Lehra Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India
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Lehra Assembly constituency is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Sangrur district, Punjab state, India.[2]
| Lehra | |
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| Constituency No. 99 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Sangrur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sangrur |
| Total electors | 173,020[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (INC), who was the first and only female Chief minister of Punjab. She won five consecutive times from Lehra constituency from 1992.[3]
List of MLAs
Most successful parties from Lehra Vidhan Sabha
- INC (9 Times) (47.4%)
- SAD (7 Times) (36.8%)
- AAP (1 Time) (5.26%)
- CPI (1 Time) (5.26%)
- IND (1 Time) (5.26%)
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party (Alliance) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As part of PEPSU Legislative Assembly (1951–56) | |||||
| Pritam Singh | 1952 | 1954 | Shiromani Akali Dal | ||
| Brish Bhan | 1952 | 1954 | Indian National Congress | ||
| Pritam Singh Gujran | 1954 | 1956 | Shiromani Akali Dal | ||
| Pritam Singh Sahoke | 1954 | 1956 | |||
| Constituency defunct (1956-1962) | |||||
| As part of Punjab Legislative Assembly (1962–Present) | |||||
| Pritam Singh | 1962 | 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| Brish Bhan | 1967 | 1969 | |||
| Harchand Singh Longowal | 1969 | 1970 | Shiromani Akali Dal | ||
| H. Singh | 1970 | 1972 | |||
| Harish Bhan | 1972 | 1977 | Indian National Congress | ||
| Chitwant Singh | 1977 | 1980 | Independent politician | ||
| Amar Singh | 1980 | 1985 | Communist Party of India | ||
| Inderjit Singh | 1985 | 1987 | Shiromani Akali Dal | ||
| President's Rule | 1987 | 1992 | Governor of Punjab | ||
| Rajinder Kaur Bhattal |  |
1992 | 1997 | Indian National Congress | |
| 1997 | 2002 | ||||
| 2002 | 2007 | ||||
| 2007 | 2012 | ||||
| 2012 | 2017 | ||||
| Parminder Singh Dhindsa[5] |  |
2017 | 2022 | Shiromani Akali Dal | |
| Barinder Kumar Goyal[1] | 2022 | Incumbent | Aam Aadmi Party | ||
Election results
2027
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | |||||
| AD (WPD) |  | ||||
| INC | |||||
| SAD | |||||
| BJP | | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Barinder Kumar Goyal[6] | 60,058 | 43.59 |  | |
| SAD(S) | Parminder Singh Dhindsa | 33,540 | 24.34 | | |
| INC | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | 20,450 | 14.84 |  | |
| SAD | Gobind Singh Longowal | 12,038 | 8.74 | | |
| SAD(M) | Sher Singh | 4,991 | 3.62 | ||
| Independent | Satwant Singh | 1,546 | 1.12 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,071 | 0.78 | ||
| Majority | 26,518 | 19.25 | |||
| Turnout | 137,776 | 79.63 | |||
| Registered electors | 173,020 | [7] | |||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAD | Parminder Singh Dhindsa | 65,550 | 47.4 | ||
| INC | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | 38,735 | 28.0 | ||
| AAP | Jasvir Singh | 25,089 | 18.2 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 962 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 26,815 | 19.5 | |||
| Turnout | 137,242 | 85.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 162,111 | [8] | |||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | 44,706 | 37.27 | ||
| SAD | Sukhwant Singh | 41351 | 34.48 | ||
| PPoP | Bhagwant Mann | 26136 | 21.79 | ||
| BSP | Jagjit Singh | 3232 | 2.69 | ||
| Independent | Rajvir Singh | 1725 | 1.44 | ||
| Majority | 3355 | ||||
| Turnout | 119944 | 85.52 | |||
| Registered electors | [8] | ||||