Raj Kumar Chabbewal
Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal | |
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Som Prakash | |
Constituency | Hoshiarpur |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
In office 10 April 2022 – 10 March 2024 | |
Leader | Partap Singh Bajwa |
Preceded by | Saravjit Kaur Manuke |
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
In office 11 Mar 2017 – 15 March 2024 | |
Preceded by | Dr. Raj Kumar |
Constituency | Chabbewal |
Chairperson, Congress’s Scheduled Caste (SC) Department, Punjab | |
Assumed office 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Facebook | 8 May 1969
Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal is an Indian politician and member of Aam Aadmi Party.[1] He is currently serving as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Chabbewal.[2]
Political career
Chabbewal joined the Indian National Congress in 2009. He was first elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Chabbewal in 2017.[3][4] In 2022, he was re-elected from the same constituency.[5][6] On 10 April 2022 he was made the deputy CLP leader of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[7] Chabbewal was appointed the Chairperson of Congress's Scheduled Caste (SC) Department, Punjab in 2015. He is also a member of All India Congress Committee.[8]
MLA
He was elected as MLA in 2022. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the
Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[9]
Electoral performance
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Raj Kumar Chabbewal | 47,375 | 41.4 | 8.56 | |
AAP | Harminder Singh Sandhu | 39,729 | 34.7 | 17.00 | |
SAD | Sohan Singh Thandal | 19,329 | 16.9 | 7.79 | |
BJP
|
Dilbag Rai | 4,073 | 3.6 | 3.6 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 981 | 0.6 | 0.13 | |
Majority | 7646 | 6.62 | |||
Turnout | 1,15,506 | 71.2 | |||
Registered electors | 161,535 | [10] |
References
- ^ "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Chabbewal, Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Chabbewal में INC ने AAP को हराया". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Punjab elections result 2017: Full list of constituencies and their winners". The Indian Express. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Preferred over bigwigs, Congress bets big on this doctor". Hindustan Times. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Chabbewal Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Dr. Rajkumar of INC Wins". News18. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "Constituency watch: Chabbewal". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Sonia Gandhi names Rahul loyalist Warring Punjab Congress chief | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "All Rahul's men: The new-look Punjab Congress leadership". The Indian Express. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
External links
- Raj Kumar Chabbewal on Facebook