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Abohar Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 30°09′N 74°12′E / 30.15°N 74.2°E / 30.15; 74.2
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Abohar
Constituency No. 81 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictFazilka
LS constituencyFirozpur
Total electors178,416 (in 2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2022

Abohar Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 81) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Fazilka district, Punjab state, India.[1] Abohar assembly constituency is one of the 117 seats of Punjab Vidhan Sabha. This constituency is located in Fazilka district of Punjab and comes under the Firozpur (Lok Sabha constituency) seat. 28% Hindu Jat, 10% Jatt Sikh, 25% Dalit, 14% Bagri Kumhar, 10% Kamboj and 13% others lived there in this constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Election Name[2] Party
1952 Chandi Ram Indian National Congress
1957 Sahi Ram Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962 Chandi Ram Indian National Congress
1967 Satya Dev Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969
1972 Bal Ram Indian National Congress
1977
1980 Sajjan Kumar Indian National Congress
1985 Arjan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1992 Sajjan Kumar Indian National Congress
1997 Ram Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 Sunil Jakhar Indian National Congress
2007
2012
2017 Arun Narang Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Sandeep Jakhar Indian National Congress

Election results

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2022

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Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Abohar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sandeep Jakhar[3] 49,924 37.51
AAP Deep Kamboj 44,453 33.40
BJP Arun Narang 21,534 16.18
SAD Dr. Mahinder Kumar Rinwa 14,345 10.78
Independent Baljinder Singh 899 0.68
NOTA None of the above 726 0.55
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors 178,739 [4]
INC gain from BJP Swing INC

2017

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Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Abohar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arun Narang
AAP Atul Nagpal
BSP Prithi Raj
INC Sunil Kumar Jakhar
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors 159,670 [6]

References

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  1. ^ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Abohar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  5. ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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30°09′N 74°12′E / 30.15°N 74.2°E / 30.15; 74.2= SLA | constituency_no = 81