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| name = Balj Kaur<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|09|14|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Jaga Ram Tirath [[Talwandi Sabo]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
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| office = '''Member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/221|website=punjabassembly.nic.in|title=punjabassembly member|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref><br />
| term_start = 2017<ref name=hindu>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/punjab/talwandi-sabo/|title=Baljinder Kaur won from talwandi sabo|accessdate=12 April 2019|via=www.india.com}}</ref><br />
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| predecessor = Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu<br />
| successor = <br />
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| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]<br />
| spouse = Sukhraj Singh<br />
| children = <br />
| parents = Darshan Singh and Ranjit Kaur<br />
| constituency = [[Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency|Talwandi Sabo]] <br />
}}<br />
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'''Baljinder Kaur''' is an Indian politician and member of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) representing [[Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency]]. She is a member of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Kaur did her [[M. Phil]]. from [[Punjabi University]], [[Patiala]] in 2009. Before entering politics she was a professor of English at Mata Gujri College at [[Fatehgarh Sahib]].<ref>[https://aamaadmiparty.org/teams/baljinder-kaur/ aamaadmiparty.org]</ref> She married Sukhraj Singh in February 2019; he is also a politician from [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/aap-mla-baljinder-kaur-engaged-to-party-youth-wing-leader-w/pics/articleshow/67428300.cms<br />
|title=AAP MLA Baljinder Kaur engaged to Party youth wing leader|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref><br />
She has one daughter.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
In 2011 Kaur joined the [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|Indian anti-corruption movement]] and in 2012 joined [[Aam Aadmi Party]]. The first time she contested bypoll election from [[Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency]] in 2014 but lost the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-punjab-by-poll-jeet-mohinder-singh-sidhu-wins-talwandi-sabo-assembly-seat-2013432|title=Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu wins talwandi sabo bypoll election}}</ref><br />
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==Member of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
===First term (2017-2022)===<br />
She was elected as the [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] in the [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2017 election]] she defeated Jeetmohinder Singh of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] with a margin of 19,293 votes.<br />
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In the [[2019 Indian general election]] in [[2019 Indian general election in Punjab|Punjab]] she was declared the candidate from [[Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency]] by the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/punjab/aap-names-talwandi-sabo-mla-baljinder-kaur-as-its-bathinda-candidate/757344.html|title=AAP names talwandi sabo MLA Baljinder Kaur as its Bathinda candidate}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> However she lost the election and stood at third place.<br />
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She was the president of the women's wing of [[AAP Punjab]].<ref name="The Chosen 12 March 2022">{{cite news|last1=Goyal |first1=Divya |title=The Chosen 13: 'Padwoman', Moga's doctor among Punjab's women MLAs |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/punjab-elections-results-aap-victory-congress-sad-candidates-7816401/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=12 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref><br />
;[[15th Punjab Assembly#Committees|Committee assignments of 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly]]<br />
*Member (2020–21) [[Punjab Assembly Committee on Government Assurances|Committee on Government Assurances]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-14 |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=34&Itemid=119 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514050545/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=34&Itemid=119 |archive-date=14 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
* Member [[Punjab Assembly Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library|Library Committee]]<ref name="Bio Profile">Punjab Bio-profile of Assembly</ref><br />
* Member [[Punjab Assembly Committee on Subordinate Legislation|Committee on Subordinate Legislation]]<ref name="Bio Profile" /><br />
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===Second term (2022-present)===<br />
The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the [[sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly]] by winning 92 out of [[List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|117 seats]] in the [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]. MP [[Bhagwant Mann]] was sworn in as [[List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]] on 16 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=16 March 2022 |title=AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/punjab-assembly/aaps-bhagwant-mann-sworn-in-as-punjab-cm/article65230309.ece |access-date=22 March 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
;[[16th Punjab Assembly#Committees|Committee assignments of 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly]]<br />
*Chairperson (2022–23) [[Punjab Assembly Committee on Questions & References|Committee on Questions & References]]<ref name="Committee on Questions & References">{{cite web |title=Vidhan Sabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=37&Itemid=119 |website=punjabassembly.nic.in}}</ref><br />
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==Electoral performance for Punjab Assembly==<br />
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