Inderbir Singh Bolaria

Inderbir Singh Bolaria
MLA, Punjab
In office 2008 - 2022
Preceded by	Raminder Singh Bolaria
Succeeded by	Inderbir Singh Nijjar
Constituency	Amritsar South
Personal details
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Geetinder Kaur Bolaria
Residence	Amritsar
Website	www.facebook.com/inderbirsinghbolaria

Inderbir Singh Bolaria is an Indian politician and belongs to Indian national congress. He is a Chief Parliamentary Secretary (Education) of Punjab and member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represents Amritsar South.[1]

Family

He is son of Raminder Singh Bolaria, a former MLA from Amritsar South.[2]

Political career

Bolaria was elected to Punjab Legislative Assembly in Amritsar South constituency by-election in 2008, which was vacated due to death of sitting MLA and his father Raminder Singh Bolaria. He was re-elected as MLA from this constituency in 2012 and Punjab Government made him a Chief Parliamentary Secretary (Education) of Punjab.[2][3] He was re-elected in 2012.[1] Bolaria was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.[4]

Electoral performance

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Amritsar South[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Inderbir Singh Bolaria	47,581	50.96
	AAP	Inderbir Singh Nijjar	24923	26.7
	SAD	Gurpartap Singh Tikka	16596	17.78
	Independent	Maninder Pal Singh Palasour	1343	1.44
	CPI	Lakhwinder Singh	726	0.78
	BSP	Sushil Kumar	446	0.48
	NOTA	None of the above	723	0.77
Registered electors			148,809	[7]

Assembly Election, 2022: Amritsar South[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Inderbir Singh Nijjar[9]	53,053	50.1
	SAD	Talbir Singh	25550	24.13
	INC	Inderbir Singh Bolaria[10]	22467	21.22
	PLC	Harjinder Singh Thekedar	1566	1.48
	SAD(A)	Pritpal Singh	1204	1.14
	RRP	Ritish Khanna	64	0.06
	NOTA	None of the above	632	0.6
Majority			27503	25.97
Turnout
Registered electors			177,605	[11]

References

1. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
2. "Amritsar bids tearful adieu to Bolaria". The Indian Express. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
3. "SAD retains Amritsar South Assembly seat". The Hindu. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
4. PTI (11 November 2016). "SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
5. "Amritsar South Assembly election result, 2017". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
6. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
7. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
8. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
9. "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.
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 General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.