Bholath Assembly constituency

Bholath
Constituency No. 26 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictKapurthala
LS constituencyHoshiarpur
Total electors136,413 (in 2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2022

Bholath Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 26) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency of Bholath in Kapurthala district, Punjab state, India.[1] Sukhpal Khaira won this seat on Aam Aadmi Party party ticket in 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election but later on created a new party Punjab Ekta Party in 2019, and later, in June 2021, he joined the Indian National Congress.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1992 Jagtar Singh Indian National Congress
1997 Bibi Jagir Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal
2002
2007 Sukhpal Singh Khaira Indian National Congress
2012 Bibi Jagir Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal
2017 Sukhpal Singh Khaira[2] Aam Aadmi Party
2022 Indian National Congress

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Bholath[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sukhpal Singh Khaira 37,254 41.15
SAD Bibi Jagir Kaur 28029 30.96
AAP Ranjeet Singh Rana 13612 15.03
SAD(A) Rajinder Singh Fauji 7583 8.38
Majority 9225 10.19
Registered electors 136,413 [4]

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Bholath[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Sukhpal Singh Khaira 48,873 49.9
SAD Yuvraj Bhupinder Singh 40,671 41.53
INC Ranjit Singh Rana 5,923 6.05
SAD(A) Rajinder Singh Fauji 708 0.72
BSP Satpal 513 0.52
APP Gurbinder Singh 403 0.41
Democratic Bharatiya Samaj Party Gurdeep Singh 176 0.18 {{{change}}}
DPIA (A) Satpal Kimti 170 0.17
NCP Raman Kumar 124 0.13
NOTA None of the above 379 0.39
Registered electors 130,808 [5]

Previous results

Year A C No. Winner Party Votes Runner Up Party Votes
2012 26 Bibi Jagir Kaur SAD 49,392 Sukhpal Singh Khaira INC 42,387
2007 39 Sukhpal Singh Khaira INC 48,072 Bibi Jagir Kaur SAD 39,208
2002 40 Bibi Jagir Kaur SAD 41,937 Sukhpal Singh Khaira INC 30,559
1997 40 Bibi Jagir Kaur SAD 53,168 Sukhpal Singh Khaira INC 25,141
1992 40 Jagtar Singh INC 2,865 Roop Singh BSP 649
1985 40 Sukhjinder Singh Khaira SAD 29,693 Jagtar Singh INC 21,047
1980 40 Sukhjinder Singh Khaira SAD 26,686 Naranjan Singh INC (I) 21,902
1977 40 Sukhjinder Singh Khaira SAD 29,390 Bawa Harnam Singh IND 16,244

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. ^ "ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਧਨਸਭਾ ਚੋਣਾਂ 2022 ਭੋਲੱਥ".
  4. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  5. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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