Abohar Assembly constituency

{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Abohar

| type= SLA

| constituency_no = 81

| map_image = Fazilka district assembly constituencies.svg

| mla = Sandeep Jakhar

| party = Indian National Congress

| latest_election_year = 2022

| state = Punjab

| district = Fazilka

| loksabha_cons = Firozpur

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:178416 }} (in 2022){{update after|2027|02}}

}}

Abohar Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 81) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Fazilka district, Punjab state, India.{{cite web|url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |title=List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies |accessdate=19 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423033326/http://ceopunjab.nic.in/english/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |archivedate=23 April 2016 }} 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

class="wikitable"

!Election

!Name{{Cite web|title=Abohar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/abohar.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}

! colspan="2" |Party

1952

|Chandi Ram

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1957

|Sahi Ram

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}

1962

|Chandi Ram

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1967

| rowspan="2" |Satya Dev

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh| rowspan=2}}

1969

1972

| rowspan="2" |Balram Jakhar

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress| rowspan=2}}

1977

1980

|Sajjan Kumar

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}

1985

|Arjan Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

1992

|Sajjan Kumar

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1997

|Ram Kumar

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

2002

| rowspan="3" |Sunil Jakhar

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress| rowspan=3}}

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

2022

|Sandeep Jakhar

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

Election results

= 2022 =

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Abohar }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Sandeep Jakhar{{cite news |title=Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/punjab-elections-2022-full-list-of-congress-candidates/2407341/ |access-date=18 February 2022 |work=FE Online |agency=The Indian Express Group |issue=The Financial Express (India) |date=February 18, 2022}}

|votes = 49,924

|percentage = 37.51

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Deep Kamboj|votes=44,453|percentage=33.40|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Arun Narang|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=21,534|percentage=16.18|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Shiromani Akali Dal|candidate=Dr. Mahinder Kumar Rinwa|votes=14,345|percentage=10.78|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Baljinder Singh|votes=899|percentage=0.68|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the above|party=None of the above|votes=726|percentage=0.55|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:178739}}

|ref= {{cite web |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2022 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14165-punjab-general-legislative-election-2022/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}

}}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing =INC }}

= 2017 =

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Abohar{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2017 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Arun Narang

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = {{formatnum:55091}}

|percentage = 44.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Sunil Jakhar

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = {{formatnum:51812}}

|percentage = 41.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Atul Nagpal

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|votes = {{formatnum:13888}}

|percentage = 11.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the above

|party = None of the above

|votes = {{formatnum:1212}}

|percentage = 0.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = {{formatnum:3279}}

|percentage = 2.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = {{formatnum:123917}}

|percentage = 78.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:159,660}}

}}

References

External links

{{cite web |title=Record of all Punjab Assembly Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/86-punjab/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=14 March 2022}}

Category:Assembly constituencies of Punjab, India

Category:Fazilka district

Category:Politics of Punjab, India

Category:Constituencies established in 1951

Category:1951 establishments in East Punjab= SLA

| constituency_no = 81