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| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]] <br />
| term_start = 2019<br />
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| predecessor = [[Bishnu Pada Ray]] <br />
| constituency = [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Lok Sabha constituency)|Andaman & Nicobar Islands]] <br />
| office1 = [[President (corporate title)|President]], [[Andaman & Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee]] <br />
| term_start1 = 2004<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] <br />
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'''Kuldeep Rai Sharma''' is an Indian politician. He currently serves as an active member of [[Indian National Congress]]. However in 2021, he was removed from the post of President of [[Andaman and Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee]] and was succeeded by Ranglal Haldar.<ref>https://www.uniindia.com/aicc-appoints-ranglal-halder-as-president-of-andaman-nicobar-territorial-congress-committee/east/news/2469982.html</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Zubair Ahmed|title=Kuldeep Rai Sharma: One Chance Please!|url=http://www.andamanchronicle.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4644:kuldeep-rai-sharma-one-chance-please&catid=37&Itemid=142|accessdate=14 June 2016|work=Andaman Chronicle|date=5 April 2014}}</ref> Kuldeep Rai Sharma won the [[2019 Indian general election|Lok Sabha election 2019]] as an Indian National Congress candidate and became [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Lok Sabha constituency)|Andaman & Nicobar Islands constituency]], defeating the BJP candidate by a nominal margin of 1,407 votes in his fourth attempt to reach the Parliament.<br />
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== Results of Past Elections ==<br />
In general elections of 2009 Kuldeep Rai Sharma was defeated by [[BJP]] MP candidate [[Bishnu Pada Ray]] with the difference of 2990 votes.<ref>https://www.elections.in/results/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-an.html</ref> But then also he contested the next [[2014 Indian general election]] from the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and unlike before this time he was defeated by [[BJP]] MP candidate [[Bishnu Pada Ray|Shri. Bishnu Pada Ray]] with a large margin of 7812 votes.<ref>http://elections.webdunia.com/andaman-and-nicobar-loksabha-election-results-2014.htm</ref><ref>https://www.elections.in/results/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-an.html</ref><br />
In the [[Indian general election, 2019]], again he was chosen as a MP candidate of [[Indian National Congress]] for the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. This time he wins the election with a very small margin of 1407 votes from [[BJP]] MP candidate Shri. Vishal Jolly.<ref>https://www.elections.in/results/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-an.html</ref><ref>https://www.business-standard.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/andaman-&-nicobar-islands/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-election-results-14_1256.html</ref><br />
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== Awards and recognition ==<br />
UNICEF awarded him with PGC Awards 2020 for his work to protect child rights.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Denis Giles |title=UNICEF India Awards Kuldeep Rai Sharma, MP A&N Islands for His Works to Protect Child Rights|url=http://www.andamanchronicle.net/index.php/19861-unicef-india-awards-kuldeep-rai-sharma-mp-a-n-islands-for-his-works-to-protect-child-rights|<br />
accessdate=7 October 2020|work=Andaman Chronicle|date=7 October 2020}}</ref> Kuldeep Rai Sharma in a short time as the Member of Parliament had initiated 18 debates and 15 questions on matters of child labour, malnutrition, mid-day meal schemes, safety of children and child immunization in the Parliament during 2019-2020.<br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br />
[[Category:United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]<br />
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[[Category:People from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]<br />
[[Category:17th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
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