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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shanti Devi
| image =
| alt =
| office = Member of the [[6th Lok Sabha]] for [[Sambhal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sambhal]]
| term_start = 1977
| term_end = 1980
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Bijendra Pal Singh]]
| office2 = Member of the [[8th Lok Sabha]] for Sambhal
| term_start2 = 1984
| term_end2 = 1989
| predecessor2 = Bijendra Pal Singh
| successor2 = [[Shripal Singh Yadav]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1937|1|30}}
| birth_place = Jarif Nagar, [[Badaun district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| party = [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
| otherparty = {{unbulleted list| [[Janata Party (Secular)]] | [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]}}
}}
'''Shanti Devi''' (born 1937) is an Indian former politician from the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She has twice represented [[Sambhal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sambhal]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] and has been a member of both houses of the Uttar Pradesh legislature.

==Early life==
Shanti Devi is the daughter of Chaudhary Badan Singh Yadav and was born on 30 January 1937 at Jarif Nagar of [[Badaun district]]. She was educated till matriculation level.<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Shanti Devi, Shrimati|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2575.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
From 1962 to 1968, Devi was a member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]. She was elected to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in 1974.<ref name="LS" /> Three years later, she stood for and won the [[1977 Indian general election]] from [[Sambhal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sambhal]] as a member of the [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]], obtaining 64.29% of the total votes polled. In the [[1980 Indian general election|next general election]] she joined the [[Janata Party (Secular)]] but lost to [[Bijendra Pal Singh]] of [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]] (INC (I)).<ref name="ECI">{{cite web|title=Sambal Partywise Comparison|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S24/partycomp05.htm|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref>

For the [[1984 Indian general election]] Devi switched to INC (I) and won the seat, receiving 36.46% votes. After finishing her term of five years she stood for [[1989 Indian general election|re-election]] from Sambhal but lost to [[Shripal Singh Yadav|S.P. Yadav]] of [[Janata Dal]]. She secured 39.28% votes and finished in the second place.<ref name="ECI" />

==Personal life==
Devi has four sons from her marriage to Chaudhary Jagannath Singh Yadav.<ref name="LS" />

==References==
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[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:6th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Budaun district]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1974–1977]]
[[Category:Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Lok Dal politicians]]
[[Category:Janata Dal (Secular) politicians]]

Shanti Devi (politician) - Revision history

->Red Director: Adding local short description: "Indian politician", overriding Wikidata description "politician" (Shortdesc helper)

>BrownHairedGirl: WP:ELLINKS (4/4): Indian general election, 1977 → 1977 Indian general election; Indian general election, 1980 → 1980 Indian general election; Indian general election, 1984 → 1984 Indian general election; [[Indian ge