Jitendra Prasad Sonal

Jitendra Prasad Sonal (also known as Jitendra Prasad Sonar) is a Nepalese politician. He is parliamentary party leader for the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal in the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 2.^[3]

Honourable Jitendra Prasad Sonal
जितेन्द्र प्रसाद सोनल
Portrait of Sonal in 2019
Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development of Madhesh Province
In office 2017–2021
Governor	Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha Tilak Pariyar Rajesh Jha
Chief Minister	Lalbabu Raut
Preceded by	Constitution created
Succeeded by	Ram Saroj Yadav
Committee president of Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal in Madhesh Province
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Member of Madhesh Provincial Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
Constituency	Bara 4(B)
Personal details
Born	(1969-11-30) November 30, 1969 (age 55)[1] Lipanimal, Bara
Nationality	Nepalese
Political party	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
Other political affiliations	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Rastriya Janata Party Nepal People's Socialist Party, Nepal
Children	3[2]
Occupation	Politician

Political life

Sonal, a resident of Bara, was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly elections from Bara 4(B) with 13118 votes.^[4] He was the Physical Infrastructure Minister for Province No. 2, Nepal till 6 June 2021.^[5][6] He including 3 other state ministers were replaced by other ministersfrom Lalbabu Raut ministry on 6 June 2021 after a group of PSP-N joined government led by KP Sharma Oli and Sonal supported the same.

Sonal was re-elected as the member of provincial assembly of Madhesh Pradesh from Bara 4(B) in 2022. He currently serves as the provincial president of Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal (Madhesh Pradesh) under the leadership of Mahantha Thakur.

Electoral history

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Jitendra Prasad Sonar	13,118
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Umesh Kumar Kushwaha	5,692
	Nepali Congress	Bijay Prakash Sah Rauniyar	5,133
	Independent	Suresh Prasad	3,962
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)	Ananda Prakash Yadav	1,231
	Others		1,774
Invalid votes			1,658
Result		RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission