Harbhajan Singh ETO

Harbhajan Singh E.T.O. is an Indian politician and the MLA from Jandiala Assembly Constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2][3] He became an Excise and Taxation Officer in 2012 but he took voluntary retirement from the post of ETO in 2017 and he contested election from Jandiala constituency in 2017. He secured 33912 votes in 2017 and was among the highest vote gatherers in Majha region of Punjab in 2017. In 2022 He won from the same constituency with a margin of almost 25000+ votes defeating working president and sitting MLA Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala.

Harbhajan Singh ETO
Cabinet Minister for Power and Energy, Government of Punjab
Assumed office
19 March 2022
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann
    Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
    Assumed office
    16 March 2022
    Preceded bySukhwinder Singh Danny
    ConstituencyJandiala
    Personal details
    BornPunjab, India
    NationalityIndia
    Political partyAam Aadmi Party

    Member of Legislative Assembly

    Singh was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Jandiala Assembly Constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He took oath as a cabinet minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[4][5] Eight ministers including Singh who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[6]

    As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry, Singh was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government:[7]

    1. Department of Power
    2. Department of Public Works

    Electoral performance
    Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2022:
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    AAP Harbhajan Singh E.T.O.[8] 59,724 46.41
    INC Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala 34341 26.69
    SAD Satinderjit Singh Chhajjalwaddi 26302 20.44
    NOTA None of the Above 918 0.71
    Majority 25,383
    Turnout 128681
    Registered electors [9]
    AAP gain from INC

    References
    1. "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
    2. "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
    3. "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
    4. "Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
    5. "25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
    6. "In Mann's first list of Cabinet ministers, 8 greenhorn MLAs". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
    7. "Punjab portfolios announced; CM Mann keeps Home and Vigilance, Cheema gets Finance, Singla Health, Harbhajan Power". Tribuneindia News Service. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
    8. "Punjab Election 2022: Complete List of AAP Candidates, Check Names HERE". www.india.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    9. "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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