Jagdish Sonkar

Jagdish Sonkar
Jagdish Sonkar
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
	In office; 2002 - 2012 (2 Times)
Preceded by	Bankey Lal Sonkar
Succeeded by	Shailendra Yadav Lalai
Constituency	Shahganj
	In office; March 2012 - March 2017
Preceded by	Subhash Pandey
Succeeded by	Self
Constituency	Machhali Shahar
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; March 2017
Preceded by	Self
Constituency	Machhali Shahar
Personal details
Born	1 September 1967 (age 56); Dhanupur, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Spouse(s)	Geeta Sonkar (m. 1986)
Children	1
Residence	Machhlishahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
Occupation	MLA
Profession	Politician; agriculturalist; industrialist;

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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]

Personal life[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

SL	From	To	Position	Constituency
1.	March 2002	March 2007	Member, 14th Legislative Assembly	Shahganj, Jaunpur district
2.	March 2007.	March 2012	Member, 15th Legislative Assembly	Shahganj, Jaunpur district
3.	March 2012	March 2017	Member, 16th Legislative Assembly	Machhalishahar, Jaunpur district
4.	March 2017	Incumbent	Member, 17th Legislative Assembly	Machhalishahar, Jaunpur district

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Machhlishahr - Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017".
↑ "Machhlishahr (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2017".
↑ "मछलीशहर सीट से चौथी बार विधायक बने जगदीश सोनकर".
↑ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info". www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
↑ "Jagdish Sonkar(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- MACHHLISHAHR (SC)(JAUNPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

[Results-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Machhlishahr - Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017".

[2] "Machhlishahr (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2017".

[3] "मछलीशहर सीट से चौथी बार विधायक बने जगदीश सोनकर".

[Profile-4] "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info". www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[5] "Jagdish Sonkar(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- MACHHLISHAHR (SC)(JAUNPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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