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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
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| name         = Kotkapura
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| parl_name    = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| name = Kotkapura
| mla          = [[Kultar Singh Sandhwan]]
| constituency_no = 88
| party        = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| type = SLA
| year        = [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
| state = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| state       = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| district = [[Faridkot district|Faridkot]]
| district     = [[Faridkot district|Faridkot]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency|Faridkot]]
| constituency = [[Faridkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Faridkot]]
| electors = {{formatnum:159646}}<ref name="electorate2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.ceopunjab.gov.in/DownLoadDocument?t=2294&l=En&q=election |title=Voter Turnout Report - General Elections to Punjab Vidhan Sabha, 2022 |publisher=Chief Election Officer, Punjab |access-date=13 March 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{update after|2027|6}}
| reservation  = None
| reservation = None
| electors     = {{formatnum:159646}}<ref name="electorate2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.ceopunjab.gov.in/DownLoadDocument?t=2294&l=En&q=election |title=Voter Turnout Report - General Elections to Punjab Vidhan Sabha, 2022 |publisher=Chief Election Officer, Punjab |access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref>{{update after|2027|6}}
| mla = [[Kultar Singh Sandhwan]]<Br>{{Small|[[List of speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|18th Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]}}
| party = [[File:AAP Symbol.png|20px]] {{Party index link|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| alliance = [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|I.N.D.I.A.]]
| latest_election_year = [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
| preceded_by = Mantar Singh Brar<br>[[File:Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg|20px]] {{Party index link|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| incumbent_image = File:S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan.jpg
}}
}}
'''Kotkapura Assembly constituency''' is one of the 117 [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] state in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/lpac.aspx |title=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 |author=Chief Electoral Officer – Punjab |date=19 June 2006 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |title=List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies |accessdate=19 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423033326/http://ceopunjab.nic.in/english/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |archivedate=23 April 2016 }}</ref>
 
It is part of [[Faridkot district|Faridkot]] district.
'''Kotkapura Assembly constituency''' also known as '''Kot Kapura Assembly constituency''' is one of the 117 [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] state in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/lpac.aspx |title=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 |author=Chief Electoral Officer – Punjab |date=19 June 2006 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |title=List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies |accessdate=19 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423033326/http://ceopunjab.nic.in/english/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |archivedate=23 April 2016 }}</ref> It is part of [[Faridkot district]].


== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
=== [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
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!colspan="2"|Party
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|-
|[[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2017]]  
! colspan="4" |Kot Kapura Jaitu Assembly constituency
| rowspan=2|[[Kultar Singh Sandhwan]]<ref name=election2017/>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election|1951]] (Two member Constituency)
|Ranjit Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|Manjit Inder Singh
|
|Independent
|-
! colspan="4" |Kot Kapura Assembly constituency (SC)
|-
|[[1954 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election|1954]]
|Kanwar Manjit Inder Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}
 
Constituency didn't exist (1956-67)
 
=== [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|H. Singh
|
|[[Fateh Singh (Sikh leader)|Shiromani Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh]]
|-
|[[1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|[[Harcharan Singh Brar|Harcharan Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1972 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jaswinder Singh Brar|Jaswinder Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|-
|[[1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Bhagwan Dass
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Mohinder Singh Brar
|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|-
|[[1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1992]]
|Upinder Kumar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1997]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Mantar Singh Brar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
|-
|[[2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2007]]
|Ripjit Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
|[[Mantar Singh Brar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|-
|[[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Kultar Singh Sandhwan]]<ref name="election2017" />
|{{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=2}}
|{{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
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=== 2022 ===
=== 2022 ===
<!-- this section is transcluded on Electoral history of the MLA --> <section begin="Assembly Election 2022"/>
<!-- this section is transcluded on Electoral history of the MLA --> <section begin="Assembly Election 2022"/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Assembly election, 2022]]: }}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Assembly election, 2022]]: Kotkapura}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |party      = Aam Aadmi Party
   |party      = Aam Aadmi Party
   |candidate  = Kultar Singh Sandhwan<ref name="2022 Punjab AAP candidates">{{cite news |title=Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/punjab-elections-2022-full-list-of-aam-aadmi-party-candidates/2404732/ |access-date=23 January 2022 |work=The Financial Express |date=21 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
   |candidate  = [[Kultar Singh Sandhwan]]<ref name="2022 Punjab AAP candidates">{{cite news |title=Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/punjab-elections-2022-full-list-of-aam-aadmi-party-candidates/2404732/ |access-date=23 January 2022 |work=The Financial Express |date=21 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
   |votes      =54009  
   |votes      = {{formatnum:54009}}
   |percentage = 43.81
   |percentage = 43.81
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}  
}}  
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |candidate  = Ajaypal Singh Sandhu
   |candidate  = [[Ajaypal Singh Sandhu]]
   |votes      = 32879
   |votes      = {{formatnum:32879}}
   |percentage = 26.67
   |percentage = 26.67
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}  
}}  
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Shiromani Akali Dal
   |party      = Shiromani Akali Dal
   |candidate  =  Mantar Singh Brar  
   |candidate  =  [[Mantar Singh Brar]]
   |votes      =  
   |votes      = {{formatnum:29576}}
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 24.2
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
  |candidate  = Jaskaran Singh Kahan Singh Wala
  |votes      = {{formatnum:2606}}
  |percentage = 2.1
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Punjab Lok Congress
  |candidate  = Dargesh Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1045}}
  |percentage = 0.9
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |candidate  = [[None of the above]]
   |candidate  = [[None of the above]]
   |party      = None of the above
   |party      = None of the above
   |votes      =  
   |votes      = {{formatnum:889}}
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 0.6
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
   |votes      = 21130
   |votes      = {{formatnum:21130}}
   |percentage = 17.14
   |percentage = 17.14
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 123267
   |votes      = {{formatnum:123267}}
   |percentage = 76.93
   |percentage = 76.93
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors
{{Election box registered electors
   |reg. electors = {{formatnum:}}  
   |reg. electors = {{formatnum:160216}}  
   |ref=<ref name="Punjab Election 2022">{{cite web |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2022 |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/14165-punjab-general-legislative-election-2022/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>
   |ref=<ref name="Punjab Election 2022">{{cite web |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2022 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14165-punjab-general-legislative-election-2022/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing    |winner    = Aam Aadmi Party    |swing      =  }}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing    |winner    = Aam Aadmi Party    |swing      =  }}
{{Election box end}}<section end="Assembly Election 2022"/>
{{Election box end}}<section end="Assembly Election 2022" />


=== 2017 ===
=== 2017 ===
<!-- this section is transcluded on Electoral history of the MLA --> <section begin="Assembly Election 2017"/>  
<!-- this section is transcluded on Electoral history of the MLA --> <section begin="Assembly Election 2017"/>  
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Assembly election, 2017]]: Kotkapura<ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2017 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Assembly election, 2017]]: Kotkapura<ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2017 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Kultar Singh Sandhwan
   |candidate  = [[Kultar Singh Sandhwan]]
   |party      = Aam Aadmi Party
   |party      = Aam Aadmi Party
   |votes      =  
   |votes      = {{formatnum:47401}}
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 38.8
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |candidate  = Bhai Harnirpal Singh Kukku
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |votes      = {{formatnum:37326}}
  |percentage = 30.5
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |candidate  = [[Mantar Singh Brar]]
  |party      = Shiromani Akali Dal
  |votes      = {{formatnum:33895}}
  |percentage = 27.7
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |candidate  = [[None of the above]]
   |candidate  = [[None of the above]]
   |party      = None of the above
   |party      = None of the above
   |votes      =  
   |votes      = {{formatnum:674}}
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 0.4
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
   |votes      =  
   |votes      = {{formatnum:10075}}
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 8.3
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
   |votes      =  
   |votes      = {{formatnum:121629}}
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 80.5
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors
{{Election box registered electors
   |reg. electors = {{formatnum:}}
   |reg. electors = {{formatnum:151950}}
   |ref=<ref name=electors2017>{{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/VS2017/D03-Electors%20and%20Polling%20Stations%20VS%202017.pdf |title=Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017 |author=Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>
   |ref=<ref name=electors2017>{{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/VS2017/D03-Electors%20and%20Polling%20Stations%20VS%202017.pdf |title=Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017 |author=Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="Assembly Election 2017"/>
{{Election box end}}<section end="Assembly Election 2017" />


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Record of all Punjab Assembly Election results |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/86-punjab/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=14 March 2022}}  
* {{cite web |title=Record of all Punjab Assembly Election results |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/86-punjab/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=14 March 2022}}  
 
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Faridkot district]]
[[Category:Faridkot district]]
 
[[Category:Politics of Punjab, India]]
 
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
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[[Category:1951 establishments in East Punjab]]
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Kotkapura
Constituency No. 88 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictFaridkot
Lok Sabha constituencyFaridkot
Total electors159,646[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party   AAP  
AllianceI.N.D.I.A.
Elected year2022
Preceded byMantar Singh Brar
  SAD   

Kotkapura Assembly constituency also known as Kot Kapura Assembly constituency is one of the 117 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Punjab state in India.[2][3] It is part of Faridkot district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Patiala and East Punjab States Union[edit | edit source]

Year Member Party
Kot Kapura Jaitu Assembly constituency
1951 (Two member Constituency) Ranjit Singh Indian National Congress
Manjit Inder Singh Independent
Kot Kapura Assembly constituency (SC)
1954 Kanwar Manjit Inder Singh Indian National Congress

Constituency didn't exist (1956-67)

Punjab[edit | edit source]

Year Member Party
1967 H. Singh Shiromani Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh
1969 Harcharan Singh Indian National Congress
1972 Jaswinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
1977
1980 Bhagwan Dass Indian National Congress
1985 Mohinder Singh Brar Shiromani Akali Dal
1992 Upinder Kumar Indian National Congress
1997 Mantar Singh Brar Shiromani Akali Dal
2002
2007 Ripjit Singh Indian National Congress
2012 Mantar Singh Brar Shiromani Akali Dal
2017 Kultar Singh Sandhwan[4] Aam Aadmi Party
2022

Election results[edit | edit source]

2022[edit | edit source]

Template:Election box hold with party link no swing
Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Kotkapura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Kultar Singh Sandhwan[5] 54,009 43.81
INC Ajaypal Singh Sandhu 32,879 26.67
SAD Mantar Singh Brar 29,576 24.2
SAD(A) Jaskaran Singh Kahan Singh Wala 2,606 2.1
PLC Dargesh Kumar 1,045 0.9
NOTA None of the above 889 0.6
Majority 21,130 17.14
Turnout 123,267 76.93
Registered electors 160,216

2017[edit | edit source]

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Kotkapura[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Kultar Singh Sandhwan 47,401 38.8
INC Bhai Harnirpal Singh Kukku 37,326 30.5
SAD Mantar Singh Brar 33,895 27.7
NOTA None of the above 674 0.4
Majority 10,075 8.3
Turnout 121,629 80.5
Registered electors 151,950

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Voter Turnout Report - General Elections to Punjab Vidhan Sabha, 2022". Chief Election Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 13 March 2022.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ Chief Electoral Officer – Punjab (19 June 2006). "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". Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

External links[edit | edit source]

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