Jalalabad, Fazilka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jalalabad Assembly Constituency is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Fazilka district, Punjab state, India.[1]

Jalalabad Assembly Constituency
Election Constituency
for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
DistrictFazilka district
RegionPunjab, India
Current constituency
Created1967
PartyIndian National Congress
MLARaminder Singh Awla

Notable politicians

Hans Raj Josan, Former Minister of Punjab won twice from Jalalabad Constituency during 1992 to 1997 and 2002 to 2007.

Sukhbir Singh Badal, son of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, has been member from Jalalabad Vidhan Sabha constituency from 2009. He has been the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab since 2009 for two terms.

Sher Singh Ghubaya who won twice from Jalalabad constituency, became a member of the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India in 2009. He was elected to the Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency of Punjab in 2009 and vacated his seat from Jalalabad.[2]

Members of Legislative assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1967 Prem Singh Communist Party of India
1969 Lajinder Singh Indian National Congress
1972 Mehtab Singh Communist Party of India
1977 Mehtab Singh Communist Party of India
1980 Manga Singh Indian National Congress
1985 Mehtab Singh Communist Party of India
1992 Hans Raj Josan Indian National Congress
1997 Sher Singh Ghubaya Shiromani Akali Dal
2002 Hans Raj Josan Indian National Congress
2007 Sher Singh Ghubaya Shiromani Akali Dal
2009 Sukhbir Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal
2012 Sukhbir Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal
2017 Sukhbir Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal
2019 Raminder Singh Awla Indian National Congress

Election Results

Bye-election, 2019: Jalalabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Raminder Singh Awla 76,098
SAD Raj Singh Dibbipura 59,465
AAP Mohinder Singh 11,301
IND. Jagdeep Kamboj 5,836
NOTA None of the above 704
Majority
Turnout 1,54,368 75.25
INC gain from SAD Swing

Current and Previous MLA’s and their Runner Up’s

YearA C No.CategoryNamePartyVotesRunner UpPartyVotes
201979ByPollRaminder AwlaINC76,098Raj DibipuraSAD59,465
201779GENSukhbir BadalSAD75,271Bhagwant MannAAP56,771
201279GENSukhbir BadalSAD80,647Hans Raj JosanIND30,401
200992ByPollSukhbir BadalSAD107,120Hans Raj JosanINC26,458
200792GENSher SinghSAD89,085Hans Raj JosanINC45,008
200293GENHans Raj JosanINC45,727Sher SinghSAD41,396
199793GENSher SinghSAD42,844Hans Raj JosanIND39,447
199293GENHans Raj JosanINC18,105Sucha SinghBSP15,217
198593GENMehtab SinghCPI24,287Manga SinghINC18,763
198093GENManga SinghINC(I)27,326Mehtab SinghCPI17,586
197793GENMehtab SinghCPI29,926Rajinder SinghIND12,131
19727GENMehtab SinghCPI39,909Harbhajan SinghSOP9,723
19697GENLajinder SinghINC31,776Bakhtawar SinghBJS11,772
19677GENPrem SinghCPI20,046Lajinder SinghINC19,378

Sukhbir Singh Badal, former deputy CM of punjab had more than 100,000 voters in the legislative assembly Jalalabad, and over 600,000 voters in Ferozpur Lok Sabha Seat.

See also

References

  1. "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. "Sher Singh, Rapid rise low profile". Retrieved 24 January 2017 via Hindustan Times.


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