Jagtar Singh

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Jagtar Singh Diyalpura is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Samrala Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. 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]

Jagtar Singh
MLA, Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
Preceded by	Amrik Singh Dhillon
Constituency	Samrala
Majority	Aam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Residence	Punjab

Career

He has completed matriculation and traded in poultry and mushroom farming.^[4]

He entered politics and joined the Aam Aadmi Party. He contested the assembly election for the first time in 2022. He defeated the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) president and its chief ministerial candidate Balbir Singh Rajewal and four-time sitting Congress MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon.^[4] The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.^[5]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Diyalpura was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Samrala Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

• Member (2022–23) Committee on Estimates^[6]
• Member (2022–23) Committee on Co-operation and its allied activities^[7]

Electoral performance

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Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Samrala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Jagtar Singh Diyalpura[8][9]	57,557	43.11
	SAD	Paramjit Singh Dhillon	26,667	20.1
	INC	Rupinder Singh Raja Gill[10]	23,368	17.6
	BJP	Ranjit Singh Gahlewal	2,331	1.8
Majority			30,890	23.14
Turnout			1,33,524	75.7
Registered electors			175,822	[11]