Jai Devi

{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jai Devi | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency = Malihabad | office = Member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly | term_start = 11 March 2017 | term_end = | predecessor = Indal Kumar | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Lucknow | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | spouse = Kaushal Kishore (m. 1984) | party = Bharatiya Janata Party | alma_mater = | occupation = MLA | profession = Politician }} '''Jai Devi''' is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. She represents the ‘Malihabad’ constituency in Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=2300|title=National Election Watch|publisher=myneta.info|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/uttar-pradesh/malihabad/|title=Malihabad – Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017|publisher=india.com|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref>

==Political career== Jai Devi contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election in 2017 as Bhartiya Janata Party candidate and defeated her close contestant Rajbala from Samajwadi Party with a margin of 22,668 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS24168.htm?ac=168 | title=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA GENERAL ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2017 | publisher=eciresults.nic.in | accessdate=13 June 2017 | archive-date=10 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610144843/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS24168.htm?ac=168 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

She contested again in 2022 as Bhartiya Janata Party candidate and defeated her close contestant Surendra Kumar from Samajwadi Party with a margin of 7,745 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Malihabad Assembly Seat Result: मलिहाबाद में बीजेपी की जया देवी को मिली जीत |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-malihabad-assembly-seat-result-live-update-win-loss-jai-devi-jagdish-rawat-surendra-kumar-indal-rawat-4051696.html |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref>

==Posts held== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments |- | 01 || 2017 || 2022|| Member, 17th Legislative Assembly || |- | 02 || 2022 || Incumbent || Member, 18th Legislative Assembly ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS24168.htm?ac=168 | title=Election Commission of India }}</ref> |- |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Devi, Jai}} Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Category:People from Malihabad Category:Living people Category:1965 births Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Category:Women members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Category:21st-century Indian women politicians