Chamkaur Sahib Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India
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Chamkaur Sahib is one of the 117 constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in the state of Punjab, India.[1][2] It lies in Rupnagar district and is reserved for member of the Scheduled Castes.[3]
| Chamkaur Sahib | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 51 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
Current MLA, Dr. Charanjit Singh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Rupnagar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Anandpur Sahib |
| Total electors | 197,330 (in 2022) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AAP |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Vote transfer dynamics in the 2022 Chamkaur Sahib election
The 2022 defeat of Charanjit Singh Channi in Chamkaur Sahib cannot be attributed to voter rejection, as his vote tally increased from 61,060 in 2017[4] to approximately 62,306 in 2022. The decisive factor was the reconfiguration of opposition votes following the Akali Dal–BSP alliance. Although Akali Dal had secured over 31,000 votes in 2017, the BSP vote share collapsed to around 3,800 in 2022, indicating a near-total failure of alliance vote transfer. At the same time, AAP's significant surge suggests that Akali Dal votes shifted away from its Dalit alliance partner rather than consolidating behind it. This pattern effectively weakened the BSP in a reserved constituency and materially altered the electoral outcome, raising serious questions about the sincerity and functional intent of the alliance.[5]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Satwant Sandu | Shiromani Akali Dal | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | Bhag Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1992 | Shamsher Singh | ||
| 1997 | Satwant Sandhu | Shiromani Akali Dal | |
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | Charanjit Singh Channi | Independent politician | |
| 2012 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2017[6] | |||
| 2022[7] | Charanjit Singh | Aam Aadmi Party | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Dr. Charanjit Singh | 70,248 | 47.6 | ||
| INC | Charanjit Singh Channi[8] | 62,306 | 42.22 | ||
| SAD(A) | Lakhvir Singh | 6,974 | 4.73 | ||
| BSP | Harmohan Singh Sandhu | 3,802 | 2.58 | ||
| BJP | Darshan Singh Shivjot | 2,514 | 1.7 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 713 | 0.48 | ||
| Majority | 7,942 | 5.38 | |||
| Turnout | 1,47,571 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,97,330 | [9] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2017
Charanjit Singh Channi, who, in 2021, became the Chief Minister of Punjab, won the seat for third consecutive time.[6][10][11][12][13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Charanjit Singh Channi | 61,060 | 42.00 | ||
| AAP | Dr. Charanjit Singh | 48,752 | 33.53 | ||
| SAD | Justice Nirmal Singh | 31,452 | 21.63 | ||
| BSP | Rajinder Singh | 1,610 | 1.11 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 911 | 0.63 | ||
| Majority | 12,308 | 8.47 | |||
| Turnout | 1,45,399 | 77.78 | |||
| Registered electors | 186,932 | [14] | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Charanjit Singh Channi | 54,640 | 41.26 | ||
| SAD | Jagmeet Kaur | 50,981 | 38.50 | ||
| PPoP | Gurpreet Singh | 13,408 | 10.12 | ||
| BSP | Rajinder Singh | 9,164 | 6.92 | ||
| IND | Haripal | 2,877 | 2.17 | ||
| Majority | 3,659 | 2.76 | |||
| Turnout | 1,32,430 | 79.78 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
Previous results
| Year | A C No. | Name | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 66 | Charanjit Singh Channi | IND | 37946 | Satwant Kaur Sandhu | SAD | 36188 |
| 2002 | 67 | Satwant Kaur Sandhu | SAD | 33511 | Bhag Singh | INC | 24413 |
| 1997 | 67 | Satwant Kaur Sandhu | SAD | 40349 | Nirmal Singh | SAD (M) | 14205 |
| 1992 | 67 | Shamsher Singh | INC | 3641 | Gurmukh Singh | BSP | 2706 |
| 1985 | 67 | Bhag Singh | INC | 19928 | Bimal Kaur | IND | 18134 |
| 1980 | 67 | Satwant Kaur Sandhu | SAD | 23352 | Karnail Singh | INC (I) | 18277 |
| 1977 | 67 | Satwant Kaur Sandhu | SAD | 29223 | Prithvi Singh Azad | INC | 17463 |