Ashwani Kumar Sharma

This article is about the Punjab politician. For the Jammu and Kashmir politician, see Ashwani Kumar Sharma (J&K politician).

Ashwani Kumar 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 Kumar Sharma
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
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	(1964-01-23) 23 January 1964 (age 60) Pathankot, Punjab, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Children	1 Son

Early life

Sharma was born in a lower-middle-class Punjabi Hindu family on 23 January 1964. His family had migrated to Pathankot 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

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

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

This section is transcluded from Pathankot Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

Punjab Assembly election, 2012: Pathankot^[6][7]

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

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Pathankot^[8][9]

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

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Pathankot

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

1. "Punjab 2012". The Association for Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
2. "Candidate affidavit". MyNeta. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
3. . Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012 Archived 6 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Bharatiya Janta Party Punjab". Retrieved 4 May 2013.
5. "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
6. "Pathankot Assembly election result, 2012". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
7. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2012". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
8. "Pathankot Assembly election result, 2017". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
9. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
10. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
11. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.