Payare Lal Sharma is an Indian politician from Jammu & Kashmir.

[1][2] He rejoined the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference after his victory and extended his support to the Second Omar Abdullah ministry to form the government.

[3][4] Sharma left the National Conference party after being denied a ticket for the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election.

He subsequently contested the election as an independent candidate from the Inderwal constituency, winning by a narrow margin of 643 votes.

Sharma defeated Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, a two-time winner of the seat, securing 14,192 votes, while Saroori received 13,552 votes.