Balkar Singh

Balkar Singh is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Kartarpur Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2][3]

Balkar Singh
MLA, Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2022
ConstituencyKartarpur
MajorityAam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
ResidencePunjab
OccupationPolitician,
Professionretired Police officer

Balkar worked in the Punjab police and retired as Deputy Commissioner of Police from Jalandhar in January 2021.[4]

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Kartarpur Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly. 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.[5]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Electoral performance

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Kartarpur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP DCP Balkar Singh [9] 41830
INC Chaudhary Surinder Singh 37256
BJP Surinder Mahey 5518
BSP Advocate Balwinder Kumar 37256
Independent Rajesh Kumar 3608
NOTA None of the above 1137
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [10]

References

  1. "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". News18. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. "Kartarpur: I have already served this area for 8 years as cop, says Balkar Singh". Tribuneindia News Service. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  7. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  8. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  9. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  10. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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