Jitendra Prasad Sonal
Nepalese politician and former Chief Minister of Madhesh Province
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Jitendra Prasad Sonal (also known as "Jitendra Prasad Sonar") is a Nepalese politician, who served as the 4th Chief Minister of Madhesh Province from 16 October 2025[2] until his resignation on 9 November 2025.[3] He is a parliamentary party leader for the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal in the Madhesh Provincial Assembly.[4]
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
GovernorSumitra Subedi Bhandari
Preceded bySatish Kumar Singh
Succeeded bySaroj Kumar Yadav
Honourable Jitendra Prasad Sonal | |||||||||||||||
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| जितेन्द्र प्रसाद सोनल | |||||||||||||||
Portrait of Sonal in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| 4th Chief Minister of Madhesh Province | |||||||||||||||
| In office 16 October 2025 – 9 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel | ||||||||||||||
| Governor | Sumitra Subedi Bhandari | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Satish Kumar Singh | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Saroj Kumar Yadav | ||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Madhesh Provincial Assembly | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 21 January 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Bara 4 (B) | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | November 30, 1969[1] Lipanimal, Bara, Nepal | ||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Nepalese | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Nepal | ||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum; Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party; Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Politician | ||||||||||||||
Political life
Sonal, a resident of Bara, was elected to the 2017 and 2022 provincial assembly elections from Bara 4 (B) consecutively.[5][1] He was the Physical Infrastructure Minister for Madhesh Province in Lalbabu Raut ministry.[6][7]
Electoral history
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Jitendra Prasad Sonar | 13,118 | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Umesh Kumar Kushwaha | 5,692 | |
| Nepali Congress | Bijay Prakash Sah Rauniyar | 5,133 | |
| Independent | Suresh Prasad | 3,962 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) | Ananda Prakash Yadav | 1,231 | |
| Others | 1,774 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,658 | ||
| Result | RJPN gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
