Dina Nagar 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 = Dina Nagar

| state = Punjab

| district = Gurdaspur

| loksabha_cons = Gurdaspur

| reservation = SC

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 5

| mla = Aruna Chaudhary

| party = Indian National Congress

| latest_election_year = 2022

| electors = {{formatnum:192562}} (in 2022){{update after|2027|02}}

}}

Dina Nagar is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency covering Dina Nagar in Gurdaspur 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

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

1972

|Jai Muni

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

1977

|Gian Chand

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

1980

|rowspan=2|Jai Muni

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

1985

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

1992

|Krishna Kumar

1997

|Roop Rani

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

2002

|Aruna Chaudhary

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

2007

|Sita Ram

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

2012

|rowspan=3| Aruna Chaudhary

|rowspan=3 {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}

|rowspan=3| Indian National Congress

2017
2022

Election results

= 2022 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Aruna Chaudhary{{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=51,133|percentage=36.60|change={{decrease}}19.22}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Shamsher Singh{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Punjab Election 2022: Complete List of AAP Candidates, Check Names HERE|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/punjab-election-2022-complete-list-of-aap-candidates-check-names-announced-5198549/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-22|website=www.india.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122030948/https://www.india.com/news/india/punjab-election-2022-complete-list-of-aap-candidates-check-names-announced-5198549/ |archive-date=22 January 2022 }}|votes=50,002|percentage=35.79|change={{increase}}27.86}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Renu Kashyap|votes=20,560|percentage=14.72|change={{decrease}}16.42}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Kamaljeet Chawla|votes=15,534|percentage=11.12|change={{increase}}10.67}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Kulwant Singh|votes=1,584|percentage=1.11|change={{decrease}}3.94}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=None of the above|party=None of the above|votes=931|percentage=0.67|change={{decrease}}0.28}}

{{Election box majority|votes=1,131|percentage=0.80|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=139,708|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:192562}}

|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

|winner = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2017 =

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Dina Nagar{{cite web |url=http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/10|title= Dina Nagar Assembly election result, 2017|accessdate= 13 January 2017}}{{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 = Aruna Chaudhary

|votes = 72,176

|percentage = 55.82

|change = {{increase}}2.91

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Bishan Dass

|votes = 40,259

|percentage = 31.14

|change = {{decrease}}11.41

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|candidate = Joginder Singh

|votes = 10,258

|percentage = 7.93

|change = new

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 1,231

|percentage = 0.95

|change = --

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 31,917

|percentage = 24.45

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 130,525

|percentage = 71.80

|change = {{decrease}}2.26

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:181776 }}

|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 hold with party link

|winner = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2012=

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2012: Dina Nagar{{cite web |url=http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/10|title= Dina Nagar Assembly election result, 2012|accessdate= 13 January 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2012/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2012 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Aruna Chaudhary

|votes = 65,993

|percentage = 52.91

|change = {{increase}}5.59

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Bishan Dass

|votes = 53,066

|percentage = 42.55

|change = {{decrease}}5.59

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,927

|percentage = 10.36

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 124,717

|percentage = 74.06

|change = {{increase}}1.51

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2007=

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2007: Dina Nagar{{cite web |url=http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/10|title= Dina Nagar Assembly election result, 2007|accessdate= 13 January 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2007/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2007 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Sita Ram

|votes = 49,173

|percentage = 48.14

|change = {{increase}}3.60

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Aruna Chaudhary

|votes = 48,331

|percentage = 47.32

|change = {{decrease}}0.73

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 842

|percentage = 0.82

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 102,126

|percentage = 74.06

|change = {{increase}}8.96

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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