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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Sheetal Pandey
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| constituency = [[Sahajanwa (Assembly constituency)|Sahajanwa]], [[Gorakhpur district]]
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| birth_place = Rajghat, [[Gorakhpur]], Uttar Pradesh, India
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| alma_mater = Graduate from [[Gorakhpur University]]
| occupation = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
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'''Sheetal Pandey''' is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. As of 2017, he is a first-term member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], representing the [[Sahajanwa (Assembly constituency)]] in [[Gorakhpur district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="Candidate affidavit">{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=4823|title=candidate affidavit|year=2017|accessdate=11 November 2017|publisher=myneta.info}}</ref>

==Political career==
Pandey contested his first election in the 2006 by-election from the Kauriram assembly constituency, [[Gorakhpur]].<ref name=HT>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sp-bags-kauriram-assembly-seat/story-3vrm1RvsYKDV3B2iJFqA3H.html|title=2006 by-election from the Kauriram assembly constituency, Gorakhpur|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=4 November 2017|date=28 March 2006}}</ref>

He lost that election to the Samajwadi Party candidate Ram Bhuwal Nishad by about 10000 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/samajwadi-party-wins-kauriram-byelection/article3170513.ece|title=Samajwadi Party wins Kauriram by-election|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=4 November 2017|date=28 March 2006}}</ref><ref name=HT/>

Pandey had the support of the then [[Gorakhpur]] Bharatiya Janata Party Member of parliament and the current [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] [[Yogi Adityanath]].<ref name=HT/> His loss was attributed to Bharatiya Janata Party rebel Upendra Shukla, who polled about 17,000 votes against Pandey's 41,600 votes, thus dividing the Bharatiya Janata Party vote share.<ref name=HT/> Ram Bhuwal Nishad, who won that election, polled about 52,000 votes.<ref name=HT/> Pandey was given a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket again in 2017 to contest the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.<ref name=EC>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS24324.htm?ac=324|title=Uttar Pradesh – Sahajanwa Result Declared|publisher=eciresults.nic.in|accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-sunday-guardian/20170226/281659664816658|title=Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur|publisher=pressreader.com|accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, aged 63, he was elected for the first time to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He defeated Yashpal Singh Rawat of the [[Samajwadi Party]], securing 72,213 votes; her nearest rival contestants Yashpal Singh Rawat of the Samajwadi Party secured 56,836 votes and Devnarayan Singh Alias GM Singh of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] secured 54,143 votes.<ref name=EC/>

The division in the vote share between the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party helped Pandey secure a victory margin of about 18,000 votes.

==Posts held==
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| 01 || March 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]] ||
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== References ==
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