Bholath Assembly constituency

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Bholath

| mla = Sukhpal Singh Khaira

| party = Indian National Congress

| latest_election_year = 2022

| state = Punjab

| district = Kapurthala

| loksabha_cons = Hoshiarpur

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image = Sukhpalsingh.jpeg

| electors = {{formatnum:136413}} (in 2022){{update after|2027|02}}

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 26

}}

Bholath Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 26) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency of Bholath in Kapurthala 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 |access-date=19 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423033326/http://ceopunjab.nic.in/english/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |archive-date=23 April 2016 |df= }} Sukhpal Khaira won this seat on Aam Aadmi Party party ticket in 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election but later on created a new party Punjab Ekta Party in 2019, and later, in June 2021, he joined the Indian National Congress.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

1992

|Jagtar Singh

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

1997

|rowspan=2|Bibi Jagir Kaur

|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal|rowspan=2}}

2002
2007

|Sukhpal Singh Khaira

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

2012

|Bibi Jagir Kaur

|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}

2017

| rowspan="2" | Sukhpal Singh Khaira

|{{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}

2022

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

Election results

= 2022 =

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Bholath{{Cite web |title=ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਧਨਸਭਾ ਚੋਣਾਂ 2022 ਭੋਲੱਥ |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS1926.htm?ac=26}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Sukhpal Singh Khaira

|votes = {{formatnum:37254}}

|percentage = 41.15

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal

|candidate = Bibi Jagir Kaur

|votes = {{formatnum:28029}}

|percentage = 30.96

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|candidate = Ranjeet Singh Rana

|votes = {{formatnum:13612}}

|percentage = 15.03

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)

|candidate = Rajinder Singh Fauji

|votes = {{formatnum:7583}}

|percentage = 8.38

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = {{formatnum:9225}}

|percentage = 10.19

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:136413}}

|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 end}}

= 2017=

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Bholath{{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 candidate with party link|

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|candidate = Sukhpal Singh Khaira

|votes = 48,873

|percentage = 49.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal

|candidate = Yuvraj Bhupinder Singh

|votes = 40,671

|percentage = 41.53

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Ranjit Singh Rana

|votes = 5,923

|percentage = 6.05

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)

|candidate = Rajinder Singh Fauji

|votes = 708

|percentage = 0.72

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = Satpal

|votes = 513

|percentage = 0.52

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Aapna Punjab Party

|candidate = Gurbinder Singh

|votes = 403

|percentage = 0.41

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Democratic Bharatiya Samaj Party

|candidate = Gurdeep Singh

|votes = 176

|percentage = 0.18

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party of India (Ambedkar)

|candidate = Satpal Kimti

|votes = 170

|percentage = 0.17

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Nationalist Congress Party

|candidate = Raman Kumar

|votes = 124

|percentage = 0.13

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 379

|percentage = 0.39

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum: 130808}}

|ref={{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/VS2017/D03-Electors%20and%20Polling%20Stations%20VS%202017.pdf |title=Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017 |author=Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab |access-date= 24 June 2021}}

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Previous results=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

A C No.WinnerPartyVotesRunner UpPartyVotes
201226Bibi Jagir KaurSAD49,392Sukhpal Singh KhairaINC42,387
200739Sukhpal Singh KhairaINC48,072Bibi Jagir KaurSAD39,208
200240Bibi Jagir KaurSAD41,937Sukhpal Singh KhairaINC30,559
199740Bibi Jagir KaurSAD53,168Sukhpal Singh KhairaINC25,141
199240Jagtar SinghINC2,865Roop SinghBSP649
198540Sukhjinder Singh KhairaSAD29,693Jagtar SinghINC21,047
198040Sukhjinder Singh KhairaSAD26,686Naranjan SinghINC (I)21,902
197740Sukhjinder Singh KhairaSAD29,390Bawa Harnam SinghIND16,244

References

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