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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).
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.

| Candidate’s Name | Party | Level | Votes | Vote Rate % | Margin |
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| 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% |
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