Digvijay Narayan Chaubey

Digvijay Narayan Chaubey (also known as Jay Chaubey) is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Khalilabad (Assembly constituency) in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India and is a member of the Samajwadi Party.^[1][2]

Digvijay Narayan Chaubey
MLA in 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office March 2017 – March 2022
Preceded by	Mohamed Ayub
Succeeded by	Ankur Raj Tiwari
Constituency	Khalilabad (Assembly constituency)
Personal details
Born	Digvijay Narayan Chaturvedi (1970-10-15) 15 October 1970 (age 53) Bhitaha, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Residence(s)	A-904, Bahukhandi Minister Housing, Lucknow
Education	Diploma in Computer science (Karnataka) Bachelor of Education (Bangalore)
Occupation	MLA
Profession	Politician Agriculture

Early life and education

Chaubey was born 15 October 1970 in Bhitaha village in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh 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 Brahmin family. He earned Diploma in Computer science degree from Karnataka and Bachelor of Education degree from Bangalore.^[3]

Political career

Chaubey started his journey of politics in 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2012) elections, he got ticket by Bharatiya Janata Party from Khalilabad (Assembly constituency). But he lost to Mohamed Ayub (Peace Party of India) and stood on third with 43,552 (21.06%) votes.^[4]

In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he again contested from Khalilabad and won this seat by defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Mashhoor Alam Choudhary by a margin of 16,037 (7.16%) votes.^[5]

Posts held

#	From	To	Position	Comments
01	March 2017	March 2022	Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh	[6]

References

1. "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info.
2. "Digvijay Narayan Alis Jay Chaubey". nocorruption.in. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
3. "Member Profile". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
4. "Khalilabad Assembly Constituency Election Result – Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
5. "Khalilabad Election Results 2017". elections.in. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
6. "Khalilabad – Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017". www.india.com.