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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kishori Lal Sharma
| image = KishoriLalSharma.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|12|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hoshiarpur]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]]
| term_start = 4 June 2024
| majority =
| predecessor = [[Smriti Irani]]
| successor =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Kiran Bala
| father =
| children = 2
| website =
| footnotes =
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| alma_mater = [[Panjab University]]
}}

'''Kishori Lal Sharma''' (born 15 December 1960) is an Indian politician and social worker who has been elected as [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]] from [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency]] in the [[2024 Indian general election|2024 Indian General elections]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 June 2024 |title=Who is Kishori Lal Sharma? Congress giant-slayer who handed crushing defeat to Smriti Irani in UP's Amethi |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-kishori-lal-sharma-congress-giant-slayer-who-handed-crushing-defeat-to-smriti-irani-in-ups-amethi/3513534/ |access-date=4 June 2024 |newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)]] |language=en}}</ref> He is a member of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 June 2024 |title=Amethi Giant Slayer: Meet the Gandhi loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma, set to beat BJP's Smriti Irani |url=https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/lok-sabha-election-results-2024-amethi-uttar-pradesh-kishori-lal-sharma-vs-smriti-irani-13778650.html |access-date=4 June 2024 |newspaper=[[Firstpost]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Kishori Lal Sharma grew up in [[Ludhiana]], in Punjab.<ref name="DH-03May24"/>

== Political career ==
Sharma first met [[Rajiv Gandhi]] in 1983.<ref name="DH-03May24"/> Amethi used to be Rajiv Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency, and in 1987, Gandhi sent Sharma to monitor and review work in the constituency on behalf of the Indian National Congress (INC).<ref name="DH-03May24">{{cite news |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/india/who-is-kishori-lal-sharma-congress-candidate-from-amethi-for-lok-sabha-elections-2024-3006040 |title=Lok Sabha elections 2024. Meet the leader: Kishori Lal Sharma |first1=Shemin |last1=Joy |date=3 May 2024 |newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]] }}</ref> After Gandhi's assassination in 1991, [[Satish Sharma]] became the Indian National Congress candidate for Amethi, and Kishori Lal Sharma continued managing and coordinating the INC's work in the constituency. This continued when [[Sonia Gandhi]] became the INC candidate in [[1999 Indian general election|the 1999 general election]]. In the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 general election]] Sonia Gandhi became the INC candidate for [[Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency|Rae Bareli]] and [[Rahul Gandhi]] became the INC candidate for Amethi; so Sharma managed and coordinated INC work in both constituencies.<ref name="DH-03May24"/> Sharma was blamed by the INC for antagonising caste leaders and other people of influence in Amethi, which was thought to have been a factor in the BJP defeating Rahul Gandhi in [[2019 Indian general election|the 2019 general election]].<ref name="DH-03May24"/> The BJP had also won the Amethi seat in 1998.<ref name="DH-03May24"/>

When Sharma filed his nomination papers for the [[2024 Indian general election|2024 Indian General Elections]], [[Priyanka Gandhi]] said: "Our family has a long-standing relationship with Kishori Lal Sharma-ji. He has always been engaged wholeheartedly in serving the people of Amethi and Raebareli. His passion for public service is an example in itself".<ref name="DH-03May24"/>

Sharma is the Member of Parliament elect from [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency]] in the [[2024 Indian general election|2024 Indian general Elections]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2024 |title=Kishori Lal Sharma Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Kishori Lal of INC Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/kishori-lal-sharma-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-leading-trailing-8918438.html |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=[[News18.com]] |language=en}}</ref> He defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate [[Smriti Irani]] by a margin of 1,67,196 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 June 2024 |title=Amethi Election Results 2024. Highlights: Kisori Lal defeats Smriti Irani by 167196 votes |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amethi-lok-sabha-election-results-2024-live-smriti-irani-bjp-name-of-winner-vote-share-uttar-pradesh-latest-news-updates-101717467977791.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=4 June 2024 |title=Smriti Irani loses Amethi by over 1.67 lakh votes. In the 2019 polls, Smriti Irani clinched the Amethi Lok Sabha seat after defeating Rahul Gandhi |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/amethi-lok-sabha-seat-smriti-irani-kishori-lal-sharma-vote-counting-updates/article68250812.ece |access-date=4 June 2024 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{18th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|state=expanded}}

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[[Category:People from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election]]

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