Jitendra Prasad Sonal
Honourable Jitendra Prasad Sonal | |||||||||||||||
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| जितेन्द्र प्रसाद सोनल | |||||||||||||||
Portrait of Sonal in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| 4th Chief Minister of Madhesh Province | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 16 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel | ||||||||||||||
| Governor | Sumitra Subedi Bhandari | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Satish Kumar Singh | ||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Madhesh Provincial Assembly | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 21 January 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Bara 4 (B) | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 November 1969 Lipanimal, Bara, Nepal | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Nepal | ||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum; Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party; Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Politician | ||||||||||||||
Jitendra Prasad Sonal (also known as Jitendra Prasad Sonar) is a Nepalese politician. He is the current Chief Minister of Madhesh Pradesh.[1]He is parliamentary party leader for the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal in the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 2.[2]
Political life
Sonal, a resident of Bara, was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly elections from Bara 4(B) with 13118 votes.[3] He was the Physical Infrastructure Minister for Province No. 2, Nepal till 6 June 2021.[4][5] 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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| 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 | |||
See also
References
- ^ "मधेश प्रदेशको चौथो मुख्यमन्त्रीमा लोसपाका जीतेन्द्र सोनल नियुक्त हुँदै". kantipurtv.com. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
- ^ Setopati, सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. "जितेन्द्र सोनल भए प्रदेश २ मा लोसपा संसदीय दलको नेता". Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ "बारा क्षेत्र न ४ ख मा राजपा महामन्त्री जितेन्द्र सोनल बिजयी |". Samaweshi Nepal.com.
- ^ Express, The Annapurna. "Unitary mindset". The Annapurna Express.
- ^ "प्रदेश २ को मन्त्रिपरिषद् : विजय यादव अर्थ, जितेन्द्र सोनल पूर्वाधारमन्त्री". Samaweshi Nepal.com.
External links
- Media related to Jitendra Prasad Sonal at Wikimedia Commons