Sharad Kumar Awasthi (born 1 February 1967) is an Indian politician and a former MLA from Ram Nagar in the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.

Personal life

Awasthi was born on 1 February 1967 to Ram Shankar Awasthi in Masauli village of

Barabanki district Barabanki district is one of the five Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division''), in the central Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Barabanki city is the administrative headquarters of Barabank ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. He obtained his

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

degree from Jawahar Lal Nehru Post Graduate College, Barabanki in 1994. He married Shobhana Awasthi on 3 October 1999, with whom he has a son and two daughters. He is an advocate and an agriculturalist by profession.

Political career

Awasthi was elected in the

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The election to the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held from 11 February to 8 March 2017 in 7 phases. This election saw a voter turnout of 61.11% compared to 59.40% in the previous election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won th ...

as a

Bharatiya Janta Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

candidate after he defeated then incumbent

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

candidate Arvind Kumar Singh by a margin of 22,727 votes. In the

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh from 2022 elections in India, 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all List of constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 403 m ...

, Awasthi lost to

's Fareed Mahfooz Kidwai by a mere margin of 261 votes.

References

1967 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 People from Barabanki district {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub