Harish Shakya
{{Short description|Indian Politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Harish Chandra Shakya
| image = Harish Shakya.jpg
| office = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 2022
| predecessor = Radha Krishan Sharma
| constituency = Bilsi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|06|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bilhat, Budaun district
| party = Bhartiya Janata Party
| spouse = {{marriage|Rekha Shakya|2005}}
| children = 1 son, 2 daughters
| father = Netram Shakya
| source = https://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Data/18114/18
}}
Harish Chandra Shakya better known as Harish Shakya is an Indian politician and current MLA representing Bilsi (Assembly constituency). He won 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bhartiya Janta Party.{{cite web |title=UP assembly election results 2022: Check full list of winners |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-election/up-election-result-2022-constituency-wise-leading-trailing-candidates-full-list-of-winners-sp-akhilesh-yadav-bjp-yogi-adityanath-congress-rld-election-news-today-karhal-gorakhpur-101646878144820.html |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |date=10 March 2022}}{{cite web |title=Bilsi Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Harish Chandra of Bharatiya Janata Party wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/bilsi-election-result-2022-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-4850879.html |website=News18 |language=en |date=10 March 2022}}{{cite web |title=Bilsi, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/bilsi-uttar-pradesh-assembly-election-results-2022-live-updates-1923143-2022-03-10 |website=India Today |language=en}} He is the former BJP Backward Class Regional President from Braj Region.{{cite web |title=पूर्व जिलाध्यक्ष हरीश शाक्य बिल्सी सीट से रिकार्ड वोटों से जीते, सभी प्रत्याशियों से आगे रहे |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/badaun/news/former-district-president-harish-shakya-won-from-bilsi-seat-by-record-votes-ahead-of-all-the-candidates-129493008.html |website=Bhaskar.com}}
Political career
Harish Shakya started his career in 1998 from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad as district head. He was the district president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha from 2004 to 2007.
In 2008 Shakya was appointed BJP District General Secretary and in 2016 the party appointed him as BJP district chief from Budaun district. He served this position till 2019.{{cite web |title=Harish Shakya Becomes BJP District Chief |url=https://www.amarujala.com/tags/harish-shakya-become-bjp-district-cheif |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi |access-date=1 May 2022 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162909/https://www.amarujala.com/tags/harish-shakya-become-bjp-district-cheif |url-status=dead }}
In 2022, he was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Bilsi (Assembly constituency) and won 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with 45.54% votes margin.{{cite web |title=Bilsi Election Result 2022 LIVE: Bilsi MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia |url=https://www.oneindia.com/bilsi-assembly-elections-up-114/ |website=oneindia.com |language=en}}{{cite web |title=bilsi Election 2022: bilsi Assembly Seat LIVE Results |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/uttar-pradesh/bilsi-election-result-s24a114// |website=News18 |language=en}}
Electoral performance
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = BJP
|candidate = Harish Chandra Shakya
|votes = 93,500
|percentage = 45.54
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Chandra Prakash Maurya
|votes = 68,385
|percentage = 33.31
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Smt. Mamata Shakya
|votes = 31,694
|percentage = 15.44
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Azad Samaj Party
|candidate = Mir Hadi Ali Urf Babar Miyan
|votes = 2,790
|percentage = 1.36
|change =
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{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Veer Pal Singh
|party = RPD
|votes = 2,033
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 205,319
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{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = {{formatnum:293,359 }}
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Samajwadi Party
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh