Sushant Shukla (born 1983) is an Indian politician from

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

. He is an MLA from Beltara Assembly constituency in Bilaspur district. He won the

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Chhattisgarh in two phases on 2023 elections in India, 7 November and 17 November 2023 to elect all List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, 90 members of Chhattisgarh Legislat ...

, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education

Shukla is from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. He is the son of Hiramani Shukla. He passed Class 12 through open stream in 2018.

Career

Shukla won from Beltara Assembly constituency representing the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election. He polled 79,528 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Vijay Kesarwani of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

, by a margin of 16,963 votes.

References

1983 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh MLAs 2023–2028 People from Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh {{Chhattisgarh-BJP-politician-stub