Shashank Trivedi is an Indian politician and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly,

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

of India. He represents the ‘

Maholi Maholi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sitapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is now one of the 7 Tehsils in District Sitapur being carved out in 2013 from Misrikh. Geography Maholi is located at . It has an average eleva ...

’ constituency in

Sitapur Sitapur is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 90 kilometres north of state capital, Lucknow. The traditional origin for the name is said to be by the King Vikramāditya from Lord ...

district of

Political career

Shashank Trivedi contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017 for the first time, as the

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candidate for

Maholi (Assembly constituency) Maholi Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Sitapur district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency. First e ...

constituency. He defeated incumbent Anoop Kumar Gupta of the

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in a close contest with a margin of 3,717 votes. This was a major win for

in Sitapur district, since the incumbent and his father (earlier independent candidate and then

) had represented the area for more than two decades. Shashank Trivedi again was elected for same constituency for 18th UP Assembly in March 2022. Shashank Trivedi is also member of ethics committee in UP legislative assembly for 2017–2018.

Posts held

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