Jagdish Sonkar

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

Jagdish Sonkar
MLA, 17th Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
March 2017
Preceded bySelf
ConstituencyMachhali Shahar, Jaunpur district
MLA, 16th Legislative Assembly
In office
March 2012 – March 2017
Preceded bySubhash Pandey
Succeeded bySelf
ConstituencyMachhali Shahar, Jaunpur district
Personal details
Born (1967-09-01) 1 September 1967
Dhanupur, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partySamajwadi Party
Spouse(s)
Geeta Sonkar (m. 1986)
Children1
ResidenceMachhlishahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
EducationPostgraduate
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 is a post graduate. He married Geet Sonkar on 23 May 1986, with whom he has a son. He is an agriculturalist and industrialist by profession.[4]

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
#FromToPositionComments
01March 2012March 2017Member, 16th Legislative Assembly
02March 2017IncumbentMember, 17th Legislative Assembly

References
  1. "Machhlishahr - Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017".
  2. "Machhlishahr (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2017".
  3. "मछलीशहर सीट से चौथी बार विधायक बने जगदीश सोनकर".
  4. "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info". www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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