JAISWAL, SHRI SHANKER PRASAD
B.J.P - VARANASI (UTTAR PRADESH)

Father's Name:   Late Shri Raghunath Prasad Jaiswal

Date of Birth:   9 August 1932

Place of Birth:   Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Marital Status:   Married on 9 August 1953

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Savitri Devi

Children:   One son and three daughters

Educational Qualifications :
High School

Profession :
   Social Worker

Permanent Address :
   22, Ambalika Puri, Mahatma Gandhi Vidyapeeth Road, Varanasi 
(Uttar Pradesh) 
Tel. (0542) 362800

Positions Held :
   
1948 till dateVolunteer, R.S.S.
1951 onwardsMember, Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1955-59Member, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
1956-58Secretary, Jan Sangh, Varanasi
1960-64Member, Metropolitan Council, Varanasi
Whip, Jan Sangh Party in Metropolitan Council, Varanasi
1960-68Organising Secretary, Bharatiya Jan Sangh, Varanasi
1969-74Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1969-70Whip, Jan Sangh, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1977-80Member, Finance Committee, Uttar Pradesh
1992-94General Secretary, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Kashi Region
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)

Other Information :
   Established Maharishi Valmiki Sewa Sansthan in Naugarh (Hills) 
area of Distt. Varanasi under Vishwa Hindu Parishad, 1994

Election Result :
   
Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate14,20,576
Total votes polled5,76,473
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Shankar Prasad Jaiswal (B.J.P.)2,50,991
(2) Shri Raj Kishore [C.P.I. (M)]1,50,299
(3) Ms. Kamala Rajbhar (B.S.P.)70,316
(4) Shri Rajdeo Patel (A.D.)26,797