Kaushalendra Kumar is a Member of Parliament for the Nalanda constituency of the India Lok Sabha. He is a representative of the Janata Dal (United) party. He was first elected in the Indian general election, 2009, when he succeeded and was nominated by Nitish Kumar in the constituency. He again won Nalanda seat in Indian general election, 2014. He won with a narrow margin of 9627 votes.He is a Kurmi by caste.