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 | ||||||||||||||
| Political 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]
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.
| 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 | |||