Mukerian Assembly constituency

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Mukerian
Constituency No. 39 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
LS constituency Hoshiarpur
Established1951
Total electors202,924 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Jangi Lal Mahajan
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

Mukerian Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 39) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab state, India. [2] Illegal mining, drugs and 3 farm laws were the major issues in the constituency in 2022 elections. [3]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
2017 Rajnish Kumar Babbi [4] Indian National Congress
2019 [lower-alpha 1] Indu Bala [5]
2022 [6] Jangi Lal Mahajan Bharatiya Janata Party
  1. bypoll due to the death of Rajnish Kumar Babbi

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Mukerian
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Jangi Lal Mahajan 41,044 28.64
AAP Prof. Gurdhian Singh Multani38,35326.76
INC Indu Bala28,98920.23
SAD Sarbjot Singh28,98420.23
NOTA None of the above
Majority26911.88
Turnout 143300
Registered electors [7]

2019 bypoll

A by-poll was needed due to the death of sitting MLA Rajnish Kumar Babbi. [8]

2019 by-poll: Mukerian [5] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Indu Bala 53,910
BJP Jangi Lal Mahajan50,470
AAP GS Multani8,261
SAD(A) Gurvatan Singh Multani1,286
Hindustan Shakti SenaArjun558
Independent Amandeep Ghotra268
NOTA None of the above 879
Majority3,440
Turnout
Registered electors

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Mukerian [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rajnish Kumar Babbi
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [10]

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References

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  3. "Illegal mining, drugs major issues". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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  5. 1 2 Sanjeev Bakshi (25 October 2019). "Indu Bala wins Mukerian seat with slender margin". The Tribune . Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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