Baljinder Kaur (politician)
Baljinder Kaur | |
|---|---|
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| Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly[2] | |
| Assumed office 2017[1] | |
| Preceded by | Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu |
| Constituency | Talwandi Sabo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1986 Talwandi Sabo, Punjab |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sukhraj Singh |
| Parent(s) | Darshan Singh and Ranjit Kaur |
Baljinder Kaur is an Indian politician and member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Talwandi Sabo Assembly Constituency. She is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Personal life[]
Kaur did her M. Phil from Punjabi University, Patiala in 2009. Before joining politics she was a professor of English at Mata Gujri College at Fatehgarh Sahib.[3] She married Sukhraj Singh in February 2019; he is also a politician from Aam Aadmi Party.[4] She has one daughter
Political career[]
In 2011 Kaur joined the Indian anti-corruption movement and in 2012 joined Aam Aadmi Party. The first time she contested bypoll election from Talwandi Sabo Assembly Constituency in 2014 but lost the election.[5] However, in the 2017 election she defeated Jeetmohinder Singh of Shiromani Akali Dal with a margin of 19,293 votes.
In the 2019 Indian general election in Punjab she was declared the candidate from Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency) by the party.[6] However she lost the election and stood at third place.
She was the president of the women's wing of AAP Punjab.[7]
Electoral Performance for Punjab Assembly[]
2017 assembly election, Talwandi Sabo[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Baljinder Kaur | 54,553 | 42.67 | ||
| INC | Khusbaz Singh Jatana | 35260 | 27.58 | ||
| SAD | Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu | 34473 | 26.96 | ||
| BSP | Harjindar Singh Mithan | 1346 | 1.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 578 | 0.45 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 128426 | 85.99 | |||
| Registered electors | [9] | ||||
| AAP gain from SAD | Swing | ||||
2022 assembly election, Talwandi Sabo[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Baljinder Kaur[10] | ||||
| INC | Khushbaz Singh Jatana [11] | ||||
| SAD | |||||
| TBD | |||||
| TBD | |||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | [12] | ||||
| AAP hold | |||||
References[]
- ^ "Baljinder Kaur won from talwandi sabo". Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via www.india.com.
- ^ "punjabassembly member". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ aamaadmiparty.org
- ^ "AAP MLA Baljinder Kaur engaged to Party youth wing leader".
- ^ "Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu wins talwandi sabo bypoll election".
- ^ "AAP names talwandi sabo MLA Baljinder Kaur as its Bathinda candidate".
- ^ Goyal, Divya (12 March 2022). "The Chosen 13: 'Padwoman', Moga's doctor among Punjab's women MLAs". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Vidhan Sabha 2022 Electoral Detail". Official Website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022
- Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India
- Punjabi University alumni
- Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027