Dakha
Constituency No. 68 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictLudhiana
LS constituencyLudhiana
Total electors187,760 (in 2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyShiromani Akali Dal
Elected year2019

Dakha Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 68) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Ludhiana district, Punjab state, India.[1] Until 2008, Dakha constituency was reserved for SC candidates. Since 2012 election it was opened to all candidates. Manpreet Singh Ayali is the MLA from Dakha since 2019.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Picture Party
1967 Jagir Singh Indian National Congress
1969 Basant Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
1972
1977 Charanjit Singh
1980 Basant Singh
1985
1992 Malkiat Singh Dakha Indian National Congress
1997 Bikramjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
2002 Malkiat Singh Dakha Indian National Congress
2007 Darshan Singh Shivalik Shiromani Akali Dal
2012 Manpreet Singh Ayali
2017 Harvinder Singh Phoolka[2] Aam Aadmi Party
2019 ByPoll Manpreet Singh Ayali Shiromani Akali Dal
2022

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: 68. Dakha[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SAD Manpreet Singh Ayali 49,909 34.97
INC Captain Sandeep Singh Sandhu[4] 44102 30.9
AAP Dr KNS Kang 42994 30.12
NOTA None of the above 1171 0.82
Majority 5807 4.07
Turnout 142739 75.73
Registered electors 187,760 [5]
SAD hold

By election 2019

By-election, 2019: 68. Dakha[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SAD Manpreet Singh Ayali 66,297
INC Sandeep Singh Sandhu 51,625
LIP Sukhdev Singh Chak 8,441
AAP Amandeep Singh Mohie 2,804
NOTA None of the above 642
Majority
Turnout 1,31,798 71.35
SAD gain from AAP Swing

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: 68. Dakha[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Harvinder Singh Phoolka 58,923
SAD Manpreet Singh Ayali 54754
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors 179,549 [7]
AAP gain from SAD Swing

2012

Punjab Assembly election, 2012: 68. Dakha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SAD Manpreet Singh Ayali 72,208
INC Jasbir Singh Khangura 55820
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
SAD hold Swing

Past elections

Year A C No. Category Name Party Votes Runner Up Party Votes
2007 54 Dakha (SC) Darshan Singh Shivalik SAD 94807 Malkiat Singh Dakha INC 79006
2002 55 Dakha (SC) Malkiat Singh Dakha INC 51570 Darshan Singh Shivalik SAD 42844
1997 55 Dakha (SC) Bikramjit Singh SAD 64605 Malkit Singh Dakha INC 49495
1992 55 Dakha (SC) Malkiat Singh INC 4404 Ghanaya Lal BJP 1225
1985 55 Dakha (SC) Basant Singh SAD 39511 Mohinder Singh INC 23529
1980 55 Dakha (SC) Basant Singh SAD 31560 Jagjit Singh INC (I) 27113
1977 55 Dakha (SC) Charanjit Singh SAD 31908 Gurcharan Singh INC 20178
1972 65 Dakha (SC) Basant Singh SAD 25565 Harbans Singh Sayan INC 23372
1969 65 Dakha (SC) Basant Singh SAD 22641 Jagir Singh INC 11476
1967 65 Dakha (SC) Jagir Singh INC 18060 Basant Singh ADS 16903

See also

References

  1. ^ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  6. ^ Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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