Sunil Kumar Sharma
[Sunil Kumar Sharma ]
MLA, 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Succeeded bySelf
ConstituencySahibabad
MLA, 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
In office
11 March 2017 – 10 March 2022
Preceded byAmarpal Sharma
ConstituencySahibabad
MLA, 15th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
In office
2007–2012
Preceded bySurendra Kumar
Succeeded bySuresh Bansal
ConstituencyGhaziabad
Personal details
BornPatla, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ParentShri Jaibhagwan Sharma[1]
Residence(s)2/71, Near Karan Gate Police Chowki, Sector-2, Rajendra Nagar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad
OccupationMLA
ProfessionFarmer, Advocate, Politician[1]

Sunil Kumar Sharma is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly and Sharma is considered a close aide of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh, BJP'S National President J.P. Nadda with whom he had worked for years. He has earlier been part of the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Sahibabad constituency and was elected by the largest victory margin in the 2017 and the 2022 assembly elections. In 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election he created a record by winning by the highest margin ever for a candidate in a legislative assembly election in India since independence.[2]

Political career

From 2007 to 2012, Sharma served as a member of the 15th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing the Ghaziabad constituency.

Pandit Sunil Sharma is counted as the top Brahmin leader in Uttar Pradesh.

Following the 2017 assembly elections, on 11 March 2017, he was appointed Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Sahibabad constituency and joined the 17th Legislative Assembly. Sharma secured the largest victory margin of 150,643 votes in the election. In 2017 Sunil Sharma was appointed president of the Panchayati Raj Samiti legislative Assembly Uttar Pradesh (Ranked State Minister of Uttar Pradesh).

He received 262,317 votes in total, accounting for 62% of all votes polled. In the 2022 election, he won by 2,14,835 votes securing over 67% of all votes polled.

Sharma is also a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][3][4][5]

Record

Sharma is listed in India's Book of Records as he won the election of the 2022 Legislative Assembly Uttar Pradesh as he created a record by winning by the highest margin ever for a candidate in a legislative assembly election in India since independence.

Posts held

#FromToPositionConstituency
0120072012Member, 15th Legislative AssemblyGhaziabad
022017[6]2022Member, 17th Legislative AssemblySahibabad
0320222027Member, 18th Uttar Pradesh AssemblySahibabad
0420172023State Minister, President,Panchayati Raj Committee,Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh
0520232027State Minister, President,Committee related to investigation of audit reports of local bodies of the state,Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info.
  2. ↑ "Sahibabad Election Result 2022 LIVE: Sahibabad MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Winner and Runnerup Candidate in Sahibabad assembly constituency". www.elections.in. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "sahibabad new BJP MLA set sights on development in Indirapuram". www.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "BJP pockets all five Assembly seats in Ghaziabad district". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sahibabad Assembly Election 2017 Candidate List & Winner". India.com.
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