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{{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 Assembly 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 [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] representing [[Bilsi (Assembly constituency)]]. He won [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Bhartiya Janta Party]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> He is the former BJP Backward Class Regional President from Braj Region.<ref name="Bhaskar">{{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}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="Bhaskar"/>

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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

In 2022, he was elected as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from [[Bilsi (Assembly constituency)]] and won [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] with 45.54% votes margin.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Electoral performance==
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Bilsi}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = BJP
|candidate = [[Harish Chandra Shakya]]
|votes = 93,500
|percentage = 45.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Chandra Prakash Maurya
|votes = 68,385
|percentage = 33.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Smt. Mamata Shakya
|votes = 31,694
|percentage = 15.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Azad Samaj Party
|candidate = Mir Hadi Ali Urf Babar Miyan
|votes = 2,790
|percentage = 1.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Veer Pal Singh
|party = [[Rashtriya Parivartan Dal|RPD]]
|votes = 2,033
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 205,319
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = {{formatnum:293,359 }}
|ref=
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Samajwadi Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shakya, Harish Chandra}}
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Yogi ministry]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027]]

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ErinChamberlin3 at 13:05, 21 May 2025