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Ashwani Kumar Sharma | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| 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 |
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.
Early life[edit | edit source]
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 received his early schooling at Vivekananda Model High School, Pathankot and later received a Bachelor of Arts from Guru Nanak Dev University.[citation needed]
Assets and liabilities declared during elections[edit | edit source]
During the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, he declared Rs. 1,40,66,533 as an overall financial asset and Rs. nil as financial liability.[2]
Politics[edit | edit source]
Sharma was involved with RSS. During his college days in Pathankot, he was a member of ABVP.[3] After a term in office 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.[4][5]
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.
As of July 7, 2025, Ashwani Kumar Sharma was appointed the working president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Punjab unit. Sharma is also a sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Pathankot seat in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
The decision to appoint Sharma was made by BJP national president J.P. Nadda and was effective immediately. Sharma previously served as the state unit's president and was replaced by Sunil Jakhar in July 2023. His new appointment is a move toward eventually replacing Jakhar, who had already resigned from the post in September 2024 but was asked to continue until a replacement was named.
Sharma's new role is seen as a way to prepare the party for the 2027 Punjab Assembly polls, with organizational changes expected.[6][7]
MLA[edit | edit source]
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.[8]
Electoral performance[edit | edit source]
Template:Election box hold with party link no swing| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | 42,218 | 44.56 |  2.27
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| INC | Raman Bhalla | 24,362 | 25.71 |  8.32
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| Independent | Ashok Sharma | 23,713 | 25.03 | −− | |
| Majority | 17,856 | 18.84 | |||
| Turnout | 94,742 | 72.66 | 0.87
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amit Vij | 56,383 | 51.28 | 26.57
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| BJP | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | 45,213 | 41.12 | 3.44
| |
| AAP | Raj Kumar | 6,036 | 5.49 | new | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 907 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 11,170 | 10.07 | |||
| Turnout | 110,853 | 76.13 | 3.47
| ||
| Registered electors | 145,604 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | 43,132 | 38.01 | 3.11
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| INC | Amit Vij | 35,373 | 31.17 | 21.11
| |
| AAP | Vibhuti Sharma | 31,451 | 27.72 | 22.23
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| NOTA | None of the above | 666 | 0.59 | 0.23
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| Majority | 7,759 | 6.84 | |||
| Turnout | 113,480 | ||||
| Registered electors | 152,519 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | |||||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Punjab 2012". The Association for Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "Ashwani Kumar Sharma(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- PATHANKOT(PATHANKOT) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mla-ashwani-kumar-sharma-appointed-as-working-president-of-punjab-bjp/articleshow/122303513.cms?from=mdr
- ↑ https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/punjab-bjp-revamp-old-hand-helm-ashwani-sharma-10114264/#:~:text=Pathankot%20MLA%20Sharma's%20appointment%20as,a%20senior%20BJP%20leader%20said.
- ↑ "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.
