Parlad Singh Sawhney

Parlad Singh Sawhney
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Chandni Chowk
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byAlka Lamba
In office
1998–2015
Preceded byVasudev Kaptan
Succeeded byAlka Lamba
Personal details
Born (1950-03-15) 15 March 1950 (age 74)
Delhi, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party (present), Indian National Congress (1998-2019)
SpouseRanjit Kaur (m. 1981)
ChildrenPunardeep Singh Sahni and Gursahiba Kaur
Residence(s)H. No. 1B Ashok Apartments, 7, Rajpur Road, Delhi.
EducationGraduate
ProfessionBusinessman

Parlad Singh Sawhney (born 15 March 1950) is an Indian politician and 5th term member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly belonging to Aam Aadmi Party.[1]

Political career

Parlad Singh Sawhney contested first municipal corporation election in 1977 from Mori Gate ward and lost by 100 votes. In 1983 he won municipal election from same Municipal ward & was made chairman Civil Lines zone from 1983 to 1990 and then repeatedly contested the Chandni Chowk Vidhan Sabha Constituency since 1998 till 2015. In 2015 he lost to Alka Lamba in 2015 Assembly Elections. He was elected for the Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi in 1998, defeating runner-up Viresh Pratap Chaudhary (BJP) by 8,162 votes.[2] In the 2003 state assembly election, he further improved his margin of victory from the last election, winning against runner-up Dharamvir Sharma (BJP) by a margin of 10,866 votes.[3] In the 2008 state assembly election, he defeated runner-up candidate Praveen Khandelwa (BJP) by a margin of 8,019 votes.[4] In 2013 state legislative assembly election, he defeated Suman Kumar Gupta (BJP) by a margin of 8,243 votes.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Delhi Assembly Election Results (70/70)". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. ^ "1998 Election Commission of India" (PDF).
  3. ^ "2003 Election Commission of India" (PDF).
  4. ^ 2008 Election Commission of India
  5. ^ Lost seat in 2015 to Ms. Alka Lamba of Aam Aadmi Party 2013 Election Commission of India Archived 28 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine