Digvijay Narayan Chaubey (also known as Jay Chaubey) is an Indian politician and a member of

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. He represents the Khalilabad (Assembly constituency) in

Sant Kabir Nagar district Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh States and territories of India, state in northern India. Khalilabad, India, Khalilabad is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti division. Th ...

of Uttar Pradesh, India and is a member of the

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Early life and education

Chaubey was born 15 October 1970 in Bhitaha village in

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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

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family. He earned Diploma in Computer science degree from

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and

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degree from

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Political career

Chaubey started his journey of politics in 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2012) elections, he got ticket by

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from Khalilabad (Assembly constituency). But he lost to Mohamed Ayub ( 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

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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 {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub