Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa (born 1 February 1959) is an Indian politician who was the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab. He is also a member of Indian National Congress and Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represents Dera Baba Nanak.[1][2][3]
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | |
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| General Secretary of AICC for Rajasthan | |
| Assumed office December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ajay Maken |
| Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab | |
| In office 20 September 2021 – 16 March 2022 Serving with Om Parkash Soni | |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit |
| Chief Minister | Charanjit Singh Channi |
| Preceded by | Sukhbir Singh Badal |
| Member of Legislative Assembly, Punjab | |
| In office March 2012 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Nirmal Singh Kahlon |
| Constituency | Dera Baba Nanak |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sunny Deol |
| Constituency | Gurdaspur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1959 Dharowali, Punjab, India |
| Political party |  Indian National Congress |
| Residence(s) | Awakha, Gurdaspur, Punjab, India |
Early life
editSukhjinder Singh was born on 1 February 1959 at Dharowali village, tehsil Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district in a Sikh Jatt family.[4] His father's name was Santokh Singh who served as Punjab congress chief twice and was one of the most senior congressmen of his time. Sukhjinder completed his Matric education from Government school Chandigarh in 1975.[5]
Political career
editRandhawa first successfully contested Punjab Legislative Assembly from Fatehgarh Churian in 2002 defeating Akali dal's Nirmal Singh Kahlon.[6] In 2012, he was elected from new constituency Dera Baba Nanak.[1] He was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest as part of their decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.[7]
Member of Legislative Assembly
editHe represents the Dera Baba Nanak Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[8]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Estimates[9]
Electoral performance
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | 52,555 | 36.70 | ||
| SAD | Ravikaran Singh Kahlon | 52,089 | 36.40 | ||
| AAP | Gurdeep Singh Randhawa | 31,742 | 22.2 | ||
| Independent | Jagjit Singh | 2,684 | 1.86 | ||
| BJP | Kuldeep Singh | 1,913 | 1.33 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,099 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 466 | 0.33 | |||
| Turnout | 1,44,359 | 73.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 194,613 | [10] | |||
| INC hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | 60385 | 42.83 | ||
| SAD | Sucha Singh Langah | 59191 | 41.98 | ||
| AAP | Gurpartap Singh Khushalpur | 17222 | 12.21 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 961 | 0.68 | ||
| Majority | 1194 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 183,088 | [12] | |||
| INC hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | 66,294 | 50.22 | ||
| SAD | Sucha Singh | 63,354 | 47.99 | ||
| Majority | 3060 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| INC gain from SAD | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "MLA' S Punjab". Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Punjab Congress Crisis Live Updates: New CLP leader likely to be announced today". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Personal information of MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa". Punjab Legislative Assembly official website. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Details of Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa". Association For Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation". 11 November 2016.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ a b Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Dera Baba Nanak Assembly election result, 2012". Retrieved 13 January 2017.