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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Sandeep Jakhar<br />
| term2 = <br />
| website = <br />
| profession = Agriculture<br />
| mother = <br />
| father = Surinder Jakhar<br />
| children = Meera Jakhar<br />
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]] Suspended<br />
| office2 = <br />
| birth_date = 21 May 1976<br />
| predecessor = [[Arun Narang]]<br />
| term_start = 2022<br />
| constituency = [[Abohar Assembly constituency|Abohar]]<br />
| office = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| image = <br />
| birth_place = <br />
| spouse = Atsuko Jakhar<br />
| alma_mater = [[Mayo College]], [[Ajmer]]<br />
| relatives = [[Sunil Jakhar]] (Uncle)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sandeep Jakhar''' is an Indian politician and an independent politician. He is currently serving as a member of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] from [[Abohar Assembly constituency|Abohar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=sandeep-jakhar in Punjab Assembly Elections 2022 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/punjab/sandeep-jakhar-abohar-candidate-s19a081c02/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> He won the 2022 election from [[Abohar Assembly constituency|Abohar]] in 2022 [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Assembly Elections]].<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/ferozepur-ls-seat-suspended-congress-mla-sandeep-jakhar-seeking-votes-for-bjp-s-sodhi-101715542674327.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Abohar, Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: INC's Sandeep Jakhar with 49924 defeats AAP's Kuldeep Kumar Alias Deep Kamboj |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/abohar-punjab-assembly-election-results-2022-live-updates-1922923-2022-03-10 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He is the nephew of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab|Punjab BJP]] Unit President [[Sunil Kumar Jakhar|Sunil Jakhar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=Sandeep fourth Jakhar to enter election arena |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/sandeep-fourth-jakhar-to-enter-election-arena-361597 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-04 |title=BJP appoints Hindu Jat face Sunil Jakhar as its Punjab president |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/bjp-appoints-hindu-jat-face-sunil-jakhar-as-its-punjab-president/articleshow/101487238.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-07-17 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Sandeep belongs to a prominent [[Hindu Jat]] family from [[Abohar]]. His family has been associated with the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] from three generations.Sandeep is an alumnus of [[Mayo College]], [[Ajmer]]. Sandeep studied for two years in [[Switzerland]] before graduating from [[Miami]]. He worked as head of Country Club in [[Florida]]. He is married to Atsuko Jakhar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-28 |title=From a corporate honcho to social worker and now a candidate from Abohar: Meet the new Jakhar on the block |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/newest-jakhar-on-the-block-7743342/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Sandeep's father, Surinder Jakhar has served as chairman of Asia’s cooperative fertiliser giant [[Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative|IFFCO]] for four terms and chief of Asian Cooperative Alliance for two terms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=Sandeep fourth Jakhar to enter election arena |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/sandeep-fourth-jakhar-to-enter-election-arena-361597 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
His grandfather [[Balram Jakhar]] has served as the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]], [[Governor of Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Union agriculture minister]] during the [[P. V. Narasimha Rao|Narasimha Rao]] government. [[Balram Jakhar]] was also the longest serving [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]].<br />
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His uncle [[Sunil Kumar Jakhar|Sunil Jakhar]] is a 3-time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]],1- time [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]], current President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab]] and former President of [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-28 |title=From a corporate honcho to social worker and now a candidate from Abohar: Meet the new Jakhar on the block |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/newest-jakhar-on-the-block-7743342/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Sandeep has served as district President of [[Indian Youth Congress|Youth Congress]] Unit in Punjab.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-17 |title=Punjab polls: Meet 12 first-timers in fray from Congress |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-polls-meet-12-first-timers-in-fray-from-congress-101642359876221.html |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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He was expelled from the [[Indian National Congress]] in 2023 for supporting the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/ferozepur-ls-seat-suspended-congress-mla-sandeep-jakhar-seeking-votes-for-bjp-s-sodhi-101715542674327.html</ref><br />
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==MLA==<br />
Sandeep contested his first [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] elections in 2022 from his family's traditional seat [[Abohar Assembly constituency|Abohar]] and won by a margin of 5,471 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Abohar Election Result 2022: Congress' Sandeep Jakhar's defeats AAP's Kuldeep Kumar by 5,471 votes |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/abohar-election-result-2022-live-how-to-check-abohar-legislative-assembly-election-vidhan-sabha-winners-losers-vote-margin-news-updates-12713012.htm |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=cnbctv18.com |language=en}}</ref> The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the [[sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly]] by winning 92 out of [[List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|117 seats]] in the [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]. MP [[Bhagwant Mann]] was sworn in as [[List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]] on 16 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=16 March 2022 |title=AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/punjab-assembly/aaps-bhagwant-mann-sworn-in-as-punjab-cm/article65230309.ece |access-date=22 March 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Electoral Performance ==<br />
=== 2022 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Assembly election, 2022]]: Abohar }}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Sandeep Jakhar <ref name="Punjab INC 2022">{{cite news |title=Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/punjab-elections-2022-full-list-of-congress-candidates/2407341/ |access-date=18 February 2022 |work=FE Online |agency=The Indian Express Group |issue=The Financial Express (India) |date=February 18, 2022}}</ref><br />
|votes = 49,924<br />
|percentage = 37.51<br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party=Aam Aadmi Party<br />
|candidate=Deep Kamboj<br />
|votes=44,453<br />
|percentage=33.40<br />
|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party=Shiromani Akali Dal<br />
|candidate= Mohinder Kumar Rinwa<br />
|votes=14,345<br />
|percentage=10.78<br />
|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party=Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate=[[Arun Narang]]<br />
|votes=21,534|percentage=16.18|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party=Independent<br />
|candidate=Baljinder Singh<br />
|votes=899<br />
|percentage=0.68<br />
|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate=[[None of the above]]<br />
|party=None of the above<br />
|votes=726<br />
|percentage=0.55<br />
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|votes=133096<br />
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|ref= <ref name="ECI 2022">{{cite web |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2022 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14165-punjab-general-legislative-election-2022/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref><br />
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