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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Harvinder Kumar Sahni
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| constituency = [[Palia (Assembly constituency)|Palia]]
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] in [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start =March 2017
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| predecessor = '''Self'''
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| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] in [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start2 = March 2012
| term_end2 = March 2017
| predecessor2 = '''Rajesh Kumar'''
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| birth_place = [[Lakhimpur Kheri district]]<ref name="Member Profile"/>
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| party = [[Bhartiya Janta Party]]<ref name="Member Profile"/> (2016– present)
| otherparty = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (2012–2016)
| residence = Lakhimpur Kheri district
| alma_mater = [[Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University]]<ref name="Candidate affidavit">{{cite news|title=Candidate affidavit|publisher=My neta.info|accessdate=17 December 2015|url=http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=1996}}</ref>
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'''Harvinder Kumar Sahani''' is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th]] and [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] in India.<ref name="Member Profile"/><ref name="Candidate affidavit"/> He represents the [[Palia (Assembly constituency)|Palia]] constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] till 2016, when he joined the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]].<ref name="2012 Election Results">{{cite news|title=2012 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=17 December 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf}}</ref><ref name="All MLAs from constituency">{{cite news|title=All MLAs from constituency|publisher=elections.in|accessdate=17 December 2015|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/palia.html}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Harvindar Kumar Sahani was born in [[Lakhimpur Kheri district]]. He attended the [[Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University]] and attained [[Bachelor's degree]].<ref name="Member Profile"/><ref name="Candidate affidavit"/>

==Political career==
Harvindar Kumar Sahani has been a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] since he represented the [[Palia (Assembly constituency)|Palia]] constituency
in 2012 as a member of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]].<ref name="Candidate affidavit"/><ref name="Member Profile"/>

In Sep 2016 Sahani left the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] and joined [[Bhartiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-four-more-bsp-mlas-join-bjp-3028220/|title=Uttar Pradesh: Four more BSP MLAs join BJP|publisher=The Indian EXPRESS|accessdate=4 November 2018}}</ref> In [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] 2017 he again represented the [[Palia (Assembly constituency)|Palia]] constituency as a member of [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] defeating INC candidate '''Saif Ali Naqvi''' by a record margin of 69,228 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/palia.html|title=Palia Election Results 2017|publisher=elections.in|accessdate=4 November 2018}}</ref>

==Posts held==
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! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments
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| 01 || 2012 || 2017 || Member, [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Legislative Assembly]] ||
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| 02 || 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]] ||
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==See also==

* [[Palia (Assembly constituency)]]
* [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

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== References ==
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[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Lakhimpur Kheri district]]
[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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