Bholath Assembly constituency

Bholath Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 26) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency of Bholath in Kapurthala district, Punjab state, India.^[1] Sukhpal Khaira won this seat on Aam Aadmi Party party ticket in 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election but later on created a new party Punjab Ekta Party in 2019, and later, in June 2021, he joined the Indian National Congress.

Bholath
Constituency No. 26 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
LS constituency	Hoshiarpur
Total electors	136,413 (in 2022)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sukhpal Singh Khaira
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1992	Jagtar Singh		Indian National Congress
1997	Bibi Jagir Kaur		Shiromani Akali Dal
2002
2007	Sukhpal Singh Khaira		Indian National Congress
2012	Bibi Jagir Kaur		Shiromani Akali Dal
2017	Sukhpal Singh Khaira[2]		Aam Aadmi Party
2022			Indian National Congress

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Bholath^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sukhpal Singh Khaira	37,254	41.15
	SAD	Bibi Jagir Kaur	28029	30.96
	AAP	Ranjeet Singh Rana	13612	15.03
	SAD(A)	Rajinder Singh Fauji	7583	8.38
Majority			9225	10.19
Registered electors			136,413	[4]

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Bholath^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Sukhpal Singh Khaira	48,873	49.9
	SAD	Yuvraj Bhupinder Singh	40,671	41.53
	INC	Ranjit Singh Rana	5,923	6.05
	SAD(A)	Rajinder Singh Fauji	708	0.72
	BSP	Satpal	513	0.52
	APP	Gurbinder Singh	403	0.41
	Democratic Bharatiya Samaj Party	Gurdeep Singh	176	0.18	{{{change}}}
	DPIA (A)	Satpal Kimti	170	0.17
	NCP	Raman Kumar	124	0.13
	NOTA	None of the above	379	0.39
Registered electors			130,808	[5]

Previous results

Year	A C No.	Winner	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes
2012	26	Bibi Jagir Kaur	SAD	49,392	Sukhpal Singh Khaira	INC	42,387
2007	39	Sukhpal Singh Khaira	INC	48,072	Bibi Jagir Kaur	SAD	39,208
2002	40	Bibi Jagir Kaur	SAD	41,937	Sukhpal Singh Khaira	INC	30,559
1997	40	Bibi Jagir Kaur	SAD	53,168	Sukhpal Singh Khaira	INC	25,141
1992	40	Jagtar Singh	INC	2,865	Roop Singh	BSP	649
1985	40	Sukhjinder Singh Khaira	SAD	29,693	Jagtar Singh	INC	21,047
1980	40	Sukhjinder Singh Khaira	SAD	26,686	Naranjan Singh	INC (I)	21,902
1977	40	Sukhjinder Singh Khaira	SAD	29,390	Bawa Harnam Singh	IND	16,244

References

1. "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
3. "ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਧਨਸਭਾ ਚੋਣਾਂ 2022 ਭੋਲੱਥ".
4. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
5. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

External links

• "Record of all Punjab Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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