Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Sangrur
Established:1952
Party:Aam Aadmi Party
Mp:Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
Latest Election Year:2024
State:Punjab
Assembly Cons:Lehra
Dirba
Sunam
Bhadaur
Barnala
Mehal Kalan
Malerkotla
Dhuri
Sangrur
Reservation:None
Preceded By:Simranjit Singh Mann

Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India.

Assembly segments

Presently, Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

ConstituencyDistrictMLA
(since 2022)
PartyLeading
NumberName
99LehraSangrurBarinder Kumar Goyal
100DirbaSangrurHarpal Cheema
101SunamSangrurAman Arora
102BhadaurBarnalaLabh Singh Ugoke
103BarnalaBarnalaVacant
104Mehal KalanBarnalaKulwant Singh Pandori
105MalerkotlaMalerkotlaMohammad Jamil Ur Rehman
107DhuriSangrurBhagwant Mann
108SangrurSangrurNarinder Kaur Bharaj

Members of Parliament

ElectionName PortraitParty
1952Sardar Ranjit Singh Indian National Congress
1957Does not exist
1962Sardar Ranjit Singh Communist Party of India
1967Shiromani Akali Dal
1971Communist Party of India
1977Shiromani Akali Dal
1980Gurcharan Singh Nihalsinghwala Indian National Congress
1984Shiromani Akali Dal
1989United Akali Dal
1991Indian National Congress
1996Surjit Singh BarnalaShiromani Akali Dal
1998
1999Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
2004Shiromani Akali Dal
2009Indian National Congress
2014Bhagwant MannAam Aadmi Party
2019
2022^[2] Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
Gurmeet Singh Meet HayerAam Aadmi Party

^ by-poll

Election results

2022 by-election

Incumbent Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency MP Bhagwant Mann had contested in the Punjab Assembly election and won. AAP won a large majority of 92 out of total 117 seats. Mann was designated as the Chief Minister of Punjab. Before taking the oath as CM of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann resigned from his post of MP Sangrur.[3] [4] By-election to Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency was held on 23 June 2022. Simranjit Singh Mann was declared the winner 26 June 2022.[5]

1996

External links

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Parliamentary & AssemblyConstituencies. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website.
  2. News: The Hindu . 26 June 2022 . With Sangrur bypoll win, Simranjit Singh Mann makes a comeback . https://web.archive.org/web/20240521040220/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sangrur-lok-sabha-bypoll-2022-sadamritsar-simranjit-singh-mann-result/article65567281.ece . 21 May 2024 . 21 May 2024 . en-IN.
  3. News: Will miss this House, have a huge responsibility now: Bhagwant Mann after resigning as Sangrur MP . 16 March 2022 . Tribuneindia News Service . 14 March 2022 . en.
  4. News: Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann tenders resignation from membership of Lok Sabha . 16 March 2022 . Deccan Herald . 14 March 2022 . en.
  5. News: Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll on June 23 . 26 May 2022 . Tribuneindia News Service . en.