Moga Constituency: Sonu Sood’s Sister Malvika In Poll Fray. Will Congress Be Able Retain This Seat? Key Facts Here

Moga Assembly Constituency, Punjab: Sonu Sood’s sister Malvika is all set to make her foray into the electoral politics as she will be contesting the upcoming Punjab Assembly Polls on a Congress ticket from Moga. Denied opportunity by the grand old party, Harjot Kamal, Congress MLA from Moga, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) moments after Congress released its first list of 86 candidates for the February 20 polls. He was seen in Chandigarh joining the BJP in the presence of its senior leadership, including Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.

In 2017, this constituency was won by the Indian National Congress. Harjot Kamal Singh of Indian National Congress won the seat by defeating Ramesh Grover from Aam Aadmi Party with a margin of 1764 votes. Moga Assembly constituency falls under Faridkot Lok sabha constituency. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Indian National Congress candidate Mohammad Sadique won from Faridkot Lok Sabha (MP) Seat with the margin of 83256 votes by defeating Gulzar Singh Ranike from Shiromani Akali Dal.

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 the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls, Congress won an absolute majority in the state by winning 77 seats and ousted the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party government after 10 years. In a major highlight of the polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerged as the second-largest as it won 20 seats in 117-member Punjab Legislative Assembly.

Candidates For 2022 Assembly Election- Moga

• Malvika Sood (Congress)
• Barjinder Singh Brar (SAD)
• Dr. Amandeep Kaur Arora (AAP)

  MOGA ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS (2017)

  Candidate’s Name	Party	Level	Votes	Vote Rate %	Margin
  Harjot Kamal Singh	INC	Winner	52,357	35.99%	1,764
  Ramesh Grover	AAP	Runner Up	50,593	34.78%
  Barjinder Singh Makhan Brar	SAD	3rd	36,587	25.15%
  Manjeet Singh Maan	IND	4th	1,801	1.24%
  Kulwant Singh	BSP	5th	858	0.59%
  None Of The Above	NOTA	6th	785	0.54%
  Sandhura Singh Daulatpura	TMC	7th	569	0.39%
  Amar Kumar	SHS	8th	488	0.34%
  Rekha Kapoor	IND	9th	389	0.27%
  Bhupinder Kaur	IND	10th	348	0.24%
  Paramjit	IND	11th	310	0.21%
  Shriram Danwal	HSS	12th	202	0.14%
  Jagtar Singh	IND	13th	176	0.12%

  MOGA PAST ELECTION RESULTS

  Year	Candidate’s Name Party Level Votes Vote Rate % Margin
  2017	Harjot Kamal Singh INC Winner 52,357 35.99% 1,764 Ramesh Grover AAP Runner Up 50,593 34.78%
  2012	Joginder Pal Jain INC Winner 62,200 46% 4,625 Paramdeep Singh Gill SAD Runner Up 57,575 43%
  2007	Joginder Pal Jain INC Winner 55,300 48% 1,292 Tota Singh SAD Runner Up 54,008 47%
  2002	Tota Singh SAD Winner 42,579 48% 305 Sathi Vijay Kumar INC Runner Up 42,274 47%
  1997	Tota Singh SAD Winner 41,616 47% 21,399 Sathi Vijay Kumar JD Runner Up 20,217 23%
  1992	Malti INC Winner 7,865 30% 7 Sathi Roop Lal JD Runner Up 7,858 30%
  1985	Gurcharan Singh INC Winner 23,651 36% 3,803 Sathi Roop Lal JNP Runner Up 19,848 30%
  1980	Nachattar Singh INC(I) Winner 22,460 43% 5,774 Sathi Roop Lal JNP(SC) Runner Up 16,686 32%
  1977	Rup Lal JNP Winner 28,652 55% 5,996 Iqbal Singh INC Runner Up 22,656 44%