Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
State | Punjab |
Assembly constituencies | Lehra Dirba Sunam Bhadaur Barnala Mehal Kalan Malerkotla Dhuri Sangrur |
Established | 1952 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) |
Elected year | 2022 |
Preceded by | Bhagwant Mann |
Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India.
Presently, Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: [1]
Constituency | District | MLA (since 2022) | Party | ||
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Number | Name | ||||
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 | |
^ by-poll
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 253,154 | 35.61 | 31.24 | |
AAP | Gurmail Singh | 247,332 | 34.79 | 2.61 | |
INC | Dalvir Singh Goldy | 79,668 | 11.21 | 16.22 | |
BJP | Kewal Singh Dhillon | 66,298 | 9.33 | New | |
SAD | Bibi Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana | 44,428 | 6.25 | 17.58 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 2471 | 0.35 | ||
Majority | 6,245 | 0.88 | |||
Turnout | 7,10,919 | 45.3% | 27.1 | ||
Registered electors | 15,69,240 | [6] | |||
SAD(A) gain from AAP | Swing | 16.92 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AAP | Bhagwant Mann | 413,561 | 37.40 | 11.07 | |
INC | Kewal Singh Dhillon | 303,350 | 27.43 | 9.93 | |
SAD | Parminder Singh Dhindsa | 263,498 | 23.83 | 5.40 | |
SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 48,365 | 4.37 | ||
LIP | Jasraj Singh Longia | 20,087 | 1.82 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 6,490 | 0.59 | 0.39 | |
Majority | 1,10,211 | 9.97 | 10.46 | ||
Turnout | 11,07,256 | 72.40 | |||
AAP hold | Swing | 10.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AAP | Bhagwant Mann | 533,237 | 48.47 | 48.47 | |
SAD | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | 3,21,516 | 29.23 | 4.90 | |
INC | Vijay Inder Singla | 1,81,410 | 17.50 | 21.02 | |
BSP | Madan Bhatti | 8,408 | 0.76 | ||
CPI | Sukhdev Ram Sharma | 6,934 | 0.63 | ||
Majority | 2,11,721 | 19.24 | 14.85 | ||
Turnout | 1,100,056 | 77.21 | |||
AAP gain from INC | Swing | 34.75 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Vijay Inder Singla | 358,670 | 38.52 | ||
SAD | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | 3,17,798 | 34.13 | ||
LBP | Balwant Singh Ramoowalia | 115,012 | 12.35 | ||
BSP | Mohmad. Jamil-Ur-Rehman | 69,943 | 7.51 | ||
SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 33,714 | 3.62 | ||
Majority | 40,872 | 4.39 | |||
Turnout | 931,200 | 74.41 | |||
INC gain from SAD | Swing | -14.06 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SAD | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | 286,828 | 34.2 | ||
INC | Arvind Khanna | 259,551 | 31.0 | ||
SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 216,898 | 25.9 | ||
BSP | Mangat Rai Bansal | 38,215 | 4.6 | ||
Independent | Sukhdev Singh Bari | 14,289 | 1.7 | ||
Independent | Mohamad Shamshad | 8,872 | 1.1% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
SAD gain from SAD(A) | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 298,846 | 41.7 | ||
SAD | Surjit Singh Barnala | 212,529 | 29.7 | ||
CPI(M) | Ajit Singh | 190,824 | 26.6 | ||
Independent | Nirmal Singh | 5,738 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 86,317 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,16,182 | 62.5 | |||
SAD(A) gain from SAD | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SAD | Surjit Singh Barnala | 297,393 | 39.8 | ||
SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 215,228 | 28.8 | ||
INC | Gurcharan Singh Dadhaboor | 187,711 | 25.1 | ||
CPI(M) | Chand Singh Chopra | 35,380 | 4.7 | ||
Majority | 82,165 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,47,116 | 66.4 | |||
SAD hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SAD | Surjit Singh Barnala | 238,131 | 31.4 | ||
SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 162,479 | 21.4 | ||
CPI(M) | Chand Singh Chopra | 156,770 | 20.7 | ||
INC | Gurcharan Singh Dadhaboor | 140,877 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | 75,652 | 10.0 | |||
Turnout | 757,827 | 71.6 | |||
SAD gain from INC | Swing | ||||
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