Father's Name	:   	Late Shri Parma Nand Sharma

Date of Birth	:   	25 August 1950

Place of Birth	:   	Vill. Bargaon in Distt. Durg (Madhya Pradesh)

Marital Status	:   	Married in 1974

Spouse's Name	:   	Smt. Uma Devi Sharma

Children	:   	Three sons

Educational Qualifications :
	B.A., LL.B.

Profession :
   	Advocate and Agriculturist

Permanent Address :
   	Brahaman Pura, Rajnandgaon-491441 
	(Madhya Pradesh)
	Tel. (07744) 24374

Positions Held :
   
1989-93	President, B.J.P., Distt. Rajnandgaon
	(Madhya Pradesh)
1993-96	Executive-Member, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh
1996	Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)

Social and Cultural Activities :
   Actively involved in social work

Election Result :
   
Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate	9,68,069
Total votes polled	5,22,111
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Ashok Sharma (B.J.P.)	2,22,616
(2) Shri Shivendra Bahadur Singh (I.N.C.)	1,63,340
(3) Shri Balbir Khanuja [A.I.I.C. (T)]	25,216
(4) Shri Ashok Sahu (B.S.P.)	13,109