Garhshankar Assembly constituency

Garhshankar
Constituency No. 45 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Anandpur Sahib
Established	1957
Total electors	175,287 (in 2022)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jai Krishan Singh
Party	Aam Aadmi Party
Elected year	2017

Garhshankar Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 45) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency representing Garhshankar in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab state, India. Currently, it is represented by Jai Krishan Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party who is also Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly. ^[1] The last assembly elections were held in February 2022.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1992	Shingara Ram [1]		Bahujan Samaj Party
1997
2002	Avinash Rai Khanna [1]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 [a]	Love Kumar Goldy [1]		Indian National Congress
2007
2012	Surinder Singh Bhullewal Rathaan [1]		Shiromani Akali Dal
2017	Jai Kishan Singh Rori		Aam Aadmi Party
2022 [2]

1. by-election

Election results

2022

2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Garhshankar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Jai Kishan Singh Rori [3]	32,341	26.41
	INC	Amarpreet Lally [4]	28,162	22.99
	SAD	Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan	25,430	20.76
	BJP	Nimisha Mehta	24,735	20.2	New
	Independent	Jang Bahadur Singh	4,106	3.35
	Independent	Mohan Singh	2,470	2.02
	CPI(M)	Mohinder Kumar	1,189	0.97
	NOTA	None of the above	1,078	0.88
Majority			4,179	3.42
Turnout
Registered electors			175,287	[5]
	AAP hold		Swing

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Garhshankar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Jai Kishan Singh Rori	41,720	33.50
	SAD	Surinder Singh Heer	40,070	32.18
	INC	Lov Kumar Goldy	31,909	25.62
	BSP	Bakhsish Singh	6031	4.84
	CPI(M)	Harbhajan Singh	2217	1.78
	NOTA	None of the above	1121	0.90
Majority
Turnout			125658
Registered electors			169,609	[6]
	AAP gain from SAD		Swing

References

1. "Garhshankar (Punjab) Election Results 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
2. 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.
3. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
4. "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.
5. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
6. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. 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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