Lok Insaaf Party
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{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name = Lok Insaaf Party
|abbreviation = LIP
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|colorcode = {{party color|Lok Insaaf Party}}
|president = Simarjit Singh Bains
|chairman = Balwinder Singh Bains
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|foundation = 28 October 2016[https://dailypost.in/news/breaking/awaaz-e-punjab-breaks-bains-brothers-announce-floating-lok-insaaf-party/ Bains brothers float Lok Insaaf Party]
({{age in years and days|2016|10|28}} ago)
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|loksabha_seats = 0/543
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|state_seats_name = Punjab Legislative Assembly
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|alliance = *AAP (2016-2018)
- PDA (2018-2022)
|eci=|party_logo=Official logo of the Lok Insaaf Party.png|merged=Indian National Congress}}
Lok Insaaf Party was founded in 2016 by Simarjit Singh Bains.
It contested 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election on five seats in alliance with Aam Aadmi Party.{{Cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ludhiana/lok-insaaf-party-leader-held-heroin-seized-5109425/ |title=Lok Insaaf party leader held, heroin seized |date=2018-03-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-US |access-date=2018-03-24}}
2017 Punjab assembly election
LIP contested 2017 Punjab assembly election on five seats. It formed coalition with Aam Aadmi Party.{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/bains-brothers-enter-into-alliance-with-aap-for-punjab-polls-4388146/|title=Bains brothers announced coalition with AAP|date=2019-01-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-27}} Party able to get only two seats out of five. It got 26.46% votes in five seats but 1.22% overall votes. Simarjit Singh Bains won Atam Nagar Assembly Constituency and Balwinder Singh Bains won the Ludhiana South Assembly Constituency.{{fact|date=February 2025}}
2019 general election
In the 2019 Indian general election, the party contested on three Lok Sabha seats in Punjab as a member of Punjab Democratic Alliance; however, the party never won any seat.{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/punjab-democratic-alliance-announces-candidates-for-9-ls-seats-119022600421_1.html|title=PDA will contest on 9 seats|newspaper=Business Standard India |date=26 February 2019 }} These were:
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