Vijay Singla

Vijay Singla is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Mansa Assembly Constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is the Minister of Health and Family welfare and Medical education, Govt of punjab. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2] He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[3]

Vijay Singla
Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab
Assumed office
19 March 2022
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann
Department
  • Health and Family Welfare
  • Medical Education and Research
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
16 March 2022
Preceded byNazar Singh Manshahia1
ConstituencyMansa
Personal details
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Residence(s)Punjab

Member of Legislative Assembly

Singla was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Mansa 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 Singla who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[6]

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

  1. Department of Health and Family Welfare
  2. Department of Medical Education and Research

Electoral performance
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Mansa[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Vijay Singla[9] 100,023 57.57
SAD Prem Arora 27180 15.64
INC Sidhu Moosewala 36700 21.12
SAD(M) Rajinder Singh 4089 2.35
NOTA None of the Above 1099 0.63
Majority 63,323
Turnout 173756
Registered electors [10]
AAP hold

References
  1. "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.
  2. "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 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. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  9. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  10. "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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