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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dr.Raj Kumar Chabbewal
| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| website = {{Facebook|rajkumarchabbewal05}}
| profession = Doctor
| mother = Smt Simro Devi
| father = Late Shri Darshan Singh
| children = 2
| term_start2 = 11 Mar 2017
| term_end2 = 15 March 2024
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|5|8|df=y}}
| successor2 = [[Ishank Kumar Chabbewal]]
| office1 = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader of the Opposition of]] [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| leader1 = [[Partap Singh Bajwa]]
| predecessor1 = [[Saravjit Kaur Manuke]]
| successor1 = [[Aruna Chaudhary]]
| term_start1 = 10 April 2022
| term_end1 = 15 March 2024
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 4 June 2024
| term_end =
| constituency = [[Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Hoshiarpur]]
| predecessor = [[Som Prakash]]
| constituency2 = [[Chabbewal Assembly constituency|Chabbewal]]
| office2 = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor2 = Dr. Raj Kumar
| office3 = Chairperson, Congress’s Scheduled Caste (SC) Department, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| term_start3 = 2015
| term_end3 = 2024
| image =
| birth_place = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]
| spouse = Dr. Harbans Kaur
}}

'''Raj Kumar Chabbewal''' (born 8 May 1969) is an Indian politician from Punjab. He became a member of the Parliament from [[Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency]] winning the [[2024 Indian general election in Punjab]] representing [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/152 |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=punjabassembly.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chabbewal, Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Chabbewal में INC ने AAP को हराया |url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/story/chabbewal-assembly-election-results-2022-live-updates-punjab-vidhan-sabha-chunav-result-winner-loser-news-in-hindi-1425363-2022-03-10 |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Aaj Tak |language=hi}}</ref><ref name="Party changers {{!}} Shifting hues">{{cite news |date=13 July 2024 |title=Party changers {{!}} Shifting hues |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-party-changers-shifting-hues-2565842-2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302190555/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-party-changers-shifting-hues-2565842-2024-07-13 |archive-date=2 March 2025 |access-date=22 March 2025 |publisher=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Chabbewal joined the [[Indian National Congress]] in 2009. He was first elected to the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] from [[Chabbewal Assembly constituency|Chabbewal]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-11 |title=Punjab elections result 2017: Full list of constituencies and their winners |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/punjab-assembly-elections-2017/punjab-election-results-full-list-of-constituencies-and-candidates-winner-list-4562447/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-21 |title=Preferred over bigwigs, Congress bets big on this doctor |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/preferred-over-bigwigs-congress-bets-big-on-this-doctor/story-rr9v0osZrVDhn8MRyHOXWN.html |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, he was re-elected from the same constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Chabbewal Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Dr. Rajkumar of INC Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/chabbewal-election-result-2022-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-4853288.html |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=Constituency watch: Chabbewal |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/constituency-watch-chabbewal-367248 |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref> On 10 April 2022 he was made the deputy CLP leader of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=Apr 10, 2022 |title=Sonia Gandhi names Rahul loyalist Warring Punjab Congress chief {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sonia-gandhi-names-rahul-loyalist-warring-punjab-congress-chief/articleshow/90754701.cms |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> Chabbewal was appointed the Chairperson of Congress's Scheduled Caste (SC) Department, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] in 2015. He was also a member of [[All India Congress Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-10 |title=All Rahul's men: The new-look Punjab Congress leadership |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/political-pulse/punjab-congress-leadership-rahuls-gandhi-amrinder-singh-raja-warring-7862929/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==MLA==
He was elected as MLA in 2022. 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>

==Electoral performance ==
=== 2024 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: [[Hoshiarpur]]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal
|votes = 3,03,859
|percentage = 32.04
|change = {{increase}}27.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Yamini Gomar
|votes = 2,59,748
|percentage = 27.39
|change = {{decrease}}10.24
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Anita Som Parkash
|votes = 1,99,994
|percentage = 21.09
|change = {{decrease}}21.43
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal
|candidate = [[Sohan Singh Thandal]]
|votes = 91,789
|percentage = 9.68
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Ranjit Kumar
|votes = 48,214
|percentage = 5.08
|change = {{decrease}}7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
|candidate = Jaswant Singh Fouji
|votes = 20,923
|percentage = 2.21
|change = ''New''
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 5,552
|percentage = 0.59
|change = {{decrease}}0.71
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 44,111
|percentage = 4.65
|change = {{decrease}}0.24
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,48,485
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors =16,01,826 |ref = }}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Aam Aadmi Party
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = {{increase}}27.51
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{transcluded section|source=Chabbewal Assembly constituency}}
{{#section:Chabbewal Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2022}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Facebook|rajkumarchabbewal05}}
{{18th LS members from Punjab}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chabbewal, Raj Kumar}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027]]
[[Category:Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:India MPs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election]]

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