Summary
Ashwani Sharma (born 23 January 1964) is an Indian politician and the former Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Punjab president. He is a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and currently representing Pathankot Assembly constituency.
Ashwani Sharma | |
|---|---|
| Member of Legislative Assembly, Punjab (India) | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Amit Vij |
| Constituency | Pathankot |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Master Mohan Lal |
| Succeeded by | Amit Vij |
| Constituency | Pathankot |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab | |
| In office 17 January 2020 - 4 July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Shwait Malik |
| Succeeded by | Sunil Jakhar |
| In office 4 February 2010 – 16 January 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Rajinder Bhandari |
| Succeeded by | Kamal Sharma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1964 Pathankot, Punjab, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Children | 1 Son |
Early life edit
Sharma was born in a lower-middle-class Punjabi Hindu family on 23 January 1964. His family had migrated to Gurdaspur from Sialkot after partition.[1][citation needed]
Ashwani Kumar Sharma did his early schooling from Vivekananda Model High School, Pathankot and went to do his graduation from Guru Nanak Dev University in Bachelor of Arts.[citation needed]
Politics edit
Sharma was involved with RSS. During his college days in Pathankot, he was a member of ABVP.[2] After a successful term he was appointed General Secretary BJP Punjab from 2007 to 2010. Meanwhile, he became Chairman of District Planning Board Gurdaspur. He was made State President in 2010.[3][4]
He was made the President B.J.Y.M. (Pb) in 2004. After a successful term he was appointed General Secretary BJP Punjab from 2007 to 2010.
MLA edit
He became Chairman of District Planning Board Gurdaspur. He was elected as BJP Punjab State President in 2010. Under his leadership party performed exceptionally well in 2012 legislative elections by winning all the Vidhan Sabha seats for BJP in Dist. Pathankot and contributed in building SAD-BJP alliance and was able to repeat the coalition government in Punjab after 43 years and also became member of legislative assembly in 2012.
He was elected as MLA in 2022. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[5]
Electoral performance edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | 42,218 | 44.56 |  2.26
| |
| INC | Raman Bhalla | 24,362 | 25.71 |  8.33
| |
| Independent | Ashok Sharma | 23,713 | 25.03 | ||
| Majority | 17,856 | 18.85 | 10.59
| ||
| Turnout | 94,742 | 72.66 | 0.87
| ||
| BJP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amit Vij | 56,383 | 50.86 | 25.15
| |
| BJP | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | 45,213 | 40.79 | 3.77
| |
| AAP | Raj Kumar | 6,036 | 5.45 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 907 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 11,170 | 10.08 | 8.77
| ||
| Turnout | 110,853 | 76.13 | 3.47
| ||
| Registered electors | 145,604 | [10] | |||
| INC gain from BJP | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | 43,132 | 38.01 | 2.78
| |
| INC | Amit Vij | 35,373 | 31.17 | 19.69
| |
| AAP | Vibhuti Sharma | 31,451 | 27.72 | 22.27
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 666 | 0.59 | 0.23
| |
| Majority | 7,759 | 6.84 | 3.24
| ||
| Turnout | 113,480 | 74.40 | 1.73
| ||
| Registered electors | 152,519 | [11] | 4.53
| ||
| BJP gain from INC | |||||
References edit
- ^ "Punjab 2012". The Association for Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "Candidate affidavit". MyNeta. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ . Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012 Archived 6 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bharatiya Janta Party Punjab". Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Pathankot Assembly election result, 2012". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2012". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Pathankot Assembly election result, 2017". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.