Jalalabad, Fazilka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jalalabad Assembly Constituency
Jalalabad Assembly Constituency
	Election Constituency; for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
District	Fazilka district
Region	Punjab, India
Current constituency
Created	1967
Party	Indian National Congress
MLA	Raminder Singh Awla

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

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

Election	Member	Party
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

Year	A C No.	Category	Name	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes
2019	79	ByPoll	Raminder Awla	INC	76,098	Raj Dibipura	SAD	59,465
2017	79	GEN	Sukhbir Badal	SAD	75,271	Bhagwant Mann	AAP	56,771
2012	79	GEN	Sukhbir Badal	SAD	80,647	Hans Raj Josan	IND	30,401
2009	92	ByPoll	Sukhbir Badal	SAD	107,120	Hans Raj Josan	INC	26,458
2007	92	GEN	Sher Singh	SAD	89,085	Hans Raj Josan	INC	45,008
2002	93	GEN	Hans Raj Josan	INC	45,727	Sher Singh	SAD	41,396
1997	93	GEN	Sher Singh	SAD	42,844	Hans Raj Josan	IND	39,447
1992	93	GEN	Hans Raj Josan	INC	18,105	Sucha Singh	BSP	15,217
1985	93	GEN	Mehtab Singh	CPI	24,287	Manga Singh	INC	18,763
1980	93	GEN	Manga Singh	INC(I)	27,326	Mehtab Singh	CPI	17,586
1977	93	GEN	Mehtab Singh	CPI	29,926	Rajinder Singh	IND	12,131
1972	7	GEN	Mehtab Singh	CPI	39,909	Harbhajan Singh	SOP	9,723
1969	7	GEN	Lajinder Singh	INC	31,776	Bakhtawar Singh	BJS	11,772
1967	7	GEN	Prem Singh	CPI	20,046	Lajinder Singh	INC	19,378

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.

References

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

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[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.