Malout Assembly constituency
{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Malout
| state = Punjab
| district = Sri Muktsar Sahib
| loksabha_cons = Firozpur
| reservation = SC
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 85
| mla = Baljit Kaur
| party = Aam Aadmi Party
| latest_election_year = 2022
| electors = {{formatnum:176573}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ceopunjab.gov.in/DownLoadDocument?t=2294&l=En&q=election |title=Voter Turnout Report - General Elections to Punjab Vidhan Sabha, 2022 |publisher=Chief Election Officer, Punjab |access-date=13 March 2022}}{{update after|2027|6}}
}}
Malout is one of the 117 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Punjab state in India.{{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}}{{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 }}
It is part of Sri Muktsar Sahib district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes since 1977. There have been calls from some local leaders and residents to review the reservation status, citing that it has remained reserved for a considerably very long period.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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| Year
!Member !Picture !colspan="2"|Party |
|---|
| 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Teja Singh | |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Parkash Singh | |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Gurmit Singh | |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Gurmit Singh | |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Gurmit Singh | |{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| 1972 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Gurbinder Kaur | |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Daua Ram | |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| 1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Matu Ram | |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}} |
| 1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Shiv Chand | |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Baldev Singh | |{{Full party name with color|United Communist Party of India}} |
| 1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Sujan Singh | |{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| 2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| Nathu Ram | |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| 2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| |{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| 2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| |{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| 2017
| |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2022
| |{{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}} |
Election results
= 2022 =
{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Malout{{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}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Dr. Baljit Kaur{{cite news |title=Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/punjab-elections-2022-full-list-of-aam-aadmi-party-candidates/2404732/ |access-date=23 January 2022 |work=The Financial Express |date=21 January 2022 |language=en}}
|votes =77370
|percentage =55.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Rupinder Ruby{{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=17652|percentage=12.68|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Shiromani Akali Dal|candidate=Harpreet Singh|votes=37109|percentage=26.67|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=40,261|percentage= 28.93
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{{Election box turnout||votes=139167|percentage=|change=}}
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{{Election box gain with party link |winner = Aam Aadmi Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }}
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= 2017 =
{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Malout{{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 = Ajaib Singh Bhatti
|party = Indian National Congress
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= 1957 =
{{Election box begin|title=Punjab Assembly election, 1957}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Parkash Singh|party=Indian National Congress|votes=39,255|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Ujjagar Singh|votes=13,571|percentage=|change=|}}
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{{Election box end}}
See also
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
Category:Sri Muktsar Sahib district
Category:Politics of Punjab, India