Balachaur Assembly constituency

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

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Balachaur

| mla = Santosh Kataria

| party = [Aam Aadmi Party]

| latest_election_year = 2022

| state = Punjab

| district = Nawan Shahr

| loksabha_cons = Anandpur Sahib

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:155145 }} (in 2022){{update after|2027|02}}

| type= SLA

| constituency_no = 48

}}

Balachaur Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 48) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 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 }}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year !Member !colspan="2"\|Party
2017 \| Darshan Lal \|{{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}

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Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

2017

| Darshan Lal

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

Election results

= 2022 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Santosh Kumari Kataria{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/punjab/all-winners/|title=All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 {{!}} Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections|last1=News18|date=2022|accessdate=27 October 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027091043/https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/punjab/all-winners/|archivedate=27 October 2022|language=en}}|votes=39,633|percentage=34.47|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Shiromani Akali Dal|candidate=Sunita Chaudhary|votes=35,092|percentage=30.52|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Darshan Lal{{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=31,201|percentage=27.14|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Ashok Baath|votes=5,566|percentage=4.84|change=New}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:155145}}

|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}}

}}

= 2017 =

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Balachaur{{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|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Chaudhary Darshan Lal

|votes = 49558

|percentage = 42.21

}}