Chamkaur Sahib Assembly constituency

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Chamkaur Sahib
Constituency No. 51 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
State Punjab
District Rupnagar
Lok Sabha constituency Anandpur Sahib
Total electors197,330 (in 2022)
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party AAP
Elected year 2022

Chamkaur Sahib is one of the 117 constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in the state of Punjab, India. [1] [2] It lies in Rupnagar district and is reserved for member of the Scheduled Castes. [3]

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Vote transfer dynamics in the 2022 Chamkaur Sahib election

The 2022 defeat of Charanjit Singh Channi in Chamkaur Sahib cannot be attributed to voter rejection, as his vote tally increased from 61,060 in 2017 [4] to approximately 62,306 in 2022. The decisive factor was the reconfiguration of opposition votes following the Akali Dal–BSP alliance. Although Akali Dal had secured over 31,000 votes in 2017, the BSP vote share collapsed to around 3,800 in 2022, indicating a near-total failure of alliance vote transfer. At the same time, AAP’s significant surge suggests that Akali Dal votes shifted away from its Dalit alliance partner rather than consolidating behind it. This pattern effectively weakened the BSP in a reserved constituency and materially altered the electoral outcome, raising serious questions about the sincerity and functional intent of the alliance. [5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1977 Satwant Sandu Shiromani Akali Dal
1980
1985 Bhag Singh Indian National Congress
1992 Shamsher Singh
1997 Satwant Sandhu Shiromani Akali Dal
2002
2007 Charanjit Singh Channi Independent politician
2012 Indian National Congress
2017 [6]
2022 [7] Charanjit Singh Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Assembly Election, 2022: Chamkaur Sahib
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AAP Dr. Charanjit Singh 70,248 47.6
INC Charanjit Singh Channi [8] 62,30642.22
SAD(A) Lakhvir Singh6,9744.73
BSP Harmohan Singh Sandhu3,8022.58
BJP Darshan Singh Shivjot2,5141.7New
NOTA None of the above7130.48
Majority 7,9425.38
Turnout 1,47,571
Registered electors 1,97,330 [9]
AAP gain from INC Swing

2017

Charanjit Singh Channi, who, in 2021, became the Chief Minister of Punjab, won the seat for third consecutive time. [6] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Assembly Election, 2017: Chamkaur Sahib
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Charanjit Singh Channi 61,060 42.00
AAP Dr. Charanjit Singh 48,75233.53
SAD Justice Nirmal Singh31,45221.63
BSP Rajinder Singh1,6101.11
NOTA None of the above9110.63
Majority 12,3088.47
Turnout 1,45,39977.78
Registered electors 186,932 [14]
INC hold Swing

2012

Assembly Election, 2012: Chamkaur Sahib
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Charanjit Singh Channi 54,640 41.26
SAD Jagmeet Kaur50,98138.50
PPoP Gurpreet Singh13,40810.12
BSP Rajinder Singh9,1646.92
IND Haripal2,8772.17
Majority 3,6592.76
Turnout 1,32,43079.78
INC hold Swing

Previous results

YearA C No.NamePartyVotesRunner UpPartyVotes
200766 Charanjit Singh Channi IND37946 Satwant Kaur Sandhu SAD36188
200267 Satwant Kaur Sandhu SAD33511Bhag SinghINC24413
199767 Satwant Kaur Sandhu SAD40349Nirmal SinghSAD (M)14205
199267Shamsher SinghINC3641Gurmukh SinghBSP2706
198567Bhag SinghINC19928Bimal KaurIND18134
198067 Satwant Kaur Sandhu SAD23352Karnail SinghINC (I)18277
197767 Satwant Kaur Sandhu SAD29223Prithvi Singh AzadINC17463

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Delimitation Commission of India (19 June 2006). "Delimitation - Order No. 22" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "List of Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Constituencies in the State of Punjab as determined by the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituency notification dated 19th June, 2006". Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "IndiaVotes AC Summary: Chamkaur Sahib 2017". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "IndiaVotes AC Summary: Chamkaur Sahib 2022". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017" . Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  7. ↑ News18 (2022). "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Charanjit Singh(AAP):Constituency- CHAMKAUR SAHIB (SC)(RUPNAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
  11. ↑ "Two MLAs, doctor lock horns in Chamkaur Sahib".
  12. ↑ "Dr Charanjit Singh is AAP Choice from Chamkaur Sahib". 10 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Vidhan Sabha Elections‐2017 - List of Contesting Candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017.
  14. ↑ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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