Abhay Kushwaha alias (Abhay Kumar Sinha born 5 June 1972) is an Indian politician from the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and a Member of Parliament representing Aurangabad (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar, India and former Member of Legislative Assembly for Tikari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the Gaya district of Bihar.

[1] An erstwhile member of Janata Dal (United); he won the 2015 Legislative Assembly election to the Tekari constituency by defeating Anil Kumar of Hindustani Awam Morcha, a political party led by former Bihar Chief Minister, Jitan Ram Manjhi.

[2][3] In 2024 Indian general election, he won the Aurangabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency by defeating BJP's four term member of parliament, Sushil Kumar Singh.

[10] In 2020 Bihar assembly elections riding upon the wave of anti-incumbency due to growing discontent against JD (U), Surendra Prasad Yadav of Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated Abhay.

[14] Before the polls in Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party filed a complaint to Election Commission of India, in which it accused Kushwaha of asking people to vote in the name of 'caste', which is considered as violation of Model Code of Conduct.

[15] He defeated Sushil Kumar Singh with a margin of over 70,000 votes and became first non-Rajput candidate to win Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency.