Anil Sharma is the BJP's contender in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections from the Mandi seat. A heavyweight in Mandi district, Anil Sharma has won the Mandi seat four times. He contested and won the Mandi seat in 1993, 2007, and 2012 on a Congress ticket. However, he joined the BJP before the 2017 assembly elections and won the Mandi seat again defeating   Congress' Champa Thakur by 10, 257 votes. In the 2022 assembly elections, he faces Champa Thakur again, alongside Shyam Lal from AAP.