Chamkaur Sahib Assembly constituency

Chamkaur Sahib
Constituency No. 51 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Anandpur Sahib
Total electors	197,330 (in 2022)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Charanjit Singh
Party	AAP
Elected year	2022

Chamkaur Sahib is one of the 117 constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in the state of Punjab, India.^[1][2] It lies in Rupnagar district and is reserved for member of the Scheduled Castes.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1977	Satwant Sandu		Shiromani Akali Dal
1980
1985	Bhag Singh		Indian National Congress
1992	Shamsher Singh
1997	Satwant Sandhu		Shiromani Akali Dal
2002
2007	Charanjit Singh Channi		Independent politician
2012			Indian National Congress
2017[4]
2022[5]	Charanjit Singh		Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Assembly Election, 2022: Chamkaur Sahib

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Dr. Charanjit Singh	70,248	47.6
	INC	Charanjit Singh Channi[6]	62,306	42.22
	SAD(A)	Lakhvir Singh	6,974	4.73
	BSP	Harmohan Singh Sandhu	3,802	2.58
	BJP	Darshan Singh Shivjot	2,514	1.7	New
	NOTA	None of the above	713	0.48
Majority			7,942	5.38
Turnout			1,47,571
Registered electors			1,97,330	[7]
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

2017

Charanjit Singh Channi, who, in 2021, became the Chief Minister of Punjab, won the seat for third consecutive time.^{[4][8][9][10][11]}

Assembly Election, 2017: Chamkaur Sahib

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Charanjit Singh Channi	61,060	42.00
	AAP	Dr. Charanjit Singh	48,752	33.53
	SAD	Justice Nirmal Singh	31,452	21.63
	BSP	Rajinder Singh	1,610	1.11
	NOTA	None of the above	911	0.63
Majority			12,308	8.47
Turnout			1,45,399	77.78
Registered electors			186,932	[12]
	INC hold		Swing

2012

Assembly Election, 2012: Chamkaur Sahib

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Charanjit Singh Channi	54,640	41.26
	SAD	Jagmeet Kaur	50,981	38.50
	PPoP	Gurpreet Singh	13,408	10.12
	BSP	Rajinder Singh	9,164	6.92
	IND	Haripal	2,877	2.17
Majority			3,659	2.76
Turnout			1,32,430	79.78
	INC hold		Swing

Previous results

Year	A C No.	Name	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes
2007	66	Charanjit Singh Channi	IND	37946	Satwant Kaur Sandhu	SAD	36188
2002	67	Satwant Kaur Sandhu	SAD	33511	Bhag Singh	INC	24413
1997	67	Satwant Kaur Sandhu	SAD	40349	Nirmal Singh	SAD (M)	14205
1992	67	Shamsher Singh	INC	3641	Gurmukh Singh	BSP	2706
1985	67	Bhag Singh	INC	19928	Bimal Kaur	IND	18134
1980	67	Satwant Kaur Sandhu	SAD	23352	Karnail Singh	INC (I)	18277
1977	67	Satwant Kaur Sandhu	SAD	29223	Prithvi Singh Azad	INC	17463

See also

• List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
• Rupnagar district

References

1. "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. Delimitation Commission of India (19 June 2006). "Delimitation - Order No. 22" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
3. "List of Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Constituencies in the State of Punjab as determined by the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituency notification dated 19th June, 2006". Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
4. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
5. News18 (2022). "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
6. "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.
7. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
8. "Charanjit Singh(AAP):Constituency- CHAMKAUR SAHIB (SC)(RUPNAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
9. "Two MLAs, doctor lock horns in Chamkaur Sahib".
10. "Dr Charanjit Singh is AAP Choice from Chamkaur Sahib". 10 October 2016.
11. "Vidhan Sabha Elections‐2017 - List of Contesting Candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017.
12. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

External links

• "Record of all Punjab Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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