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Brij Kishore Sharma (born c.1947) is an Indian former politician.

He was born in 1947, the eldest son of Nawal Kishore Sharma, the Governor of Gujarat 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 Indian National Congress candidate, for the Hawa Mahal constituency. He polled 44,926 votes (41% of the total vote) winning the seat by a margin of 580 votes, defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Manju Sharma, the daughter of Bhanwar Lal Sharma.

Sharma was subsequently appointed as Education Minister in Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's Cabinet.

At the 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections he lost the seat to Surendra Pareek, the former member for Hawa Mahal, by 12,715 votes.

References

1. "General Election 2013 - Candidate's Affidavit" (in Hindi). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
2. "Brij Kishore Sharma". Elections India. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
3. "Nawal Kishore cremated with full state honours". Times of India. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
4. ^ "BJP struggles to pick seat for Diya Kumari". Indian Express. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
5. "Brij Kishore Sharma (Criminal & Asset Declaration)". National Election Watch. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
6. "2008 Vidhan Sabha Election Result - Hawamajal, Rajasthan". Election Administration India. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
7. ^ "Hawa Mahal Assembly Constituency Election Results". Result University. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

• State cabinet ministers of Rajasthan
• Rajasthan MLAs 2008–2013
• Indian National Congress politicians
• Living people
• 1947 births