Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency

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Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
State Punjab
Assembly constituencies Lehra
Dirba
Sunam
Bhadaur
Barnala
Mehal Kalan
Malerkotla
Dhuri
Sangrur
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
Elected year2022
Preceded byBhagwant Mann

Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India.

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Assembly segments

Presently, Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: [1]

  Reserved for SC
ConstituencyDistrictMLA
(since 2022)
Party
NumberName
99 Lehra Sangrur Barinder Kumar Goyal Aam Aadmi Party
100 Dirba Sangrur Harpal Cheema Aam Aadmi Party
101 Sunam Sangrur Aman Arora Aam Aadmi Party
102 Bhadaur Barnala Labh Singh Ugoke Aam Aadmi Party
103 Barnala Barnala Meet Hayer Aam Aadmi Party
104 Mehal Kalan Barnala Kulwant Singh Pandori Aam Aadmi Party
105 Malerkotla Malerkotla Mohammad Jamil Ur Rehman Aam Aadmi Party
107 Dhuri Sangrur Bhagwant Mann Aam Aadmi Party
108 Sangrur Sangrur Narinder Kaur Bharaj Aam Aadmi Party

Members of Parliament

ElectionNamePortraitParty
1952 Sardar Ranjit Singh Noimage.png Indian National Congress
1957 Does not exist
1962 Sardar Ranjit Singh Noimage.png Communist Party of India
1967 Nirlep Kaur Noimage.png Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh
1971 Teja Singh Swatantra Teja S Sutantar. Jalandhar. 31 Mar 1964.jpg Communist Party of India
1977 Surjit Singh Barnala The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari with the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri Surjit Singh Barnala and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi (cropped) (Surjit Singh Barnala).png Shiromani Akali Dal
1980 Gurcharan Singh Nihalsinghwala Noimage.png Indian National Congress
1984 Balwant Singh Ramoowalia Balwant Singh Ramoowalia.jpg Shiromani Akali Dal
1989 Rajdev Singh Noimage.png Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
1991 Gurcharan Singh Dadhahoor Noimage.png Indian National Congress
1996 Surjit Singh Barnala The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari with the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri Surjit Singh Barnala and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi (cropped) (Surjit Singh Barnala).png Shiromani Akali Dal
1998
1999 Simranjit Singh Mann Noimage.png Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
2004 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.jpg Shiromani Akali Dal
2009 Vijay Inder Singla Shri-Vijay-Inder-Singla.jpg Indian National Congress
2014 Bhagwant Mann A delegation of Aam Aadmi Party leaders, - MP (Lok Sabha), Shri Bhagwant Mann, Shri Sanjay Singh and Shri Ashutosh, calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 22, 2015 (cropped).jpg Aam Aadmi Party
2019
2022^ Simranjit Singh Mann Noimage.png Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)

^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Sangrur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SAD(A) Simranjit Singh Mann
AAP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
INC Sukhpal Singh Khaira
BJP
SAD Iqbal Singh Jhundan
BSP Makhan Singh
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2022 by-election

Incumbent Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency MP Bhagwant Mann had contested in the Punjab Assembly election and won. AAP won a large majority of 92 out of total 117 seats. Mann was designated as the Chief Minister of Punjab. Before taking the oath as CM of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann resigned from his post of MP Sangrur. [2] [3] By-election to Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency was held on 23 June 2022. Simranjit Singh Mann was declared the winner 26 June 2022. [4]

2022 By-election: Sangrur [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SAD(A) Simranjit Singh Mann 253,154 35.61 Increase2.svg31.24
AAP Gurmail Singh247,33234.79Decrease2.svg2.61
INC Dalvir Singh Goldy 79,66811.21Decrease2.svg16.22
BJP Kewal Singh Dhillon 66,2989.33New
SAD Bibi Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana44,4286.25Decrease2.svg17.58
NOTA None of the Above24710.35
Majority6,2450.88
Turnout 7,10,91945.3%Decrease2.svg27.1
Registered electors 15,69,240 [6]
SAD(A) gain from AAP Swing Increase2.svg16.92

2019

General Election 2019: Sangrur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AAP Bhagwant Mann 413,561 37.40 Decrease2.svg11.07
INC Kewal Singh Dhillon 303,35027.43Increase2.svg9.93
SAD Parminder Singh Dhindsa 263,49823.83Decrease2.svg5.40
SAD(A) Simranjit Singh Mann 48,3654.37
LIP Jasraj Singh Longia20,0871.82
NOTA None of the Above6,4900.59Increase2.svg0.39
Majority1,10,2119.97Decrease2.svg10.46
Turnout 11,07,25672.40
AAP hold Swing Decrease2.svg10.5

2014

General Election 2014: Sangrur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AAP Bhagwant Mann 533,237 48.47 Increase2.svg48.47
SAD Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 3,21,51629.23Decrease2.svg4.90
INC Vijay Inder Singla 1,81,41017.50Decrease2.svg21.02
BSP Madan Bhatti8,4080.76
CPI Sukhdev Ram Sharma6,9340.63
Majority2,11,72119.24Increase2.svg14.85
Turnout 1,100,05677.21
AAP gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg34.75

2009

General Election 2009: Sangrur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Vijay Inder Singla 358,670 38.52
SAD Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 3,17,79834.13
LBP Balwant Singh Ramoowalia 115,01212.35
BSP Mohmad. Jamil-Ur-Rehman69,9437.51
SAD(A) Simranjit Singh Mann33,7143.62
Majority40,8724.39
Turnout 931,20074.41
INC gain from SAD Swing -14.06

2004

General Election 2004: Sangrur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SAD Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 286,828 34.2
INC Arvind Khanna259,55131.0
SAD(A) Simranjit Singh Mann216,89825.9
BSP Mangat Rai Bansal38,2154.6
Independent Sukhdev Singh Bari14,2891.7
Independent Mohamad Shamshad8,8721.1%
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
SAD gain from SAD(A) Swing

1999

General Election 1999: Sangrur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SAD(A) Simranjit Singh Mann 298,846 41.7
SAD Surjit Singh Barnala 212,52929.7
CPI(M) Ajit Singh190,82426.6
Independent Nirmal Singh5,7380.8
Majority86,31712.1
Turnout 7,16,18262.5
SAD(A) gain from SAD Swing

1998

General Election 1998: Sangrur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SAD Surjit Singh Barnala 297,393 39.8
SAD(A) Simranjit Singh Mann 215,22828.8
INC Gurcharan Singh Dadhaboor187,71125.1
CPI(M) Chand Singh Chopra35,3804.7
Majority82,16511.0
Turnout 7,47,11666.4
SAD hold

1996

General Election 1996: Sangrur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SAD Surjit Singh Barnala 238,131 31.4
SAD(A) Simranjit Singh Mann 162,47921.4
CPI(M) Chand Singh Chopra156,77020.7
INC Gurcharan Singh Dadhaboor140,87718.6
Majority75,65210.0
Turnout 757,82771.6
SAD gain from INC Swing

Notes

  1. "List of Parliamentary & AssemblyConstituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website.
  2. "Will miss this House, have a huge responsibility now: Bhagwant Mann after resigning as Sangrur MP". Tribuneindia News Service. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. "Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann tenders resignation from membership of Lok Sabha". Deccan Herald. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  4. "Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll on June 23". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. "5-cornered contest for Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  6. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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