Brij Kishore Sharma (born c.1946) is an Indian former politician. He was born in 1946, the eldest son of Nawal Kishore Sharma, the

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State (2004-2009), and Munni Devi. In 1968 he obtained a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Rajasthan Board of Technical Education. In 2008, Sharma contested the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections, as the

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candidate, for the

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constituency. He polled 44,926 votes (41% of the total vote) winning the seat by a margin of 580 votes, defeating the

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candidate, Manju Sharma, the daughter of

Bhanwar Lal Sharma Bhanwar Lal Sharma (17 April 1945 – 9 October 2022) was an Indian politician. He was a 7th term Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Sardarshahar, Churu, Rajasthan. He emerged as a national figure in the Brahmin Samaj as he was Presiden ...

. Sharma was subsequently appointed as Education Minister in

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Ashok Gehlot's Cabinet. At the

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s he lost the seat to Surendra Pareek, the former member for Hawa Mahal, by 12,715 votes.

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