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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sharad_Chauhan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sharad_Chauhan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharad_Chauhan > Source revision: 1347271808 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Sharad Chauhan | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = [Member of the](/source/Member_of_Legislative_Assembly_(India)) [Delhi Legislative Assembly](/source/Delhi_Legislative_Assembly) | constituency = [Nerela](/source/Nerela_(Delhi_Assembly_constituency)) | term_start = 7 February 2015 | term_end = 8 February 2025 | predecessor = [Neeldaman Khatri](/source/Neeldaman_Khatri) | successor = [Raj Karan Khatri](/source/Raj_Karan_Khatri) | constituency2 = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | constituency3 = | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_date = | birth_place = [Delhi, India](/source/Delhi%2C_India) | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | parents = | citizenship = | party = [Aam Aadmi Party](/source/Aam_Aadmi_Party) | other_party = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | blank1 = Religion | data1 = }} '''Sharad Kumar'''{{Cite news |date=8 February 2025 |title=Narela Election Results 2025 Highlights: BJP's Karan Khatri increases lead over AAP's Sharad Kumar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/narela-election-results-2025-highlights-sharad-kumar-raj-karan-khatri-aruna/articleshow/118048862.cms |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} (also known as '''Sharad Chauhan''') is an Indian politician, from the [Aam Aadmi Party](/source/Aam_Aadmi_Party) (AAP). He was a member of the [Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi](/source/Sixth_Legislative_Assembly_of_Delhi) (MLA) from [Nerela constituency](/source/Nerela_(Delhi_Assembly_constituency)) also elected as Parliament Secretary of Revenue. ==Personal life== Sharad Chauhan was born to Zile Singh (father) and Vidhya Devi on 29 June 1975 in [Narela](/source/Narela) (Nerela) area of [Delhi](/source/Delhi). He has two elder brothers. His eldest brother, Akhil Chauhan, is an engineer and a District Manager in [Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited](/source/Tata_Power_Delhi_Distribution_Limited) (TPDDL) in Rohini. His second brother, Vikas Chauhan is a doctor and owns a hospital in [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai). He is married to Reeta Chauhan (Reeta) and has two sons Abhinav and Archit.{{cite web |title=About Sharad Chauhan |url=http://www.sharadchauhan.com/About-Sharad-Chauhan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719164208/http://www.sharadchauhan.com/About-Sharad-Chauhan |archive-date=19 July 2017 |accessdate=16 February 2015 |publisher=Official website}} His wife is a councillor from [Municipal Corporation of Delhi](/source/Municipal_Corporation_of_Delhi) (MCD) and a housewife. As per his affidavit for elections, his self-declared profession is farmer;{{cite web |title=Delhi: Nerela Result |url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/delhi/nerela-mla-results |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212104032/http://www.ndtv.com/elections/delhi/nerela-mla-results |archive-date=12 February 2015 |accessdate=17 February 2015 |publisher=NDTV}} the AAP party website describes him as a social worker. Chauhan is a matriculate (Xth standard) and passed from Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Bakhtawarpur in 1995.{{cite web |title=Sharad Kumar Affdavit |url=http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3delhi2015/87/U0501SHARADKUMAR3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216220227/http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3delhi2015/87/U0501SHARADKUMAR3.pdf |archive-date=16 February 2015 |accessdate=17 February 2015 |publisher=myneta.info/}} His wealth is ₹2.60 crore, as per his affidavit.{{cite web |title=Delhi Results |url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/delhi/results |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214023823/http://www.ndtv.com/elections/delhi/results |archive-date=14 February 2015 |accessdate=17 February 2015 |publisher=NDTV}} He currently resides in [Bakoli](/source/Bakoli) village in Delhi. In 2016, he was arrested with six others in the suicide case of a girl named Soni from Narela for which he was granted bail.{{Cite web |date=31 July 2016 |title=AAP MLA Sharad Chauhan, 6 others arrested in suicide case of party worker Soni |url=http://www.uniindia.com/news/india/aap-mla-sharad-chauhan-6-others-arrested-in-suicide-case-of-party-worker-soni/574503.html}} ==Political career== Earlier, Chauhan was with [Bahujan Samaj Party](/source/Bahujan_Samaj_Party) (BSP). He was elected as a councillor from MCD, Ward 4, Bakhtawarpur in 2007 by 6,593 votes; his wife is the councillor who currently represents the ward. She won the seat in 2012 by 15,975 votes after it was reserved for women.{{cite web |title=Sharad Chauhan |url=http://my.aamaadmiparty.org/candidate/delhi/ac/nerela.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319075755/http://my.aamaadmiparty.org/candidate/delhi/ac/nerela.html |archive-date=19 March 2015 |accessdate=16 February 2015 |publisher=AAP official site}} He lost the [2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election](/source/2008_Delhi_Legislative_Assembly_election)s by a narrow margin of 800 votes on a BSP ticket against Jaswant Singh of the [Indian National Congress](/source/Indian_National_Congress) (INC) party.{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/aap-chooses-volunteers-over-veterans-in-its-third-list/article1-1295355.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122212909/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/aap-chooses-volunteers-over-veterans-in-its-third-list/article1-1295355.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 January 2015 | title=AAP chooses volunteers over veterans in third list | work=Hindustan Times | date=11 December 2014 | accessdate=16 February 2015 | author=Darpan Singh}} Chauhan switched to the [Aam Aadmi Party](/source/Aam_Aadmi_Party) (AAP) from the BSP, just before the 2015 elections.{{cite web | url=http://www.iamin.in/en/north-west-delhi/news/dharna-politics-not-my-dna-says-aap-mla-candidate-narela-49710 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216190051/http://www.iamin.in/en/north-west-delhi/news/dharna-politics-not-my-dna-says-aap-mla-candidate-narela-49710 | url-status=unfit | archive-date=16 February 2015 | title=Dharna politics is not in my DNA, says AAP MLA candidate from Narela | publisher=Zee Network | work=I am in DNA Of North West Delhi | date=3 January 2015 | accessdate=16 February 2015}} Chauhan fought the elections from the [Nerela constituency](/source/Nerela_(Delhi_Assembly_constituency)). He got 96,143 votes and defeated his nearest rival and sitting MLA [Neel Daman Khatri](/source/Neel_Daman_Khatri) of the [Bharatiya Janata Party](/source/Bharatiya_Janata_Party) (BJP) by a margin of 40,292 in the [2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election](/source/2015_Delhi_Legislative_Assembly_election)s.{{cite web |title=Election Result |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU054.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217075555/http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU054.htm |archive-date=17 February 2015 |accessdate=16 February 2015 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India - Assembly Elections December 2013 Results |url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210214257/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU051.htm?ac=1 |archive-date=10 December 2013}} The AAP won 67 out of the total 70 seats in the elections. He lost in the [2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election](/source/2025_Delhi_Legislative_Assembly_election). ==See also== {{Portal|India|Politics}} *[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi](/source/Sixth_Legislative_Assembly_of_Delhi) *[Delhi Legislative Assembly](/source/Delhi_Legislative_Assembly) *[Aam Aadmi Party](/source/Aam_Aadmi_Party) ==Electoral performance == === 2025 === {{Election box begin|title=[Delhi Assembly elections, 2025](/source/2025_Delhi_Legislative_Assembly_election): Narela{{cite news |title=Delhi Assembly Elections Results 2025 - Narela |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenFeb2025/candidateswise-U051.htm |access-date=8 February 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=8 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208161847/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenFeb2025/candidateswise-U051.htm |archive-date=8 February 2025 |language=en}}}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[Raj Karan Khatri](/source/Raj_Karan_Khatri)|votes=87,215|percentage=50.20|change={{increase}}8.66|}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Sharad Chauhan|votes=78,619|percentage=45.26|change={{decrease}}6.8}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Aruna Kumari|votes=6782|percentage=3.9|change={{increase}}0.12|}} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) | candidate = Khalid | votes = 278 | percentage = 0.16 | change = {{increase}}0.16 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=981|percentage=0.56|change={{increase}}0.11|}} {{Election box majority|votes=8596|percentage=4.94|change=|}} {{Election box turnout|votes=173,703|percentage=61.85|change=-3.49|}} {{Election box gain with party link | winner = Bharatiya Janata Party | loser = Aam Aadmi Party | swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{transcluded section|source=Nerela Assembly constituency}} {{#section:Nerela Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2008}} {{#section:Nerela Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2015}} {{#section:Nerela Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2020}} == References == {{Reflist}}10.[http://www.uniindia.com/news/india/aap-mla-sharad-chauhan-6-others-arrested-in-suicide-case-of-party-worker-soni/574503.html AAP MLA Arrested for Suicide case of former party Volunteer] {{s-start}} {{s-par|in-la}} {{IN Assembly succession box | state= Delhi | constituency= Nerela | before= ? | after= [Raj Karan Khatri](/source/Raj_Karan_Khatri) | years= [2020](/source/2020_Delhi_Legislative_Assembly_election)– [2025](/source/2025_Delhi_Legislative_Assembly_election) }} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chauhan, Sharad}} Category:Delhi MLAs 2015–2020 Category:Delhi MLAs 2020–2025 Category:Living people Category:1975 births Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Delhi Category:Aam Aadmi Party MLAs from Delhi Category:Aam Aadmi Party politicians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sharad Chauhan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharad_Chauhan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharad_Chauhan?action=history)). 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