| Sheetal Pandey | |
| Constituency: | Sahajanwa |
| Office: | MLA in 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh |
| Term Start: | March 2017 |
| Term End: | March 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Rajendra |
| Successor: | Pradeep Shukla |
| Birth Place: | Rajghat, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence: | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Alma Mater: | Graduate from Gorakhpur University |
| Occupation: | MLA |
| Profession: | Politician |
Sheetal Pandey is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a one-term member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Sahajanwa constituency in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh from 2017 to 2022.[1]
Pandey contested his first election in the 2006 by-election from the Kauriram assembly constituency, Gorakhpur.[2]
He lost that election to the Samajwadi Party candidate Ram Bhuwal Nishad by about 10000 votes.[3] [2]
Pandey had the support of the then Gorakhpur Bharatiya Janata Party Member of parliament and the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath.[2] His loss was attributed to Bharatiya Janata Party rebel Upendra Shukla, who polled about 17,000 votes against Pandey's 41,600 votes, thus dividing the Bharatiya Janata Party vote share.[2] Ram Bhuwal Nishad, who won that election, polled about 52,000 votes.[2] Pandey was given a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket again in 2017 to contest the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[4] [5]
In 2017, aged 63, he was elected for the first time to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He defeated Yashpal Singh Rawat of the Samajwadi Party, securing 72,213 votes; her nearest rival contestants Yashpal Singh Rawat of the Samajwadi Party secured 56,836 votes and Devnarayan Singh Alias GM Singh of the Bahujan Samaj Party secured 54,143 votes.[4]
The division in the vote share between the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party helped Pandey secure a victory margin of about 18,000 votes.