Mukerian Assembly Constituency

Mukerian Assembly Constituency (Sl. No.: 39) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab state, India.[2] Illegal mining, drugs and 3 farm laws were the major issues in the constituency in 2022 elections.[3]

Mukerian
Constituency for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictHoshiarpur
LS constituencyHoshiarpur
Total electors192,224[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAJangi Lal Mahajan
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
2017 Rajnish Kumar Babbi[4] Indian National Congress
2019[lower-alpha 1] Indu Bala[5]
2022 Jangi Lal Mahajan Bharatiya Janata Party
  1. bypoll due to the death of Rajnish Kumar Babbi

Election results

2022

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2022: Mukerian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jangi Lal Mahajan 41,044 28.64
AAP Prof. Gurdhian Singh Multani 38,353 26.76
INC Indu Bala 28,989 20.23
SAD Sarbjot Singh 28,984 20.23
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout 143300
Registered electors [6]

2019 bypoll

A by-poll was needed due to the death of sitting MLA Rajnish Kumar Babbi.[7]

2019 by-poll: Mukerian[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Indu Bala 53,910
BJP Jangi Lal Mahajan 50,470
AAP GS Multani 8,261
SAD(M) Gurvatan Singh Multani 1,286
Hindustan Shakti Sena Arjun 558
Independent Amandeep Ghotra 268
NOTA None of the Above 879
Majority 3,440
Turnout
Registered electors

2017

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Mukerian[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajnish Kumar Babbi
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [8]

See also

References

  1. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. "Illegal mining, drugs major issues". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. Sanjeev Bakshi (25 October 2019). "Indu Bala wins Mukerian seat with slender margin". The Tribune. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  6. "Vidhan Sabha 2022 Electoral Detail". Official Website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. "Chandigarh: Congress MLA Rajnish Kumar Babbi passes away". Times of India. PTI. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  8. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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