Ajnala
Constituency No. 11 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictAmritsar
LS constituencyAmritsar
Established1951
Total electors157,161 (in 2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAam Aadmi Party
Elected year2022

Ajnala Assembly constituency (Sl. No.:11) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar district, Punjab state, India.[1]

List of MLAs

Members of Punjab Legislative Assembly Ajnala.[2]

No. Name Portrait Term of office Party
(Alliance)
1 Achhar Singh Chhina 1952 1957 Communist Party of India
2 1957 1962
3 Harindar Singh 1962 1967 Indian National Congress
4 D. Singh 1967 1969 Communist Party of India
5 Harinder Singh 1969 1972 Indian National Congress
6 Harcharan Singh Ajnala 1972 1977
7 Shashpal Singh 1977 1980 Shiromani Akali Dal
8 Harcharan Singh Ajnala 1980 1985 Indian National Congress
9 Dr. Rattan Singh 1985 1987 Shiromani Akali Dal
President's Rule 1987 1992 -
10 Harcharn Singh Ajnala 1992 1994 Indian National Congress
11 Dr. Rattan Singh 1994 1997 Independent
12 1997 2002 Shiromani Akali Dal
13 2002 2005
14 Harpartap Singh 2005 2007 Indian National Congress
15 Amarpal Singh Ajnala 2007 2012 Shiromani Akali Dal
16 2012 2017
17 Harpartap Singh 2017 2022 Indian National Congress
18 Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Ajnala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal 43,555 35.69
SAD Amarpal Singh Ajnala 35,712 29.26
INC Harpratap Singh Ajnala[3] 33,853 27.74
SAD(A) Amrik Singh 2,185 1.79 Increase1.48
NOTA None of the above 824 0.68
Majority 7,843 6.43
Turnout 122,038 76.9
Registered electors 158,691 [4]
AAP gain from INC Swing

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Ajnala[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harpratap Singh Ajnala 61,378 50.79
SAD Amarpal Singh Ajnala 42,665 35.31
AAP Rajpreet Singh 12,749 10.55
BSP Balwinder Singh 860 0.71
Independent Rattan Singh 502 0.42
CPI(M) Gurnam Singh 411 0.34
Independent Dhanwant Singh 404 0.33
SAD(A) Amrik Singh 380 0.31
Independent Nirmal Singh 308 0.25
Registered electors 147,471 [7]

Previous Results

Year A C No. Name Party Votes Runner Up Party Votes
2012 11 Amarpal Singh Ajnala Shiromani Akali Dal 55864 Harpartap Singh Indian National Congress 54629
2007 19 Amarpal Singh Ajnala Shiromani Akali Dal 56560 Harpartap Singh Indian National Congress 46359
2005 19 Harpartap Singh Indian National Congress 66661 Amarpal Singh Ajnala Shiromani Akali Dal 47415
2002 20 Rattan Singh Ajnala Shiromani Akali Dal 47182 Harpartap Singh Indian National Congress 46826
1997 20 Rattan Singh Ajnala Shiromani Akali Dal 50705 Rajbir Singh Indian National Congress 48994
1994 20 Rattan Singh Ajnala Shiromani Akali Dal 46856 Rajbir Singh Indian National Congress 36542
1992 20 Harcharn Singh Indian National Congress 8893 Bhagwan Dass Bhartiya Janta Party 1461
1985 20 Rattan Singh Ajnala Shiromani Akali Dal 35552 Ajaib Singh Indian National Congress 16594
1980 20 Harcharan Singh Indian National Congress 27840 Shashpal Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 24399
1977 20 Shashpal Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 28627 Harcharan Singh Indian National Congress 26591
1972 29 Harcharan Singh Indian National Congress 41045 Dalip Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 15918
1969 29 Harinder Singh Indian National Congress 27642 Dalip Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 21716
1967 29 Dalip Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 20932 Inderjit Singh Indian National Congress 12385
1962 119 Harindar Singh Indian National Congress 33236 Dalip Singh Communist Party of India 12089
1957 69 Achhar Singh Communist Party of India 11649 Shashpal Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 10988
1951 86 Achhar Singh Communist Party of India 10458 Harinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 10354

See also

References

  1. ^ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Ajnala constituency results". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Ajnala Assembly election result, 2012". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  6. ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  7. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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