Jai Prakash Anchal

{{short description|Indian politician}}

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|office = Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

|term_start =2012

|term_end = 2017

|constituency = Bairia (Assembly constituency)

|predecessor = constituency established

|successor = Jai Prakash Anchal

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|term_start1 = 2022

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|predecessor1 = Jai Prakash Anchal

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|birth_date = Ballia

|birth_place = Uttar Pradesh

|occupation = Politician

|children = two sons and one daughter

|party = Samajwadi Party

|alma_mater = Gorakhpur University
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith{{cite web|url=https://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=411 | title=Jai Prakash Anchal(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- BAIRIA(BALLIA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate}}

|profession = Samajwadi party leader

| nationality = Indian

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Jai Prakash Anchal is an Indian politician and a member of the Samajwadi Party from the state of Uttar Pradesh. Anchal is a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly representing the Bairia Vidhan Sabha constituency.{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/bairia.html | title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Bairia Assembly Constituency | publisher=elections.in | accessdate=13 February 2017}}{{cite web | url=http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=411 | title=JAI PRAKASH ANCHAL (Winner) BAIRIA (BALLIA) | publisher=myneta.info | accessdate=13 February 2017}}

He lost his seat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Surendra Nath Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/uttar-pradesh/bairia-mla-results|title=Live BAIRIA Election Results 2017, Leading MLA Candidate, Previous Winner, Uttar Pradesh}}