| Malout | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 85 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Sri Muktsar Sahib |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Firozpur |
| Total electors | 176,573[1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Malout is one of the 117 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Punjab state in India.[2][3] It is part of Sri Muktsar Sahib district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes since 1977. There have been calls from some local leaders and residents to review the reservation status, citing that it has remained reserved for a considerably very long period.
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Teja Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| [[1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Parkash Singh | ||
| [[1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Gurmit Singh | ||
| [[1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | |||
| [[1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | |||
| [[1972 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Gurbinder Kaur | ||
| [[1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Daua Ram | Communist Party of India | |
| [[1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Matu Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| [[1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Shiv Chand | Indian National Congress | |
| [[1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Baldev Singh Ballamgarh | United Communist Party of India | |
| [[1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Sujan Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | |
| [[2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Nathu Ram | Communist Party of India | |
| [[2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | Harpreet Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | |
| [[2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Template:Vanchor]] | |||
| 2017 | Ajaib Singh Bhatti[4] | Indian National Congress | |
| 2022 | Baljit Kaur | Aam Aadmi Party | |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2022[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Baljit Kaur | 77,370 | 55.6 | ||
| SAD | Harpreet Singh | 37,109 | 26.67 | ||
| INC | Prof. Rupinder Kaur Ruby | 17,652 | 12.68 | ||
| PLC | Karanvir Singh | 1,169 | 0.9 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 897 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 40,261 | 28.93 | |||
| Turnout | 139,167 | ||||
| Registered electors | 176,919 | ||||
| AAP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2017[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajaib Singh Bhatti | 49,098 | 36.1 | ||
| SAD | Darshan Singh | 44,109 | 32.4 | ||
| AAP | Principal Baldev Singh | 38,663 | 28.4 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 899 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 4,989 | 3.7 | |||
| Turnout | 135,295 | 82.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 164,832 | ||||
| INC gain from SAD | |||||
1957[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Parkash Singh Badal | 39,255 | |||
| Independent | Ujjagar Singh | 13,571 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| INC gain from [[|N/A]] | |||||
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Voter Turnout Report - General Elections to Punjab Vidhan Sabha, 2022". Chief Election Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 13 March 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Record of all Punjab Assembly Election results". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.