Lehra Assembly constituency

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Lehra
Constituency No. 99 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
State Punjab
District Sangrur
LS constituency Sangrur
Total electors173,020 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Aam Aadmi Party
Elected year 2022

Lehra Assembly constituency is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Sangrur district, Punjab state, India. [2]

Contents

Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (INC), who was the first and only female Chief minister of Punjab. She won five consecutive times from Lehra constituency from 1992. [3]

List of MLAs

Members of Punjab Legislative Assembly Lehra. [4]

NamePortraitTerm of officePolitical party
(Alliance)
1Pritam Singh19621967 Indian National Congress
2 Brish Bhan 19671969
3Harchand Singh19691970 Shiromani Akali Dal
4H. Singh19701972
5Harish Bhan19721977 Indian National Congress
6Chitwant Singh19771980 Independent politician
7Amar Singh19801985 Communist Party of India
8Inderjit Singh19851987 Shiromani Akali Dal
President's Rule 19871992 Governor of Punjab
9 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.jpg 19921997 Indian National Congress
1019972002
1120022007
1220072012
1320122017
14 Parminder Singh Dhindsa [5] Parminder singh dhindsa.png 20172022 Shiromani Akali Dal
15 Barinder Kumar Goyal [1] 2022Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Lehra [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AAP Barinder Kumar Goyal [6] 60,058 43.59 Increase2.svg
SAD(S) Parminder Singh Dhindsa3354024.34Increase2.svg
INC Rajinder Kaur Bhattal2045014.84Decrease2.svg
SAD Gobind Singh Longowal120388.74Decrease2.svg
SAD(M) Sher Singh49913.62
Independent Satwant Singh15461.12
NOTA None of the above 10710.78
Majority2651819.25
Turnout 13777679.63
Registered electors 173,020 [7]

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Lehra [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SAD Parminder Singh Dhindsa 65,550
INC Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 38735
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [8]

2012

Punjab Assembly election, 2012: Lehra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 44,706 37.27
SAD Sukhwant Singh4135134.48
PPoP Bhagwant Mann 2613621.79
BSP Jagjit Singh32322.69
Independent Rajvir Singh17251.44
Majority3355
Turnout 11994485.52
Registered electors [8]

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References

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