Avtar Singh Junior (born 22 January 1979)[1] is an Indian politician and a member of INC. In 2017, he was elected as the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalandhar North.[2][3]
Avtar Singh Junior | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | K. D. Bhandari |
| Constituency | Jalandhar North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 January 1979 |
| Political party | INC |
| Residence | Jalandhar |
| Profession | Politician |
Career
editHe owns a transport company, the Kartar bus service Punjab. He is the son of Sh. Avtar Henry three time MLA from Jalandhar north and ex Cabinet minister.[citation needed]
Member of Legislative Assembly
editHe won the Jalandhar North constituency on an INC ticket, he beat the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly K. D. Bhandari of the BJP by over 32291 votes.[4][5]
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.[6]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Subordinate Legislation[7]
Electoral performance
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Avtar Singh Junior | 69,715 | 56.0 |  12.56
| |
| BJP | K D Bhandari | 37,424 | 30.10 |  14.80
| |
| AAP | Gulshan Sharma | 13,386 | 10.80 | new | |
| Majority | 32,291 | 26.20 | |||
| Turnout | 1,23,309 | 72.20 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Avtar Singh Junior | 47,338 | 37.20 | 18.80
| |
| BJP | K.D.Bhandari | 37,852 | 29.80 | 0.30
| |
| AAP | Dinesh Dhal[8] | 32,685 | 25.70 | 14.90
| |
| BSP | Kuldeep Singh Lubana | 6,153 | 4.08 | ||
| Majority | 9,486 | 7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,28,158 | 66.70 | |||
| Registered electors | 192,058 | [9] | |||
| INC hold | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Members". www.punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Avtar Singh Junior(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- JALANDHAR NORTH(JALANDHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "🗳️ Avtar Singh Junior, Jalandhar North Assembly Elections 2017 LIVE Results | Election Dates, Exit Polls, Leading Candidates & Parties | Latest News, Articles & Statistics | LatestLY.com". LatestLY. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "2017 Jalandhar North - Punjab Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates". India.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "JALANDHAR NORTH Election Result 2017, Winner, JALANDHAR NORTH MLA, Punjab". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ Financial express (18 February 2022). "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates and their constituencies". Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.