
'''Kumar Ujjwal Das''' (born 1981)<ref name="myneta">{{Cite web |title=Kumar Ujjwal(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- SIMARIA (SC)(CHATRA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/Jharkhand2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=149 |access-date=25 November 2024 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Jharkhand]]. He is an MLA from [[Simaria Assembly constituency]], which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in [[Chatra district|Chatra District]]. He won the [[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]], representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 November 2024 |title=Simaria, Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP's Kumar Ujjwal defeats JMM's Manoj Kumar Chandra with 4001 votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/simaria-jharkhand-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-jaelb-2638443-2024-11-23 |access-date=25 November 2024 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 November 2024 |title=Jharkhand Election Winners List 2024: Here is the full list victorious candidates in the state |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/jharkhand/jharkhand-election-winners-list-2024-check-full-winning-candidates-list-constituency-wise/articleshow/115585344.cms?from=mdr |access-date=25 November 2024 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Ujjwal is from [[Hazaribagh]], Jharkhand. He is the son of former MLA, [[Upendra Nath Das|Upendranath Das]]. He completed his M.A. in geography in 2004 at [[Vinoba Bhave University]], Hazaribagh.<ref name="myneta"/> Earlier, he did his graduation in management at [[Jadavpur University|Jadhavpur University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2015 |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Jharkhand {{!}} UPA allies gun for each other in Simaria |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080122/jsp/jharkhand/story_8809406.jsp |access-date=25 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924135949/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080122/jsp/jharkhand/story_8809406.jsp |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>

== Career ==
Ujjwal won from Simaria Assembly constituency representing [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. He polled 1,11,906 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Manoj Kumar Chandra of [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]], by a margin of 4,001 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simaria Election Result 2024 LIVE: Kumar Ujjwal of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/simaria-election-result-2024-live-leading-winner-mla-9130264.html |access-date=25 November 2024 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Simaria Constituency Election Results 2024: Simaria Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/jharkhand/constituency-show/simaria |access-date=25 November 2024 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He started his political journey in 2008 when BJP fielded him from Simaria seat in the by-election caused by the death of his father Upendranath Das.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2015 |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Jharkhand {{!}} CPI ticket on strong wicket |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080116/jsp/jharkhand/story_8786103.jsp |access-date=25 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924135943/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080116/jsp/jharkhand/story_8786103.jsp |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> But Ujjwal could only come third behind winner [[Ram Chandra Ram]] of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] and [[Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta]] of [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]].

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