As AAP’s Candidate Jumps Ship To Congress, Will This Help Team Channi To Gain Ground In Firozpur Rural?

Firozpur Rural Constituency, Punjab: The Firozpur Rural, one of the 117 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Punjab, will go to polls on February 20. Reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Firozpur Rural is part of Firozpur district and considered to be Congress’ stronghold. According to the dates announced by the poll panel,  the counting of Firozpur Rural Constituency and 116 other will be held on March 10, 2022. In 2017, this constituency was won by the Indian National Congress. Satkar Kaur of INC won the seat by defeating Joginder Singh Jindu of Shiromani Akali Dal with a margin of 21380 votes.

Earlier this month, the AAP’s Ferozepur Rural candidate Amandeep Ashu Banger resigned from the party and joined the ruling Congress in Punjab, alleging that Arvind Kejriwal’s outfit runs like a “multinational company” with only Delhi leaders calling the shots.

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

2017 Punjab Assembly Election: 

In 2017, this constituency was won by the Indian National Congress. Firozpur Rural under Firozpur district of Punjab State. In 2017, Satkar Kaur of Indian National Congress won the seat by defeating Joginder Singh Jindu from Shiromani Akali Dal with a margin of 21380 votes.

Candidates For 2022 Assembly Election- Anandpur Sahib

• Joginder Singh Jindu (SAD)
• Rajnish Dahiya (AAP)

  FIROZPUR RURAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS (2017)

  Candidate’s Name	Party	Level	Votes	Vote Rate %	Margin
  Satkar Kaur	INC	Winner	71,037	45.33%	21,380
  Joginder Singh Jindu	SAD	Runner Up	49,657	31.69%
  Mohan Singh Phallian Wala	AAP	3rd	32,011	20.43%
  Joginder Singh	IND	4th	924	0.59%
  None Of The Above	NOTA	5th	920	0.59%
  Puran	BSP	6th	698	0.45%
  Lal Singh Sulhani	SAD(M)	7th	498	0.32%
  Amarjit Singh Gharu	IND	8th	276	0.18%
  Badal Singh	SWAP	9th	261	0.17%
  Sunny Kumar	IND	10th	228	0.15%
  Sajan	IND	11th	202	0.13%

  FIROZPUR RURAL PAST ELECTION RESULTS

  Year	Candidate’s Name Party Level Votes Vote Rate % Margin
  2017	Satkar Kaur INC Winner 71,037 45.33% 21,380 Joginder Singh Jindu SAD Runner Up 49,657 31.69%
  2012	Joginder Singh Alias Jindu SAD Winner 61,830 45% 162 Satkar Kaur INC Runner Up 61,668 45%