Chamkaur Sahib
Constituency No. 51 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictRupnagar
LS constituencyAnandpur Sahib
Total electors197,330 (in 2022)
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAAP
Elected year2022

Chamkaur Sahib Assembly constituency is one of the 117 constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in the state of Punjab, India.[1][2] It lies in Rupnagar district and is reserved for member of the Scheduled Castes.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1977 Satwant Kaur Sandhu Shiromani Akali Dal
1980
1985 Bhag Singh Indian National Congress
1992 Shamsher Singh
1997 Satwant Kaur Sandhu Shiromani Akali Dal
2002
2007 Charanjit Singh Channi Independent politician
2012 Indian National Congress
2017[4]
2022[5] Charanjit Singh Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Assembly Election, 2022: Chamkaur Sahib
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Dr. Charanjit Singh 70,248 47.6
INC Charanjit Singh Channi[6] 62,306 42.22
SAD(A) Lakhvir Singh 6,974 4.73
BSP Ex. AIG Harmohan Singh Sandhu 3,802 2.58
BJP Shri Darshan Singh Shivjot 2,514 1.7
NOTA None of the above 713 0.48
Majority 7,942 5.38
Turnout 1,47,571
Registered electors 1,97,330 [7]
AAP gain from INC Swing

2017

Charanjit Singh Channi, who, in 2021, became the Chief Minister of Punjab, won the seat for third consecutive time.[4][8][9][10][11]

Assembly Election, 2017: Chamkaur Sahib
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Charanjit Singh Channi 61,060 42.00
AAP Dr. Charanjit Singh 48,752 33.53
SAD Justice Nirmal Singh 31,452 21.63
BSP Rajinder Singh 1,610 1.11
NOTA None of the above 911 0.63
Majority 12,308 8.47
Turnout 1,45,399 77.78
Registered electors 186,932 [12]
INC hold Swing

2012

Assembly Election, 2012: Chamkaur Sahib
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Charanjit Singh Channi 54,640 41.26
SAD Jagmeet Kaur 50,981 38.50
PPoP Gurpreet Singh 13,408 10.12
BSP Rajinder Singh 9,164 6.92
IND Haripal 2,877 2.17
Majority 3,659 2.76
Turnout 1,32,430 79.78
INC hold Swing

Previous results

Year A C No. Name Party Votes Runner Up Party Votes
2007 66 Charanjit Singh Channi IND 37946 Satwant Kaur Sandhu SAD 36188
2002 67 Satwant Kaur Sandhu SAD 33511 Bhag Singh INC 24413
1997 67 Satwant Kaur Sandhu SAD 40349 Nirmal Singh SAD (M) 14205
1992 67 Shamsher Singh INC 3641 Gurmukh Singh BSP 2706
1985 67 Bhag Singh INC 19928 Bimal Kaur IND 18134
1980 67 Satwant Kaur Sandhu SAD 23352 Karnail Singh INC (I) 18277
1977 67 Satwant Kaur Sandhu SAD 29223 Prithvi Singh Azad INC 17463

See also

References

  1. ^ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ^ Delimitation Commission of India (19 June 2006). "Delimitation - Order No. 22" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "List of Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Constituencies in the State of Punjab as determined by the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituency notification dated 19th June, 2006". Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ^ News18 (2022). "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.((cite news)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Charanjit Singh(AAP):Constituency- CHAMKAUR SAHIB (SC)(RUPNAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
  9. ^ "Two MLAs, doctor lock horns in Chamkaur Sahib".
  10. ^ "Dr Charanjit Singh is AAP Choice from Chamkaur Sahib". 10 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Vidhan Sabha Elections‐2017 - List of Contesting Candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017.
  12. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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