Balkar Singh

For other people named Balkar Singh, see Balkar Singh (disambiguation).

Balkar Singh
MLA, Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
Constituency	Kartarpur
Majority	Aam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Residence	Punjab
Occupation	Politician,
Profession	retired Police officer

Balkar Singh is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Kartarpur Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2][3]

Balkar worked in the Punjab police and retired as Deputy Commissioner of Police from Jalandhar in January 2021.[4]

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Kartarpur 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.[5]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

• Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Accounts[6]
• Member (2022–23) Committee on Government Assurances[7]

Electoral performance

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Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Kartarpur[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	DCP Balkar Singh[9]	41830
	INC	Chaudhary Surinder Singh	37256
	BJP	Surinder Mahey	5518
	BSP	Advocate Balwinder Kumar	37256
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar	3608
	NOTA	None of the above	1137
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[10]

Controversy

In May 2024, The National Commission for Women called for a probe into allegations of sexual misconduct by Singh. He was accused of engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct during a video call with a 21-year woman seeking employment. [11]

References

1. "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
2. "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". News18. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
3. "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
4. "Kartarpur: I have already served this area for 8 years as cop, says Balkar Singh". Tribuneindia News Service. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
5. "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
6. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
7. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
8. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
9. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
10. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
11. "Punjab minister Balkar Singh in hot water over obscene video, NCW calls for urgent probe". Hindustan Times.

State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by -	Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Kartarpur Assembly constituency 2022 –	Incumbent