Dalvir Singh Khangura

Dalvir Singh Khangura is former MLA from Dhuri, Sangrur District, Punjab. He got elected for the seat in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He is a politician in Indian National Congress.[1] Dalvir Singh Khangura, known as "Goldy", was born on 24 September 1982 in a Jat Sikh family in Dhuri, District Sangrur, Punjab India. He has done his schooling from S.V.M, Dhuri. He later joined S.D. College, Chandigarh and did his Graduation and PGDCA.

Career

He contested as College Representative in S.D College in 2002 and won. He was chosen as President of Student Union Of Panjab University (SOPU) to represent them in college elections as college president in 2003–2004.

Dalvir then joined Punjab University, Chandigarh. He became the President of Punjab University Campus Student Counsel in the year 2006–2007.[2]

Dalvir Singh than Joined Youth congress in 2007. Working at various levels for Congress party since then. He is also Chairman, Panchayati Raj Sangathan (District Sangrur).

Member of the Legislative Assembly

He was then fielded as the candidate for 2017 legislative assembly elections from Dhuri, Punjab. Dalvir won the seat of MLA from Dhuri and polled 49,349 votes and won with the margin of 2838 votes from INC party.

Electoral Performance

Punjab Assembly
Assembly Election 2017: Dhuri[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dalvir Singh Goldy 49,347 38.42
AAP Jasvir Singh Jassi Sekhon 46,536 36.24
SAD Hari Singh 28,611 22.28
SAD(M) Surjit Singh Kalabula 1,405 1.09
BSP Bhola Singh 1,390 1.08
NOTA NOTA 662 0.52
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors 158,498 [4]
INC gain from SAD
Assembly election 2022: Dhuri[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Bhagwant Mann 82,592 64.29 28.05
INC Dalvir Singh Goldy[7] 24,386 18.98 19.44
SAD Parkash Chand Garg 6,991 5.44 16.84
BJP Randeep Singh Deol 5,436 4.23 new
SAD(M) Narinder Singh 4,469 3.48 2.39
SSM Sarabjit Singh Alal 1,188 0.92 new
NOTA NOTA 771 0.6 0.08
Majority 58,206
Turnout 1,28,458
Registered electors 1,65,053 [8]
AAP gain from INC

Personal life

Dalvir Singh is married to Simrat Khangura and has two sons. This is first marriage for dalvir & second for simar who was married in USA for 2 years according to her parents wishes. Simar, however divorced her first husband with whom she lived happilly for 2 years at Dalvir`s insistance. Her first husband still wants her back.

References
  1. "Members". www.punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  5. https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/
  6. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  7. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  8. "Vidhan Sabha 2022 Electoral Detail". Official Website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.


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