Lehra Assembly constituency

Lehra
Constituency No. 99 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictSangrur
LS constituencySangrur
Total electors173,020[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAam Aadmi Party
Elected year2022

Lehra Assembly constituency is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Sangrur district, Punjab state, India.[2]

Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (INC), who was the first and only female Chief minister of Punjab. She won five consecutive times from Lehra constituency from 1992.[3]

List of MLAs

Members of Punjab Legislative Assembly Lehra.[4]

№ Name Portrait Term of office Political party
(Alliance)
1 Pritam Singh 1962 1967 Indian National Congress
2 Brish Bhan 1967 1969
3 Harchand Singh 1969 1970 Shiromani Akali Dal
4 H. Singh 1970 1972
5 Harish Bhan 1972 1977 Indian National Congress
6 Chitwant Singh 1977 1980 Independent politician
7 Amar Singh 1980 1985 Communist Party of India
8 Inderjit Singh 1985 1987 Shiromani Akali Dal
President's Rule 1987 1992 Governor of Punjab
9 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 1992 1997 Indian National Congress
10 1997 2002
11 2002 2007
12 2007 2012
13 2012 2017
14 Parminder Singh Dhindsa[5] 2017 2022 Shiromani Akali Dal
15 Barinder Kumar Goyal[1] 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Lehra[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Barinder Kumar Goyal[6] 60,058 43.59 Increase
SAD(S) Parminder Singh Dhindsa 33540 24.34 Increase
INC Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 20450 14.84 Decrease
SAD Gobind Singh Longowal 12038 8.74 Decrease
SAD(M) Sher Singh 4991 3.62
Independent Satwant Singh 1546 1.12
NOTA None of the above 1071 0.78
Majority 26518 19.25
Turnout 137776 79.63
Registered electors 173,020 [7]

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Lehra[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SAD Parminder Singh Dhindsa 65,550
INC Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 38735
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [8]

2012

Punjab Assembly election, 2012: Lehra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 44,706 37.27
SAD Sukhwant Singh 41351 34.48
PPoP Bhagwant Mann 26136 21.79
BSP Jagjit Singh 3232 2.69
Independent Rajvir Singh 1725 1.44
Majority 3355
Turnout 119944 85.52
Registered electors [8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. ^ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Ex-CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal". 4 February 2017 – via Hindustan Times.
  4. ^ "Lehra Assembly constituency (Punjab)". Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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