Faridkot Assembly constituency

Faridkot
Constituency No. 87 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Faridkot
LS constituency	Faridkot
Total electors	169,823 (in 2022)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gurdit Singh Sekhon
Party	Aam Aadmi Party
Elected year	2022

Faridkot Assembly constituency is one of the 117 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Punjab state in India. ^[1] It is part of Faridkot district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Picture	Party
As part of Punjab Legislative Assembly (1956–Present)
2022	Gurdit Singh Sekhon [2]			Aam Aadmi Party
2017	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon [3]			Indian National Congress
2012	Deep Malhotra			Shiromani Akali Dal
2007	Avtar Singh Brar			Indian National Congress
2002	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon			Shiromani Akali Dal
1997	Avtar Singh Brar			Indian National Congress
1992	Avtar Singh Brar			Indian National Congress
1985	Karnail Singh Doad			Independent
1982 (By-elections)	Jagdish Kaur			Shiromani Akali Dal
1980	Jasmat Singh Dhillon			Independent
1977	Manmohan Singh Brar			Shiromani Akali Dal
1972 (SC)	Durdev Singh			Shiromani Akali Dal
1969 (SC)	Bhagat Singh			Shiromani Akali Dal
1967 (SC)	B. Singh			Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh
1962	Giani Zail Singh			Indian National Congress
1957	Mehar Singh			Indian National Congress
As part of Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly (1951–56)
1954	Harindar Singh (H.H. Raja)			Independent
1951	Hazura Singh [4]			Independent

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Faridkot ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Gurdit Singh Sekhon [5]	53484	41.18
	INC	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon [6]
	SAD	Parambans Singh Romana
	INC	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon [6]
Majority			16797	12.93
Registered electors			169,823	[7]
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Faridkot ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors			154,149	[8]

See also

• List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
• Faridkot district

References

1. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab (19 June 2006). "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" . Retrieved 24 June 2021.
2. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
3. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017" . Retrieved 26 June 2021.
4. "Patiala & East Punjab States Union, 1951 - Election Commission".
5. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
6. "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.
7. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
8. 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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