Kulwant Singh Bazigar

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

KULWANT SINGH
MLA, Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
Preceded by	Vaninder Kaur Loomba (SAD)
Constituency	Shutrana
Majority	Aam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Born	KULWANT SINGH KARIMNAGAR (Patiala)
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Residence	Punjab
Education	10th Standard
Occupation	FARMER
Profession	POLITICIAN

Kulwant Singh Bazigar is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Shutrana Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2] He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[3]

Political career

Bazigar represents the Shutrana Assembly constituency since 2022 after winning the election.

In the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election he contested from Shutrana as a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and defeated Shiromani Akali Dal's candidate and the former MLA from the constituency, Vaninder Kaur Loomba by a large margin of 51,554 votes.[4]

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Shutrana 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 Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes[6]

Electoral performance

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Shutrana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Kulwant Singh Bazigar[7]	81,751	59.35
	SAD	Vaninder Kaur Loomba	30197	21.92
	INC	Darbara Singh[8]	11353	8.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1536	1.12
Majority			51554	37.43
Turnout			137739	75.54
Registered electors			182,335	[9]
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

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. "AAP makes a clean sweep in Patiala district". Tribuneindia News Service. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 13 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. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
8. "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.
9. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Vaninder Kaur Loomba (SAD)	Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Shutrana Assembly constituency 2022 –	Incumbent