Garhshankar Assembly Constituency

Garhshankar Assembly Constituency (Sl. No.: 45) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency representing Garhshankar in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab state, India. Currently, it is represented by Jai Krishan Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1] The last assembly elections were held in February 2017

Garhshankar
Constituency for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictHoshiarpur
LS constituencyFirozpur
Established1957
Total electors175,287 (in 2022)
ReservationNo
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAJai Krishan Singh
PartyAam Aadmi Party
Elected year2017

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1992 Shingara Ram[1] Bahujan Samaj Party
1997
2002 Avinash Rai Khanna[1] Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Love Kumar Goldy[1] Indian National Congress
2007
2012 Surinder Singh Bhullewal Rathaan[1] Shiromani Akali Dal
2017 Jai Kishan Singh Rori Aam Aadmi Party
2022

Election results

2022

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2022: 45. Garhshankar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jai Kishan Singh Rori[2]
INC Amarpreet Lally[3]
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors 175,287 [4]

2017

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jai Kishan Singh Rori 41,720 33.50
SAD Surinder Singh Heer 40,070 32.18
INC Lov Kumar Goldy 31,909 25.62
BSP Bakhsish Singh 6031 4.84
CPI(M) Harbhajan Singh 2217 1.78
NOTA None of the Above 1121 0.90
Majority
Turnout 125658
Registered electors 169609 [5]
AAP gain from SAD Swing

References

  1. "Garhshankar (Punjab) Election Results 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. "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.
  4. "Vidhan Sabha 2022 Electoral Detail". Official Website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.


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