Lal Chand Kataruchakk

Lal Chand Kataruchak is an Indian politician and the MLA from Bhoa Assembly Constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[2][3]

Lal Chand Kataruchakk
Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab[1]
Assumed office
19 March 2022
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann
Ministry and Departments
  • Food & Civil Supplies
  • Consumer Affairs
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
16 March 2022
Preceded byJoginder Pal
ConstituencyBhoa
Personal details
Bornage 51 years
Punjab, India
CitizenshipIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Residence(s)Village Kataruchakk
EducationMatriculation
OccupationSocial Workers

Member of Legislative Assembly

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

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

  1. Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
  2. Department of Forest and Wild Life Preservation

Electoral performance
2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Bhoa[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Joginder Pal 67,865 51.95 16.60
BJP Seema Kumari 40,369 30.90 15.64
RMPI Lal Chand Kataru Chak 13,353 10.22 new
AAP Amarjeet Singh 3,767 2.88 new
NOTA None of the Above 454 0.35 --
Majority 27,496 20.97
Turnout 131,091 75.20 3.88
Registered electors 174,313 [10]
INC gain from BJP Swing
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Bhoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Lal Chand Kataruchakk 50,339 36.59 33.71
INC Joginder Pal[11] 49,135 35.72 14.43
BJP Seema Kumari 29,132 21.18 9.72
BSP Rakesh Kumar Majotara 5,046 3.67 3.14
NOTA None of the Above 749 0.54 0.19
Majority 1,204 0.87
Turnout 137572
Registered electors 182,915 [12]
AAP gain from INC

References
  1. "Mann keeps Home, 26 others, gives Finance to Cheema; Mines to Bains". 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. "Provide Rs 10K help to poor in rural belt: AAP". Tribuneindia News Service. 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. "Bhoa Assembly election result, 2017". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  9. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  10. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  11. "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.
  12. "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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