Aruna Chaudhary | |
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MLA, Punjab | |
Assumed office 2012 | |
Preceded by | Sita Ram Kashyap |
Constituency | Dina Nagar |
In office 2002–2007 | |
Preceded by | Roop Rani |
Succeeded by | Sita Ram Kashyap |
Constituency | Dina Nagar |
Deputy Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly | |
Assumed office 3 September 2024 | |
Preceded by | Raj Kumar Chabbewal |
Personal details | |
Born | Amritsar,Punjab | 16 April 1957
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Residence(s) | Awakha,Gurdaspur,Punjab,India |
Aruna Chaudhary is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. Aruna Chaudhary is a senior leader of Punjab Congress. She is member of 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represents Dina Nagar constituency. [1]
Chaudhary was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2002 from Dina Nagar. [2] In 2012,she was re-elected from Dina Nagar. [3] She was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional. [4]
In addition to this,she is General Secretary,Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and Member,AICC. Aruna has contested 4 elections in a row on the INC ticket and won 3 of these elections in 2002,2012,and 2017. In the last elections held in 2017,she secured more than 72000 votes and won with a margin of 31917 votes (highest amongst women and 6th highest in-state) by defeating B.D. Dhupal of BJP. She is most senior amongst only 3 women legislators of the ruling Congress party and is inducted in the council of ministers as a Minister of State. She is now in charge of the Revenue and disaster management departments of Punjab. She was Chairperson of Punjab Civil Supplies department from 2004 to 2007. On 2 September 2024,She was appointed Deputy leader of the Congress Legislative Party in Punjab Legislative Assembly after the defection of Raj Kumar Chabbewal from Congress to Aam Aadmi Party. [5]
Aruna has been actively participating in development in and around the constituency and instrumental in construction of 85 km new link roads and repair of all existing roads while serving the tenure as MLA from the constituency that is situated on Indo-Pak international Border. Spearheaded the approvals and getting construction completed for five road culverts and two pontoon bridges,providing piped potable water supply to almost all the villages,construction of Dharamshalas,construction of internal streets,drains in villages and community centre etc.
Got the cases of pension and other admissible benefits to eligible senior citizens,widows and orphans sanctioned from Social Security/Welfare departments.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Sita Ram | 49,173 | 48.14 | 3.60 | |
INC | Aruna Chaudhary | 48,331 | 47.32 | 0.73 | |
Majority | 842 | 0.82 | |||
Turnout | 102,126 | 74.06 | 8.96 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Aruna Chaudhary | 65,993 | 52.91 | 5.59 | |
BJP | Bishan Dass | 53,066 | 42.55 | 5.59 | |
Majority | 12,927 | 10.36 | |||
Turnout | 124,717 | 74.06 | 1.51 | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Aruna Chaudhary | 72,176 | 55.82 | 2.91 | |
BJP | Bishan Dass | 40,259 | 31.14 | 11.41 | |
AAP | Joginder Singh | 10,258 | 7.93 | new | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,231 | 0.95 | −− | |
Majority | 31,917 | 24.45 | |||
Turnout | 130,525 | 71.80 | 2.26 | ||
Registered electors | 181,776 | [12] | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Aruna Chaudhary [13] | 51,133 | 36.60 | 19.22 | |
AAP | Shamsher Singh [14] | 50,002 | 35.79 | 27.86 | |
BJP | Renu Kashyap | 20,560 | 14.72 | 16.42 | |
BSP | Kamaljeet Chawla | 15,534 | 11.12 | 10.67 | |
1,584 | 1.11 | 3.94 | |||
NOTA | None of the above | 931 | 0.67 | 0.28 | |
Majority | 1,131 | 0.80 | |||
Turnout | 139,708 | ||||
Registered electors | 192,562 | [15] | |||
INC hold | Swing |
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