Labh Singh Ugoke
Indian politician
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Labh Singh Ugoke is an Indian politician and the MLA in the Punjab Legislative Assembly representing the Bhadaur Assembly constituency in Punjab, India, since 2022. Prior to entering politics, he owned a mobile repair shop in his village. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1]
Labh Singh Ugoke | |
|---|---|
| Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Pirmal Singh Dhaula (AAP) |
| Constituency | Bhadaur |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Profession | Politician |
Member of Legislative Assembly
He represents the Bhadaur Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly.
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes[2]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Petitions[3]
Controversy
In January 2023, a video circulated in which Ugoke is seen telling a man (who was opposing the conversion of a Primary Health Centre (PHC) into an Aam Aadmi Clinic) that if a non-AAP government were in power, the man would have been 'thrashed' and 'thrown in jail.'[4]
Electoral performance
In 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election Ugoke defeated the incumbent Chief minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi.[5][6] The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Labh Singh Ugoke[8] | 53,967 | 51.07 | New | |
| INC | Charanjit Singh Channi[9] | 26,409 | 21.09 |  8.09 | |
| SAD | Satnam Singh | 21,183 | 16.91 | 21.45 | |
| SAD(A) | Hans Singh | 8,600 | 12.34 |  10.4 | |
| PLC | Dharam Singh Fauji | 622 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 37,558 | 29.98 | |||
| Turnout | 125,247 | 79.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,57,809 | [10] | |||
| AAP hold | |||||
Personal life
His mother Baldev Kaur worked as a sweeper in a government run school.[11]