Kultar Singh Sandhwan

Kultar Singh Sandhwan is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 18th and current Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 21 March 2022. He is also MLA representing the Kotkapura Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.^[1][2][3][4]

Kultar Singh Sandhwan
Kultar Singh Sandhwan in 2023
18th Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2022
Deputy	Jai Krishan
Preceded by	Rana K. P. Singh
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2017
Constituency	Kotkapura
Personal details
Born	(1975-04-16) 16 April 1975 (age 50) Kotkapura, Punjab, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Residence	Kotkapura
Occupation	Politician

Member of Legislative Assembly

First term (2017-2022)

Committee assignments of 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly

Chairman;Public Accounts Committee

• Member (2017-2019) Library Committee^[5][6]
• Member Committee on Subordinate Legislation
• Member (2021-2022) Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library^[7]

Second term (2022-present)

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.^[8]

He was elected as the speaker of the 16th Punjab Assembly.

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Kotkapura Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Kotkapura^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Kultar Singh Sandhwan
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[10]

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Kotkapura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Kultar Singh Sandhwan[11]	54,009	43.81
	INC	Ajaypal Singh Sandhu	32879	26.67
	SAD	Mantar Singh Brar
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			21130	17.14
Turnout			123267	76.93
Registered electors				[12]
	AAP hold