Jalalabad, Fazilka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jalalabad Assembly Constituency
Election Constituency
for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
District Fazilka
Region Punjab, India
Electorate 1,94,511 (2017)
Current constituency
Created 1967

Jalalabad Assembly Constituency (Sl. No.: 79) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Fazilka district, Punjab state, India.[1]

Notable politicians

Sukhbir Singh Badal, son of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has been member from Jalalabad Vidhan Sabha constituency from 2009. He is Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab since 2009 for two terms.

Sher Singh Ghubaya who won twice from Jalalabad constituency, became a member of the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India in 2009. He was elected to the Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency of Punjab in 2009 and vacated his seat from Jalalabad.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Chronological list of members of Punjab Legislative Assembly Jalalabad.[3]

№ Name Portrait Term of office Political party
(Alliance)
1 P. Singh 1967 1969 CPI
2 Lajinder Singh 1969 1972 INC
3 Mehtab Singh 1972 1977 CPI
4 Mehtab Singh 1977 1980 CPI
5 Manga Singh 1980 1985 INC (I)
6 Mehtab Singh 1985 1987 CPI
President's Rule 1987 1992 Governor of Punjab
7 Hans Raj Josan 1992 1997 INC
8 Sher Singh 1997 2002 SAD
9 Hans Raj Josan 2002 2007 INC
10 Sher Singh 2007 2009 SAD
11 Sukhbir Singh Badal 2009 2012
12 2012 2017
13 2017 Incumbent

Election results

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Jalalabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SAD Sukhbir Singh Badal 75,271 44.53
AAP Bhagwant Mann 56,771 33.58
INC Ravneet Singh Bittu 31,539 18.66
CPI Surinder Singh 1,743 1.03
IND. Balwinder Singh 653 0.38
NOTA None of the Above 1,112 0.66
Majority 18,500 10.95
Turnout 1,69,049 86.91
SAD hold Swing
Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Jalalabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SAD Sukhbir Singh Badal 80,647 53.98
IND. Hans Raj Josan 30,401 20.35
INC Malkit Singh 17,970 12.03
PPoP Dr. Raj Singh 6,735 4.51
IND. Gurbir Singh 5,566 3.73
Majority 50,246 33.63
Turnout 1,49,395 86.82
SAD hold Swing
Punjab Legislative Assembly By Election, 2009: Jalalabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SAD Sukhbir Singh Badal 1,07,120 79.00
INC Hans Raj Josan 26,458 19.51
IND. Baldev Singh 584 0.43
AD Kulwinder Singh 363 0.27
IND. Jagdish Kumar 353 0.26
Majority 80,662 59.49
Turnout 1,35,590 81.22
SAD hold Swing

See also

Punjab Legislative Assembly

References

  1. ↑ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sher Singh, Rapid rise low profile". Retrieved 24 Jan 2017 – via Hindustan Times.
  3. ↑ "Elections in India - Jalalabad (Punjab)". Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.


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