Dakha 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 = Dakha

| mla = Manpreet Singh Ayali

| party = Shiromani Akali Dal

| latest_election_year = 2019

| state = Punjab

| district = Ludhiana

| loksabha_cons = Ludhiana

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:187760 }} (in 2022){{update after|2027|02}}

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 68

}}

Dakha Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 68) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Ludhiana 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 }} Until 2008, Dakha constituency was reserved for SC candidates. Since 2012 election it was opened to all candidates. Manpreet Singh Ayali is the MLA from Dakha since 2019.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

!Member

!Picture

!colspan="2"|Party

1967

| Jagir Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
1969

|rowspan=2 | Basant Singh

rowspan=2 |

|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal| rowspan=5}}

1972
1977

| Charanjit Singh

1980

|rowspan=2 | Basant Singh

rowspan=2 |
1985
1992

| Malkiat Singh Dakha

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
1997

| Bikramjit Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
2002

| Malkiat Singh Dakha

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
2007

| Darshan Singh Shivalik

|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal|rowspan=2}}
2012

| Manpreet Singh Ayali

65px
2017

| Harvinder Singh Phoolka

65px

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

2019 ByPoll

| rowspan="2" |Manpreet Singh Ayali

rowspan=2 | 65px

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

2022

Election results

= 2022 =

{{Election box begin |title=Punjab Assembly election, 2022: 68. Dakha{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2022 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal

|candidate = Manpreet Singh Ayali

|votes = 49909

|percentage = 34.97

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Captain Sandeep Singh Sandhu{{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 =44102

|percentage = 30.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|candidate = Dr KNS Kang

|votes = 42994

|percentage = 30.12

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 1171

|percentage = 0.82

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5807

|percentage = 4.07

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 142739

|percentage = 75.73

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:187760}}

|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 hold with party link no swing |winner = Shiromani Akali Dal |swing = }}

{{Election box end}}

=By election 2019=

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 2019: 68. Dakha{{cite news |last1=Zee News |title=By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/by-election-results-2019-list-of-winners-in-51-assembly-and-satara-samastipur-2241916.html |accessdate=9 January 2024 |date=25 October 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109071426/https://zeenews.india.com/india/by-election-results-2019-list-of-winners-in-51-assembly-and-satara-samastipur-2241916.html |archivedate=9 January 2024 |language=en}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal

|candidate = Manpreet Singh Ayali

|votes = 66,297

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Sandeep Singh Sandhu

|votes = 51,625

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Lok Insaaf Party

|candidate = Sukhdev Singh Chak

|votes = 8,441

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|candidate = Amandeep Singh Mohie

|votes = 2,804

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 642

|percentage =

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{{Election box majority|

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes =1,31,798

|percentage = 71.35

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner =Shiromani Akali Dal

|loser =Aam Aadmi Party

|swing=}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2017 =

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2017: 68. Dakha{{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 = Harvinder Singh Phoolka

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|votes = 58923

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal

|candidate = Manpreet Singh Ayali

|votes = 54754

|percentage =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:179549}}

|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}}

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{{Election box gain with party link |winner = Aam Aadmi Party |loser = Shiromani Akali Dal |swing = }}

{{Election box end}}

= 2012 =

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2012: 68. Dakha }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Manpreet Singh Ayali

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal

|votes = 72208

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Jasbir Singh Khangura

|votes = 55820

|percentage =

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=Past elections=

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!Year

A C No.CategoryNamePartyVotesRunner UpPartyVotes
200754Dakha (SC)Darshan Singh ShivalikSAD94807Malkiat Singh DakhaINC79006
200255Dakha (SC)Malkiat Singh DakhaINC51570Darshan Singh ShivalikSAD42844
199755Dakha (SC)Bikramjit SinghSAD64605Malkit Singh DakhaINC49495
199255Dakha (SC)Malkiat SinghINC4404Ghanaya LalBJP1225
198555Dakha (SC)Basant SinghSAD39511Mohinder SinghINC23529
198055Dakha (SC)Basant SinghSAD31560Jagjit SinghINC (I)27113
197755Dakha (SC)Charanjit SinghSAD31908Gurcharan SinghINC20178
197265Dakha (SC)Basant SinghSAD25565Harbans Singh SayanINC23372
196965Dakha (SC)Basant SinghSAD22641Jagir SinghINC11476
196765Dakha (SC)Jagir SinghINC18060Basant SinghADS16903

See also

References

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