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{{Short description|Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly}}
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="The Indian Express">{{cite news |title='A dyed in wool third generation Congressman': Warring re-inducts Phillaur MLA Vikramjit Chaudhary into party |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/third-generation-congressman-warring-re-inducts-phillaur-mla-vikramjit-chaudhary-10045058/ |access-date=9 September 2025 |work=The Indian Express |date=3 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
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'''Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary''' is an Indian politician representing the [[Phillaur Assembly constituency]] in the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]. He is a member of [[Indian National Congress]] until he was suspended in 2024<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary: Members of Punjab Vidhan Sabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/202 |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Punjab Legislative Assembly}}</ref> and again re inducted in the party in June 2025.<ref name="The Indian Express">{{cite news |title='A dyed in wool third generation Congressman': Warring re-inducts Phillaur MLA Vikramjit Chaudhary into party |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/third-generation-congressman-warring-re-inducts-phillaur-mla-vikramjit-chaudhary-10045058/ |access-date=9 September 2025 |work=The Indian Express |date=3 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary was born in [[Ravidassia]] Family in Jalandhar and is the son of Jalandhar Member of Parliament [[Santokh Singh Chaudhary]] and former Director of Public Instruction (Colleges) Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, grandson of former Agriculture Minister of Punjab [[Master Gurbanta Singh]], nephew of former Local Government Minister [[Jagjit Singh (politician)|Chaudhary Jagjit Singh]] and cousin of former Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly [[Chaudhary Surinder Singh]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-21 |title=Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary: This golfer has big plans for Punjab's Phillaur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/jalandhar/vikramjit-singh-chaudhary-this-golfer-has-big-plans-for-phillaur-8163304/ |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He studied in Bishop Cotton School, Shimla and Government College, Jalandhar.<ref name=":1" /> He is married to Shveta Raj Chaudhary and has two daughters.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

== Political career ==
The Chaudhary family has contested every assembly election of Punjab since 1936.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-23 |title=Dalit icons of Punjab: The all-powerful Chaudharys of Doaba |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/dalit-icons-the-all-powerful-chaudharys-of-doaba/story-Zb5pms2aKYj0Ut7C31HybK.html |access-date=2022-10-02 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary started his political career with his election as the President of District Youth Congress, Jalandhar (Rural) in 2008. He was elected president of the Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress in December 2011. In 2013, he undertook ‘Adhikar Yatra’ in Punjab during which he walked 1108 kilometres in 30 days to meet the people and highlight the work done by Congress to empower and uplift them.<ref name=":1" /> He contested [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]], but lost to [[Baldev Singh Khaira]] of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]].{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

=== 2022 Punjab Assembly Elections ===
Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary won [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]] by defeating sitting MLA Baldev Singh Khaira by 12,303 votes,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India: Phillaur Assembly Constituency Result |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS1930.htm?ac=30 |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref> which was the highest winning margin in Phillaur constituency since India's Independence and the highest winning margin among Congress candidates in Punjab in the 2022 elections.<ref name=":1" />

==Assets and liabilities declared during elections==
During the [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]], he declared Rs. 7,98,07,230 as an overall financial asset and Rs. 35,96,360 as financial liability.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- PHILLAUR (SC)(JALANDHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/punjab2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=962 |website=www.myneta.info |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>

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