Digvijay Narayan Chaubey (also known as Jay Chaubey) is an Indian politician and a member of
17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (Seventeenth Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted on 19 March 2017 as a result of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 held between 11 February to 8 March 2017. The L ...
of
India. He represents the
Khalilabad (Assembly constituency) in
Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India and is a member of the
Samajwadi Party
The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...
.
Early life and education
Chaubey was born 15 October 1970 in Bhitaha village in
Sant Kabir Nagar district of
Uttar Pradesh to father Gomti Prasad Chaturvedi. In 1994, he married Poonam Chaturvedi, they have two sons named Satyam and Shivam and one daughter Smriti. He belongs to
Brahmin family. He earned
Diploma in Computer science
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* Cambridge Diploma in Computer Science – this University of Cambridge course was the world's first computer science course, first offered in 1953
Unive ...
degree from
Karnataka and
Bachelor of Education degree from
Bangalore.
Political career
Chaubey started his journey of politics in
16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2012) elections, he got ticket by
Bharatiya Janata Party from
Khalilabad (Assembly constituency). But he lost to
Mohamed Ayub
Dr Mohamed Ayub or Dr. Ayub is an Indian politician and president of Peace Party of India. He Is MLA in Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2012 he represents Khalilabad (Assembly constituency) in Sant Kabir Nagar district as ...
(
Peace Party of India) and stood on third with 43,552 (21.06℅) votes.
In
17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he again contested from Khalilabad and won this seat by defeating
Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...
candidate Mashhoor Alam Choudhary by a margin of 16,037 (7.16℅) votes.
Posts held
References
Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Living people
People from Sant Kabir Nagar district
1970 births
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