Sunil Kumar Sharma is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Sahibabad and Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Sunil Kumar Sharma | |
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![[Sunil Kumar Sharma ]](/wiki/File:SunilKumarSharma.png) | |
| Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 5 March 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Yogendra Upadhyaya |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Amarpal Sharma |
| Constituency | Sahibabad |
| In office 2007–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Surendra Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Suresh Bansal |
| Constituency | Ghaziabad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patla, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Parent | Shri Jaibhagwan Sharma[1] |
| Residence(s) | 2/71, Near Karan Gate Police Chowki, Sector-2, Rajendra Nagar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad |
| Occupation | MLA |
| Profession | Farmer, Advocate, Politician[1] |
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
| # | From | To | Position | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2007 | 2012 | Member, 15th Legislative Assembly | Ghaziabad |
| 02 | 2017[6] | 2022 | Member, 17th Legislative Assembly | Sahibabad |
| 03 | 2022 | 2027 | Member, 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly | Sahibabad |
| 04 | 2017 | 2023 | State Minister, President,Panchayati Raj Committee,Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh |
| 05 | 2023 | 2027 | State Minister, President,Committee related to investigation of audit reports of local bodies of the state,Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info.
- ^ "Sahibabad Election Result 2022 LIVE: Sahibabad MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Winner and Runnerup Candidate in Sahibabad assembly constituency". www.elections.in. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "sahibabad new BJP MLA set sights on development in Indirapuram". www.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "BJP pockets all five Assembly seats in Ghaziabad district". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Sahibabad Assembly Election 2017 Candidate List & Winner". India.com.
