Jitendra Prasad Sonal

The Honorable
Minister

Jitendra Prasad Sonal
The Honorable; Minister; Jitendra Prasad Sonal
जितेन्द्र प्रसाद सोनल
	Portrait of Sonal in 2019
Madhesh Province Committee president of Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2021
Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development of Madhesh Province
	In office; 2017–2021
Governor	Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha; Tilak Pariyar; Rajesh Jha;
Chief Minister	Mohammad Lalbabu Raut
Preceded by	Constitution Created
Succeeded by	Ram Saroj Yadav
Members of Madhesh Province Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2018
Constituency	Bara 4(B)
Personal details
Born	November 30, 1969 (age 56); 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 Sons
Occupation	Politician

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 Madhesh Province .

Political life

Sonal, a resident of Bara, was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly elections from Bara 4(B) with 13118 votes. He was the Physical Infrastructure Minister for Province No. 2, Nepal till 6 June 2021. He including 3 other state ministers were expelled from 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.

Electoral history

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Jitendra Prasad Sonal	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

References

↑ "जितेन्द्र प्रसाद सोनार". Annapurna Media Network Election. Archived from the original on 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
↑ "जितेन्द्र प्रसाद सोनार (सोनल)". www.parliamentwatch.org.np. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
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↑ "बारा क्षेत्र न ४ ख मा राजपा महामन्त्री जितेन्द्र सोनल बिजयी |". Samaweshi Nepal.com.^{[permanent dead link]}
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[1] "जितेन्द्र प्रसाद सोनार". Annapurna Media Network Election. Archived from the original on 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2022-08-01.

[2] "जितेन्द्र प्रसाद सोनार (सोनल)". www.parliamentwatch.org.np. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2022-08-01.

[3] Setopati, सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. "जितेन्द्र सोनल भए प्रदेश २ मा लोसपा संसदीय दलको नेता". Setopati (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[4] "बारा क्षेत्र न ४ ख मा राजपा महामन्त्री जितेन्द्र सोनल बिजयी |". Samaweshi Nepal.com.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] Express, The Annapurna. "Unitary mindset". The Annapurna Express.

[6] "प्रदेश २ को मन्त्रिपरिषद् : विजय यादव अर्थ, जितेन्द्र सोनल पूर्वाधारमन्त्री". Samaweshi Nepal.com.^{[permanent dead link]}