Baljinder Kaur (politician)
Balj Kaur | |
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| Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly[2] | |
| Assumed office 2017[1] | |
| Preceded by | Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu |
| Constituency | Talwandi Sabo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1986 Jaga Ram Tirath Talwandi Sabo, Punjab |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Spouse | Sukhraj Singh |
| Parent(s) | Darshan Singh and Ranjit Kaur |
Baljinder Kaur is an Indian politician and member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency. She is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Personal life
[edit]Kaur did her M. Phil. from Punjabi University, Patiala in 2009. Before entering politics she was a professor of English at Mata Gujri College at Fatehgarh Sahib.[3] She married Sukhraj Singh in February 2019; he is also a politician from Aam Aadmi Party.[4] She has one daughter.
Political career
[edit]In 2011 Kaur joined the Indian anti-corruption movement and in 2012 joined Aam Aadmi Party. The first time she contested bypoll election from Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency in 2014 but lost the election.[5]
Member of Legislative Assembly
[edit]First term (2017-2022)
[edit]She was elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly in the 2017 election she defeated Jeetmohinder Singh of Shiromani Akali Dal with a margin of 19,293 votes.
In the 2019 Indian general election in Punjab she was declared the candidate from Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency by the party.[6] However she lost the election and stood at third place.
She was the president of the women's wing of AAP Punjab.[7]
- Member (2020–21) Committee on Government Assurances[8]
- Member Library Committee[9]
- Member Committee on Subordinate Legislation[9]
Second term (2022-present)
[edit]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.[10]
- Chairperson (2022–23) Committee on Questions & References[11]
Electoral Performance for Punjab Assembly
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Baljinder Kaur | 54,553 | 42.67 | ||
| INC | Khusbaz Singh Jatana | 35260 | 27.58 | ||
| SAD | Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu | 34473 | 26.96 | ||
| BSP | Harjindar Singh Mithan | 1346 | 1.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 578 | 0.45 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 128426 | 85.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 149,354 | [13] | |||
| AAP gain from SAD | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Baljinder Kaur[14] | 48,753 | 37.04 | ||
| INC | Khushbaz Singh Jatana [15] | ||||
| SAD | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | 15252 | 11.58 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | [16] | ||||
| AAP hold | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Baljinder Kaur won from talwandi sabo". Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via www.india.com.
- ^ "punjabassembly member". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ aamaadmiparty.org
- ^ "AAP MLA Baljinder Kaur engaged to Party youth wing leader". The Times of India.
- ^ "Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu wins talwandi sabo bypoll election".
- ^ "AAP names talwandi sabo MLA Baljinder Kaur as its Bathinda candidate".
- ^ Goyal, Divya (12 March 2022). "The Chosen 13: 'Padwoman', Moga's doctor among Punjab's women MLAs". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "vidhanSabha". 14 May 2021. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ a b Punjab Bio-profile of Assembly
- ^ "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.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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