Jagdish Sonkar

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]

Jagdish Sonkar
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2012–2022
Preceded by	Subhash Pandey
Succeeded by	Ragini Sonkar
Constituency	Machhali Shahar
In office 2002 - 2012
Preceded by	Bankey Lal Sonkar
Succeeded by	Shailendra Yadav Lalai
Constituency	Shahganj
Personal details
Born	(1967-09-01) 1 September 1967 (age 57) Dhanupur, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Spouse	Geeta Sonkar ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	1
Residence(s)	Machhlishahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
Occupation	MLA
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 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

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

#	From	To	Position	Constituency
1.	March 2002	March 2007	Member, 14th Legislative Assembly	Shahganj
2.	March 2007.	March 2012	Member, 15th Legislative Assembly
3.	March 2012	March 2017	Member, 16th Legislative Assembly	Machhalishahar
4.	2017	2022	Member, 17th Legislative Assembly