# Jai Devi

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name                      = Jai Devi
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| caption                   = 
| constituency              = [Malihabad](/source/Malihabad_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency))
| office                    = Member of the [Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly](/source/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](/source/Lucknow)
| resting_place             = 
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| birth_name                = 
| spouse                    = [Kaushal Kishore](/source/Kaushal_Kishore_(politician)) (m. 1984)
| party                     = [Bharatiya Janata Party](/source/Bharatiya_Janata_Party)
| alma_mater                = 
| occupation                = [MLA](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India))
| profession                = Politician 
}}
'''Jai Devi''' is an Indian politician and a member of [17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly](/source/17th_Uttar_Pradesh_Assembly), Uttar Pradesh of India. She represents the ‘[Malihabad](/source/Malihabad)’ constituency in [Lucknow](/source/Lucknow) district of [Uttar Pradesh](/source/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](/source/Uttar_Pradesh) Assembly Election in 2017 as [Bhartiya Janata Party](/source/Bhartiya_Janata_Party) candidate and defeated her close contestant Rajbala from [Samajwadi Party](/source/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](/source/Bhartiya_Janata_Party) candidate and defeated her close contestant Surendra Kumar from [Samajwadi Party](/source/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==
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| 01 || 2017 || 2022|| Member, [17th Legislative Assembly](/source/17th_Legislative_Assembly_of_Uttar_Pradesh) ||
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| 02 || 2022 || Incumbent || Member, [18th Legislative Assembly](/source/18th_Legislative_Assembly_of_Uttar_Pradesh) ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS24168.htm?ac=168 | title=Election Commission of India }}</ref>
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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

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