Parlad Singh Sawhney Explained

Parlad Singh Sawhney
Constituency Am:Chandni Chowk
Assembly:Delhi Legislative
Term Start:2020
Predecessor:Alka Lamba
Term Start1:1998
Term End1:2015
Predecessor1:Vasudev Kaptan
Successor1:Alka Lamba
Birth Date: 15 March 1950 df=y
Birth Place:Delhi, India
Nationality:Indian
Spouse:Ranjit Kaur (m. 1981)
Party:Aam Aadmi Party (present), Indian National Congress (1998-2019)
Children:Punardeep Singh Sahni
Residence:H. No. 1B Ashok Apartments, 7, Rajpur Road, Delhi.
Education:Graduate
Profession:Businessman

Parlad Singh Sawhney (born 15 March 1950) is an Indian politician and 5th term member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly belonging to Aam Aadmi Party.[1]

Political career

Parlad Singh Sawhney contested first municipal corporation election in 1977 from Mori Gate ward and lost by 100 votes. In 1983 he won municipal election from same Municipal ward & was made chairman Civil Lines zone from 1983 to 1990 and then repeatedly contested the Chandni Chowk Vidhan Sabha Constituency since 1998 till 2015. In 2015 he lost to Alka Lamba in 2015 Assembly Elections. He was elected for the Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi in 1998, defeating runner-up Viresh Pratap Chaudhary (BJP) by 8,162 votes.[2] In the 2003 state assembly election, he further improved his margin of victory from the last election, winning against runner-up Dharamvir Sharma (BJP) by a margin of 10,866 votes.[3] In the 2008 state assembly election, he defeated runner-up candidate Praveen Khandelwa (BJP) by a margin of 8,019 votes.[4] In 2013 state legislative assembly election, he defeated Suman Kumar Gupta (BJP) by a margin of 8,243 votes.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Delhi Assembly Election Results (70/70) . 27 December 2013. The Times of India.
  2. Web site: 1998 Election Commission of India.
  3. Web site: 2003 Election Commission of India.
  4. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2008/stats_DL_2008.pdf 2008 Election Commission of India
  5. Lost seat in 2015 to Ms. Alka Lamba of Aam Aadmi Party 2013 Election Commission of India