Jagdish Sonkar

Jagdish Sonkar (born 1 September 1967) is an Indian politician and a member of 14th, 15th, 16th & 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Machhlishahr constituency in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh.[1][2][3]

Jagdish Sonkar
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2022
Preceded bySubhash Pandey
Succeeded byRagini Sonkar
ConstituencyMachhali Shahar
In office
2002 - 2012
Preceded byBankey Lal Sonkar
Succeeded byShailendra Yadav Lalai
ConstituencyShahganj
Personal details
Born (1967-09-01) 1 September 1967
Dhanupur, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partySamajwadi Party
Spouse
Geeta Sonkar
(m. 1986)
Children1
Residence(s)Machhlishahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma materSampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
OccupationMLA
Profession
  • Politician
  • agriculturalist
  • industrialist

Personal life

Sonkar was born on 1 September 1967 to Dayaram Sonkar in Dhanupur of Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh. He graduated from Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya. He married Geet Sonkar on 23 May 1986, with whom he has a son. He is an agriculturalist and industrialist by profession.[4][5]

Political career

Jagdish Sonkar contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election as Samajwadi Party candidate and defeated his close contestant Anita Rawat from Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 4,179 votes.[1]

Posts held

#FromToPositionConstituency
1.March 2002March 2007Member, 14th Legislative AssemblyShahganj
2.March 2007.March 2012Member, 15th Legislative Assembly
3.March 2012March 2017Member, 16th Legislative AssemblyMachhalishahar
4.20172022Member, 17th Legislative Assembly

References

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