Sitasharan Sharma

Dr. Sitasaran Sharma is an Indian politician, lawyer, and doctor. He served as the Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (January 2014 -January 2019). He is the incumbent MLA from Hoshangabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency). He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. It is his 5th term as MLA from the same constituency. He also served as the Chief Whip of the Bharatiya Janata Party Vidhaayak Dal in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2003.

Education

He has done MBBS from Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal and LLB from Narmada Mahavidyalaya, Hoshangabad.

Political career

In Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2018, Dr. Sharma won against the congress candidate Sartaj Singh with a margin of about 15000 votes.

Dr. Sitasharan Sharma's political Career

S.No.	Term (as MLA)	Winning Margin
1.	1990-1993	N/A
2.	1993-1998	N/A
3.	1998-2003	N/A
4.	2013-2018	49000+
5.	2018–present	15000+

Role as the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Dr. Sharma ran the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 4 years, 9 months from 2014 to 2019. He succeeded Ishwardas Rohani, who had been the speaker twice earlier. He took the oath in presence of then Madhya Pradesh Governor, Anandiben Patel.

S.No.	Position Held	Term	Time Served
1.	Speaker, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly	January 2014- December 2019	4 years, 11 months
2.	TBD	TBD	TBD

Social work

Dr. Sharma is actively involved in social work. Before joining the politics he used to run a clinic for the poor, who could consult free of cost. He also established a school in his constituency, for the purpose of providing quality education to students from the economically weaker sections of the society.