Kultar Singh Sandhwan

Kultar Singh Sandhwan
Kultar Singh Sandhwan in 2023
18th Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 March 2022
Deputy SpeakerJai Krishan
Chief MinisterBhagwant Maan
Preceded byRana K. P. Singh
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 March 2017
ConstituencyKotkapura
Personal details
Born (1975-04-16) 16 April 1975
Kotkapura, Punjab, India
PartyAam Aadmi Party
OccupationPolitician

Kultar Singh Sandhwan is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 18th and current Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from March 21, 2022. Kultar’s grandfather Jangir Singh and Giani Zail Singh (who served as the president of India from 1982 to 1987 and chief minister of Punjab from 1972 to 1977) were brothers. Sandhwan is also MLA representing the Kotkapura Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2][3][4]

Member of Legislative Assembly

First term (2017-2022)

Committee assignments of 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly

Chairman;Public Accounts Committee

Second term (2022-present)

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.[8]

He was elected as the speaker of the 16th Punjab Assembly.

Electoral performance

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Kotkapura[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Kultar Singh Sandhwan 47,401 38.8
INC Bhai Harnirpal Singh Kukku 37,326 30.5
SAD Mantar Singh Brar 33,895 27.7
NOTA None of the above 674 0.4
Majority 10,075 8.3
Turnout 121,629 80.5
Registered electors 151,950 [10]
Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Kotkapura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Kultar Singh Sandhwan[11] 54,009 43.81
INC Ajaypal Singh Sandhu 32,879 26.67
SAD Mantar Singh Brar 29,576 24.2
SAD(A) Jaskaran Singh Kahan Singh Wala 2,606 2.1
PLC Dargesh Kumar 1,045 0.9
NOTA None of the above 889 0.6
Majority 21,130 17.14
Turnout 123,267 76.93
Registered electors 160,216 [12]
AAP hold

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. ^ "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ The Economic Times (12 May 2022). "AAP MLA Kultar Sandhwan becomes Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker". Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  5. ^ "vidhanSabha". 20 August 2018. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. ^ "vidhanSabha". 13 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  7. ^ "vidhanSabha". 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  8. ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  9. ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  10. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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