Chamkaur Sahib Constituency: In Charanjit Singh Channi’s Bastion, Here’s How Things Stand For Rivals

Punjab Assembly Election 2022: In 2017, Charanjit Singh Channi (Chief Minister of Punjab) of Indian National Congress won the seat by defeating Charanjit Singh from Aam Aadmi Party with a margin of 12308 votes.

Published date india.com Updated: January 30, 2022 4:54 PM IST
Chamkaur Sahib Constituency: In Charanjit Singh Channi's Bastion, Here's How Things Stand For Rivals
Chamkaur Sahib Constituency: Seat to go to polls on Feb 20

Chamkaur Sahib Constituency, Punjab: Punjab has the highest percentage of the Scheduled Castes population in India, yet the community has not witnessed the rise of any strong leader across key political parties. However, ahead of the 2022 Assembly election, the Congress party made an electoral strike by appointing Charanjit Singh Channi as Chief Minister bringing the community back into focus in the political arena. Chamkaur Sahib Constituency, also known as CM Channi’s bastion, will go to polls on February 20. In 2017, Charanjit Singh Channi (Chief Minister of Punjab) of Indian National Congress won the seat by defeating Charanjit Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party with a margin of 12308 votes.

This time, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Darshan Singh Shivjot to contest against the incumbent chief minister. Chamkaur Sahib is one of the 117 constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in the state of Punjab and lies under the Rupnagar district (reserved for member of the Scheduled Castes).

Zee Opinion Poll Predicts Hung Assembly In Punjab:

Punjab may be heading for a hung assembly with Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerging as the single largest party in the state, predicted Zee News-DesignBoxed Opinion Poll.  As per the pre-poll survey, AAP and Congress are projected to win 36-39 and 35-38 seats respectively in the state, which will vote in single-phase on Feb 20. But despite the lead in vote share, AAP may not win a majority out of 117 seats.

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Candidates For 2022 Assembly Election- Chamkaur Sahib

  • Charanjit Singh Channi (INC)
  • Darshan Singh Shivjot (BJP)
  • Dr Charanjit Singh (AAP)
  • AIG Harmohan Singh Sandhu (SAD)

Here’s the complete schedule for Punjab Assembly Polls:

  • Issue of notification: January 21
  • Last date of notification: January 28
  • Scrutiny of nomination: January 29
  • Last date of withdrawal of candidature: January 31
  • Date of poll:  February 20
  • Counting of votes: March 10

CHAMKAUR SAHIB ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS (2017)

Candidate’s Name Party Level Votes Vote Rate % Margin
Charanjit Singh Channi INC Winner 61,060 42.00% 12,308
Charanjit Singh AAP Runner Up 48,752 33.53%
Justice Nirmal Singh SAD 3rd 31,452 21.63%
Rajinder Singh BSP 4th 1,610 1.11%
None Of The Above NOTA 5th 911 0.63%
Harjinder Singh PDEMP 6th 587 0.40%
Jagdish Singh IND 7th 428 0.29%
Parminder Kaur APPA 8th 332 0.23%
Shinderpal Singh JJJKP 9th 260 0.18%

CHAMKAUR SAHIB PAST ELECTION RESULTS

Year
Candidate’s Name Party Level Votes Vote Rate % Margin
2017
Charanjit Singh Channi INC Winner 61,060 42% 12,308
Charanjit Singh AAP Runner Up 48,752 33.53%
2012
Charanjit Singh Channi INC Winner 54,640 41% 3,659
Jagmeet Kaur SAD Runner Up 50,981 39%
2007
Charanjit Singh Channi IND Winner 37,946 42% 1,758
Satwant Kaur SAD Runner Up 36,188 40%
2002
Satwant Kaur SAD Winner 33,511 46% 9,098
Bhag Singh INC Runner Up 24,413 33%
1997
Satwant Kaur SAD Winner 40,349 56% 26,144
Bhag Singh SAD(M) Runner Up 14,205 20%
1992
Shamsher Singh INC Winner 3,641 48% 935
Gurmukh Singh BSP Runner Up 2,706 35%
1985
Bhag Singh INC Winner 19,928 34% 1,794
Bimal Kaur IND Runner Up 18,134 31%
1980
Satwant Kaur SAD Winner 23,352 52% 5,075
Karnail Singh INC(I) Runner Up 18,277 41%
1977
Satwant Kaur SAD Winner 29,223 62% 11,760
Prithvi Singh Azad INC Runner Up 17,463 37%

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