Majitha Assembly constituency
{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Majitha
| mla = Ganieve Kaur Majithia
| party = Shiromani Akali Dal
| latest_election_year = 2022
| state = Punjab
| district = Amritsar
| loksabha_cons = Amritsar
| reservation = None
| electors = {{formatnum:167775}}{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14165-punjab-general-legislative-election-2022/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2022 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=10 May 2022 |access-date= 15 May 2022}}{{update after|2027|6}}
| type= SLA
| constituency_no = 13
}}
Majitha Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 13) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar 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 }} VVPAT will be used in Majitha in the 2017 Assembly polls.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/punjab-polls-in-high-profile-seats-ec-leaves-no-scope-for-rivals-to-complain/story-HUY23sWhjP6pY9igbIJMmO.html|title=Punjab polls: In high-profile seats, EC leaves no scope for rivals to complain|author=Gurpreet Singh Nibber|date= 30 December 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}{{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/lpac.aspx |title=List of Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Constituencies in the State of Punjab as determined by the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituency notification dated 19th June, 2006 |author=Chief Electoral Officer – Punjab |date=19 June 2006 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class ="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Name !colspan=2| Party |
|---|
| 1977
| rowspan=2 | Parkash Singh Majitha |{{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| 1990 |
| 1985
|{{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1992
|Ranjit Singh |
| 1997
|{{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| 2001^ |
| 2002
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2007
|rowspan=3 | Bikram Singh Majithia |{{Full party name with color|rowspan=4 |Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| 2012 |
| 2017 |
| 2022
|Ganieve Kaur Majithia{{cite news|last1=Goyal |first1=Divya |title=The Chosen 13: ‘Padwoman’, Moga’s doctor among Punjab’s women MLAs |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/punjab-elections-results-aap-victory-congress-sad-candidates-7816401/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=12 March 2022 |language=en}} |
^ = (By-elections)
Election results
= 2022 =
{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Majitha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal
|candidate = Ganieve Kaur Majithia
|votes = 57027
|percentage = 46.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Sukhjinder Raj Singh (Lalli Majithia)
|votes = 30965
|percentage = 25.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jagwinder Pal Singh (Jagga Majithia)
|votes = 26008
|percentage = 21.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
|candidate = Kulwant Singh Kotla Gujran
|votes = 3,553
|percentage = 2.91
|change = {{increase}}2.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pardeep Singh
|votes = 1654
|percentage = 1.35
|change = {{increase}}1.35
}}
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing |winner = Shiromani Akali Dal |swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
= 2017 =
{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Majitha{{cite web |url=http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/18|title= Majitha Assembly election result, 2012|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 candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal
|candidate = Bikram Singh Majithia
|votes = 65,803
|percentage = 54.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sukhjinder Rai Singh (Lalli)
|votes = 42,919
|percentage = 35.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Himmat Singh Shergill
|votes = 10,252
|percentage = 8.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Surjit Singh
|votes = 700
|percentage = 0.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
|candidate = Kulwant Singh
|votes = 657
|percentage = 0.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Himmat Singh
|votes = 457
|percentage = 0.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Waryam Singh
|votes = 257
|percentage = 0.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gagandeep Kumar
|votes = 224
|percentage = 0.18
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sukhjinder Singh
|votes = 221
|percentage = 0.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sukhjinder Singh Tanel
|votes = 194
|percentage = 0.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26062
|percentage = 21.34
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{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = {{formatnum:158951}}
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{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Record of all Punjab Assembly Election results |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/86-punjab/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=14 March 2022}}
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Category:Assembly constituencies of Punjab, India
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