# Ashwani Kumar Sharma

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

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.
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.

## Politics

Sharma was involved with RSS. During his college days in Pathankot, he was a member of ABVP. 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.
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.

## Electoral performance

Punjab Assembly election, 2012: Pathankot :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 17,856 | 18.85 | 10.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,742 | 72.66 | 0.87 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | BJP hold | BJP hold | BJP hold |
Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Pathankot :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 11,170 | 10.08 | 8.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,853 | 76.13 | 3.47 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 145,604 | | |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP |
Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Pathankot :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,759 | 6.84 | 3.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 113,480 | 74.40 | 1.73 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 152,519 | | 4.53 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC |