Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
General Secretary of
AICC for Rajasthan
Assumed office
December 2022
Preceded byAjay Maken
Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
In office
20 September 2021 – 16 March 2022
Serving with Om Parkash Soni
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channi
Preceded bySukhbir Singh Badal
Member of Legislative Assembly, Punjab
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byNirmal Singh Kahlon
ConstituencyDera Baba Nanak
Personal details
Born (1959-02-01) 1 February 1959 (age 65)
Dharowali, Gurdaspur district Punjab, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Residence(s)Awakha, Gurdaspur, Punjab, India

Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa (born 1 February 1959) is an Indian politician who was the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab. He is also a member of Indian National Congress and Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represents Dera Baba Nanak.[1][2][3]

Early life

Sukhjinder Singh was born on 1 February 1959 at Dharowali village, tehsil Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district.[4] His father's name is Santokh Singh who served as Punjab congress chief twice and was one of the most senior congressmen in his time. Sukhjinder completed his Matric education from Government school Chandigarh in 1975.[5]

Political career

Randhawa first successfully contested Punjab Legislative Assembly from Fatehgarh Churian in 2002 defeating Akali dal's Nirmal Singh Kahlon.[6] In 2012, he was elected from new constituency Dera Baba Nanak.[1] He was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest as part of their decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.[7]

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Dera Baba Nanak Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[8]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Dera Baba Nanak Assembly constituency. (edit | history)
Punjab Assembly election, 2022: 10. Dera Baba Nanak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa[10] 52,555 36.41
SAD Ravikaran Singh Kahlon 52089 36.08
AAP Gurdeep Singh Randhawa [11]
NOTA None of the above
Majority 466 0.33
Turnout
Registered electors 194,613 [12]
INC hold
Punjab Assembly election, 2017: 10. Dera Baba Nanak[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa 60385 42.83
SAD Sucha Singh Langah 59191 41.98
AAP Gurpartap Singh Khushalpur 17222 12.21
NOTA None of the above 961 0.68
Majority 1194
Turnout
Registered electors 183,088 [14]
INC hold
Punjab Assembly election, 2012: 10. Dera Baba Nanak[15][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa 66,294 50.22
SAD Sucha Singh 63,354 47.99
Majority 3060
Turnout
INC gain from SAD

References

  1. ^ a b "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  2. ^ "MLA' S Punjab". Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Punjab Congress Crisis Live Updates: New CLP leader likely to be announced today". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Personal information of MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa". Punjab Legislative Assembly official website. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Details of Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa". Association For Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  6. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  7. ^ "SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation". 11 November 2016.
  8. ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  9. ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Punjab Election 2022: Complete List of AAP Candidates, Check Names HERE". www.india.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  13. ^ a b Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  14. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Dera Baba Nanak Assembly election result, 2012". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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