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| image = Dr. Arvind Sharma.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| office = [[Second Saini ministry|Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of Haryana]]<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| governor = [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]<br/>[[Ashim Kumar Ghosh]]<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata = [[Nayab Singh Saini]]<br />
| subterm = '''Cabinet'''<br />
| suboffice =<br />
| 2blankname = Ministry and Departments<br />
| 2namedata = *Co-operation<br />
*Jails<br />
*Elections<br />
*Heritage & Tourism<br />
| term_start = 17 October 2024<br />
| office1 = Member of [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Gohana Assembly constituency|Gohana]]<br />
| term_start1 = 8 October 2024<br />
| term_end1 = <br />
| predecessor1 = [[Jagbir Singh Malik]]<br />
| successor1 = <br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak]]<br />
| term_start2 = 23 May 2019<br />
| term_end2 = 4 June 2024<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Deepender Singh Hooda]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Deepender Singh Hooda]]<br />
| office3 = <br />
| constituency3 = [[Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karnal]]<br />
| term_start3 = 2004<br />
| term_end3 = 2014<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Ishwar Dayal Swami]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Ashwini Kumar Chopra]]<br />
| office4 = <br />
| constituency4 = [[Sonipat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sonipat]]<br />
| term_start4 = 1996<br />
| term_end4 = 1998<br />
| predecessor4 = [[Dharam Pal Singh Malik]]<br />
| successor4 = [[Kishan Singh Sangwan]]<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|11|25|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[M.P. Majra]], Punjab, India (now in [[Haryana]], India)<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2014–present)<br />
| otherparty = *[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]<br />
*[[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)]]<br />
*[[Independent politician]]<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Rita Sharma|9 November 1989}}<br />
| children = 2<br />
| nationality = <br />
| source = https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/3785?from=members <br />
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat University]] ([[Bachelor of Dental Surgery|BDS]])<br />[[Maharshi Dayanand University]] ([[Master of Dental Surgery|MDS]])<br />
}}<br />
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'''Arvind Kumar Sharma''' (born 25 November 1962) is an Indian dental surgeon, politician who currently represents the [[Gohana Assembly constituency]] in the [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bhatia |first=Varinder |date=2 December 2024 |title=A look at Haryana’s 40 first-time MLAs|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/haryana-first-time-mlas-9702131/ |work=The Indian Express |access-date=4 July 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704171938/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/haryana-first-time-mlas-9702131/ |archive-date=4 July 2025}}</ref> He was also a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] in the [[17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. He represented the [[Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency)]] constituency of [[Haryana]] in [[15th Lok Sabha]] and was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] but he joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/ex-congress-mp-from-karnal-arvind-sharma-joins-bjp/story-DQ3dFaII2XJAnBddoDz8WM.html|title=Ex-Congress MP from Karnal Arvind Sharma joins BJP|date=16 March 2019|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=2 January 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Sharma was born on 25 November 1962 to Satguru Dass Sharma and Bimla Devi in the village of [[M.P. Majra]] in [[Jhajjar district]] of [[Haryana]]. He completed his [[Dental degree|Bachelor of Dental Surgery]] from [[Gujarat University]], [[Ahmedabad]] and [[Master of Dental Surgery]] from [[Maharshi Dayanand University]], [[Rohtak]]. Sharma married Rita Sharma on 9 November 1989, with whom he has a son and a daughter. He is a medical practitioner, social worker and agriculturist.<ref name="LokSabha">{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha - Sharma, Dr. Arvind Kumar |url=https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/3785?from=members |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
In January 2014, he left [[Indian National Congress]] and joined [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] and was named chief ministerial candidate. He lost from both Yamunanagar and Julana seats and was pushed to the third slot in both the seats.<br />
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In 2019, he joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and contested from [[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak Lok Sabha seat]] in [[2019 Indian general election]] and defeated [[Deepender Singh Hooda]] of [[Indian National Congress]] with margin of 7,503 votes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Choudhury |first1=Srishty |title=Arvind Kumar Sharma, senior Haryana Congress leader, joins BJP |url=https://english.newsnationtv.com/election/lok-sabha-election-2019/arvind-kumar-sharma-senior-haryana-congress-leader-join-bjp-today-217137.html |access-date=27 December 2020 |work=News Nation English |date=15 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/birender-singh-s-son-bjp-candidate-from-hisar-ex-mp-arvind-sharma-gets-ticket-from-rohtak-119041400527_1.html|title=Birender Singh's son BJP candidate from Hisar, ex-MP Arvind Sharma gets ticket from Rohtak|agency=Press Trust of India|newspaper=Business Standard|date=14 April 2019|accessdate=2 January 2020}}</ref> However, in [[2024 Lok Sabha election]], he lost to Hooda by 345,298 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 7 - ROHTAK (Haryana) |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS077.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=7 June 2024}}</ref><br />
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== Electoral performance ==<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Election<br />
!colspan="2"|Party<br />
!Constituency Name<br />
!Result<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]<br />
|[[11th Lok Sabha]]<br />
|bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}|<br />
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />
|rowspan="2"|[[Sonipat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sonipat]]<br />
| {{Won}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]<br />
|[[12th Lok Sabha]]<br />
|bgcolor={{party color|Shiv Sena}}|<br />
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Bow_And_Arrow2.svg|50px]] [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]<br />
|[[14th Lok Sabha]]<br />
|rowspan="3"bgcolor={{party color|Indian National Congress}}|<br />
|rowspan="3"|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]] [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|rowspan="3"|[[Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karnal]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<br />
|[[15th Lok Sabha]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<br />
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|[[2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br />
|rowspan="2"|[[Haryana Legislative Assembly|13th Haryana Assembly]]<br />
|rowspan="2"bgcolor={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}|<br />
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Elephant.png|50px]] [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]<br />
|[[Julana Assembly constituency|Julana]]<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Yamunanagar Assembly constituency|Yamunanagar]]<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<br />
|[[17th Lok Sabha]]<br />
|rowspan="3"bgcolor={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|<br />
|rowspan="3"|[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|rowspan="2"|[[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]<br />
|[[18th Lok Sabha]]<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
|[[Haryana Legislative Assembly|15th Haryana Assembly]]<br />
|[[Gohana Assembly constituency|Gohana]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|}<br />
==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3785 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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