Sharwan Kumar (2 October 1947) is an Indian politician serving as member of

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly or the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The assembly meets at Vidhana Bhavan situated in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Members of the Legislative asse ...

. He has been elected as member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for six-terms. He is a member of the

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Political career

He first fought assembly elections in 1993 from Pilani and won as an independent candidate and then he won 1998 and 2003 elections as an Congress candidate from Pilani constituency. In 2008 Legislative Assembly Elections, he changed his constituency from Pilani to

Surajgarh Surajgarh is a city and a municipal corporation in the district of Jhunjhunun in the sekhawati region of Indian state of Rajasthan.This place is also very well acknowledged by the commendable work done by Late Rajvaidya Shri Chotelal Ji Sharma i ...

due to reservation of Pilani Seat. He again won from

beating

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Candidate Santosh Ahlawat over a margin of nearly 8000 Votes. He again fought MLA elections in 2013 but lost to BJP candidate Santosh Ahlawat with over 50,000 Votes. Since Santosh Ahlawat became an MP, the Surajgarh assembly seat again went to poll on 13 September 2014. In the 2014 Surajgarh By-poll, Kumar faced BJP heavyweight and former Minister,

Dr. Digamber Singh Digamber Singh (1 October 1951 - 27 October 2017) was an Indian politician, who served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Rajasthan. Singh spent over two decades as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, representing the Kumher Assembl ...

, the former Health and industries Minister of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

, was also a two time legislator, a popular leader of the state, lost the 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election from the

Deeg-Kumher Assembly constituency Deeg-Kumher is one of the 200 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan state in India. It was established in 2008 after the delimitation of assembly constituencies. Dr. Digamber Singh was the inaugural Member of the Legislative Asse ...

Bharatpur district Bharatpur District is a district in Rajasthan state in western India. The town of Bharatpur is the District Headquarters, Division Headquarters and Headquarters of Bharatpur Police Range of Rajasthan Police. Bharatpur District is a part of ...

. Amidst storming of Chief Minister

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, ministers of

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and other prominent BJP leaders in

, Digamber Singh’s victory was certain. The mainstream media, local outlets and the public conversation all predicted Singh’s triumph by over 20,000 plus votes.

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declared - “You ( voters of

Surajgarh Assembly Constituency Surajgarh Assembly constituency is one of List of constituencies of Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha, constituencies of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in the Jhunjhunu (Lok Sabha constituency). Surajgarh Constituency covers all voters from Buhana, Buha ...

) are electing a Cabinet Minister in the government and not an MLA”, referring to Digamber’s political status and the government’s intentions to induct him in the cabinet immediately after the polls. However, as the results were declared, Kumar was able to pull off a stunner by defeating Singh with a narrow margin of 3270 votes. Kumar’s victory against Singh made national headlines and earned him fame in national politics. Digamber’s defeat was used by Congress leaders,

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, and,

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, to lash out at ruling government and its inability to maintain public confidence.

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Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
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