Bhagwant Singh Mann,better known by his stage name "Jugnu",is an Indian politician,social worker,former comedian,singer and actor who is currently serving as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab since 2022. He represents the Dhuri Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly since 2022 and is also serving as the state convener of Aam Aadmi Party,Punjab since 2019. Previously,he was a member of the lower house of Parliament from Sangrur from 2014 to 2022.
Suraj Bhan was an Indian politician who was elected to the Lok Sabha for four terms from Ambala. He also served as the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha from July 1996 to December 1997. He served as governor of Uttar Pradesh,Himachal Pradesh,and Bihar.
Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties –Indian National Congress,Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). Since 1967,Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from Jat Sikh community despite its 21 percent state population. Exceptions are Giani Zail Singh,the Chief Minister of Punjab from 17 March 1972 to 30 April 1977 belonging to Ramgarhia community that has population of 6 percent and is a part of significant OBC community having population of 31.3 percent in the state and Charanjit Singh Channi who held the position for 111 days from 20 September 2021 to 16 March 2022 and was from Scheduled Caste(Dalit) who have 32 percent population in the state. Other prominent party is Bahujan Samaj Party especially in Doaba region founded by Kanshi Ram of Rupnagar district. In 1992 BSP won 9 seats Vidhan Sabha elections. Also BSP won 3 lok sabha seats from Punjab in 1996 general elections and only Garhshanker seat in 1997 Vidhan Sabha elections. Communist parties too have some influence in the Malwa area. In the 2014 general elections,the first-time contesting Aam Aadmi Party got 4 out of 13 seats in Punjab by winning 34 of the total 117 assembly segments,coming second in 7,third in 73 and fourth in the rest 3 segments. The support for the Aam Aadmi Party increased later in Punjab. The current Government was elected in the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections and the AAP won 92 out of 117 Assembly seats with Bhagwant Mann as the Chief Minister. The Congress flows down to get only 18 seats.
Pargat Singh is a hockey player turned politician in India and belongs to the Indian National Congress in Punjab. He is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was full back. He captained Indian men's hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He has worked as an SP with Punjab police before taking a plunge into politics.
Abhay Singh Chautala is an Indian politician. He was a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Ellenabad. He served as Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2019. He has been elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly for four terms since 2010. He served as the 10th president of Indian Olympic Association. He also served as president of the Boxing Federation of India. He is grandson of Devi Lal,former deputy prime minister of India. He is a member of the Indian National Lok Dal.
Jagdeep Singh is an Indian politician belonging to Aam Aadmi Party. He won as an M.L.A from Hari Nagar constituency of Delhi.
Raj Kumar Saini is an Indian politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Kurukshetra,Haryana. In 2014,he was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha by defeating Naveen Jindal,a two-time MP from the Indian National Congress.
This is the alphabetical categorised list of statewide,regional and local political families involved in the politics and various elections of Haryana state of India at state and national level.
Anil Vij is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party serving as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana.
A Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Punjab on 4 February 2017 to elect the 117 members of the Fifteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 11 March 2017. The ruling pre-election coalition was the alliance comprising the political parties Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party and led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The voter turnout for the Punjab Assembly election was 77.2% The Indian National Congress led by former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh defeated the ruling alliance and the newcomer Aam Aadmi Party.
Aseem Goel is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Ambala city in the 2014 and 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,and also get ticket from Bharatiya Janata Party for 2024 Haryana legislative Assembly election. and lost Ambala city seat to Indian National Congress Candidate Nirmal Singh Mohora.
Harpal Singh Cheema is an Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Dirba Assembly constituency located in Sangrur District,Punjab. In March 2022,he became first BobA to be a finance minister of Punjab. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party just before the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He contested and won the election from Dirba Assembly constituency against a popular Punjabi Kabbadi player Gulzar Singh Moonak from Shiromani Akali Dal and Ajaib Singh Ratolan from Indian National Congress. In July 2018 he was appointed leader of opposition of Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Harjot Singh Bains is an Indian politician of AAP from Punjab.
Chitra Sarwara is an Indian politician. She is a former state vice president of Aam Aadmi Party Haryana. She joined Indian National Congress in January 2024. She is a daughter of Nirmal Singh Mohra.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
Virendar Singh Kadian is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a member of Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi from Delhi Cantt. He works as Municipal Counsel in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) New Delhi.
Gurmeet Singh Khuddian is an Indian politician and member of Aam Aadmi Party. He is currently serving as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Lambi. He defeated SAD Veteran and Patron of Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal from Lambi in 2022 Punjab Assembly Elections. He is the son of former Member of Parliament Jagdev Singh Khuddian.
Nirmal Singh is an Indian politician who represented the Shutrana Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly between 2017 and 2022. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He was elected as the MLA in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.
Nayab Singh Saini is an Indian politician serving as the Chief Minister of Haryana since March 2024. Previously,he was the president of the Haryana state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2023 till 2024. Saini is a notable BJP leader from Other Backward Classes (OBC) in Haryana. In October 2024 Haryana Assembly elections,Saini won from Ladwa constituency of Kurukshetra district and also led the BJP party to secure a third term victory in the state.
Shamsher Singh Gogi is an Indian politician from Haryana. He is an MLA from Assandh Assembly constituency in Karnal district. He won the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election representing the Indian National Congress. He is nominated again by the Congress party to contest the Assandh seat in the 2024 election.
