Chaudhary Pankaj Singh Malik is an Indian politician and member of the

18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Eighteenth Uttar Pradesh Assembly (Eighteenth Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) is formed by the members elected in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. Elections for 403 seats of the state, were conducted in seven phases from ...

. Malik represented the Charthawal constituency of

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and is a member of the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

Early life and education

Malik was born in

Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar (, ) is a city under Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway on the Delhi - Haridwar/Dehradun National Highway ( NH 58) and is also well connected with the national railway network. It ...

, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1978. He holds a

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degree from D.A.V. College, Muzaffarnagar. Prior to joining politics, he was an agriculturist by profession.

Political career

Malik started his political career in

Baghra Baghra is a town situated in the Charthawal Assembly constituency of Muzaffarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 11.83 kilometres from the district headquarters at Muzaffarnagar, and is 440 kilometres from the state capital Luc ...

by election 2004 where he was defeated by

Rashtriya Lok Dal Rashtriya Lok Dal ( RLD; ) is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It was founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh, son of the former prime minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh in 1996 as a brea ...

candidate Paramjeet Singh Malik by 3701 votes. He has been a MLA for two straight terms from 2007 to 2017. He represented Baghra (Assembly constituency) in 15th legislative assembly and Shamli (Assembly constituency) in 16th legislative assembly. Currently he is a member of the

and MLA from Charthawal (Assembly constituency).

Posts held

Elections contested

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malik, Pankaj Kumar People from Shamli district 1978 births Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017 Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027

Early life and education

Political career

Posts held

Elections contested

See also

References