Jai Prakash

Jai Prakash Rawat
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2019
Preceded byAnshul Verma
ConstituencyHardoi
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byReena Choudhary
Succeeded bySushila Saroj
ConstituencyMohanlalganj
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byUsha Verma
Succeeded byUsha Verma
ConstituencyHardoi
In office
1991–1998
Preceded byChand Ram
Succeeded byUsha Verma
ConstituencyHardoi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
4 August 2009 – 2 April 2012
Preceded byBalihari
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1958-04-16) 16 April 1958 (age 66)
Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2018-)
(till 2004)
Other political
affiliations
Samajwadi Party (2012-18)
(2004-08)
Bahujan Samaj Party (2008-12)
Spouse
Jyoti Prakash
(m. 1985)
Children2 sons
Parents
  • Jagannath Prasad (father)
  • Vidyawati (mother)
ResidenceUnnao
EducationBachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws
Alma materLucknow University

Jai Prakash (born 16 April 1958), also known as Jai Prakash Rawat is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party.[1][2] He was re-elected in 2024 as the BJP Member of Parliament from Hardoi Lok Sabha.[1] Having a long political career, he has won Lok Sabha elections four times and was once elected as a Rajya Sabha member.[1]

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Jai Prakash won by a margin of 27,856 against Samajwadi Party's Usha Verma in the Hardoi Lok Sabha constituency, while in the previous 2019 elections, Jai Prakash had defeated the SP candidate by a comfortable 1,32,474 votes in the same constituency.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "JAI PRAKASH RAWAT BIOGRAPHY". Indian Express. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20060621180131/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=159
  3. ^ "Hardoi Election Results 2024". Times of India. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2024.