MLA of Shahkot 2022


Shahkot constituency is one of the 117 seats of Punjab Vidhan Sabha and its constituency number is 32. During the recently held assembly elections in Punjab, the voting for the election of MLA of Shahkot was held on 20th February 2022. As per the latest updates available, Hardev Singh Laddi of Congress has won from this seat with a margin of 12079 votes and is elected as the new MLA of Shahkot in 2022. Bachitar Singh Kohar of SAD has lost the elections and secured the second place.

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Jalandhar MLA List
This constituency is located in Jalandhar district of Punjab and comes under the Jalandhar lok sabha seat. Here it may be noted that there are total thirteen lok sabha seats and twenty three districts in Punjab. In the previous assembly elections held in 2017, Ajit Singh Kohar of SAD won from this Vidhan Sabha seat and elected as the new MLA of Shahkot. He won the last assembly elections held in 2017 by defeating its nearest opponent Hardev Singh Laddi of Congress with a margin of 4905 votes.
For the last assembly elections, the voting was held on 4th Feb 2017 and the results were declared on 11 Mar 2017.

Voters in Shahkot constituency

As per the voter list for 2017 assembly elections, the total number of voters in Shahkot constituency is 171954. During these elctions, the election commission established 234 polling stations, situated at 191 different locations across this assembly segment. During the 2017 elections, the total number of votes cast in this constituency was 134600 and the voting percentage was recorded at 78.28%, which was higher than the state average of 77.4%.

Shahkot Candidates

The last assembly elections in Punjab were held in February 2017. On this page, we have given details of candidates from Shahkot belonging to all major political parties including Shiromani Akali Dal, AAP, BJP and Congress candidates. Some details about these candidates like age, education and contact number is also given here.
AAP Candidate : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its candidate from this seat and has given ticket to Dr. Amarjit Singh Thind for the coming assembly elections. His age is 34 years and level of education is +2, Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Medicine of Surgery. The contact number of Dr. Amarjit Singh Thind is 9888730030. For a complete list of AAP candidates, check this page - AAP Candidate List 2017 Punjab
Akali Candidate : Ajit Singh Kohar is the Shiromani Akali Dal (S.A.D) candidate from this constituency. He is 79 years old and his educational qualification is Under Middle. If you want to contact him, you can call at 9814788253. He is also a sitting MLA from this constituency. In previous assembly elections, he/she won from this seat by defeating nearest opponent C D Kamboj of Congress party. For a complete list of akali candidates, check this page - Shiromani Akali Dal Candidate List 2017
Congress Candidate : Congress party is contesting the elections under the leardership of Captain Amrinder Singh and has declared Hardev Singh Laddi as its MLA candidate from this constituency. Some more details about Hardev Singh Laddi are as follows: Age - 49 years, Education - 10th. For a phone call, his contact number is 9814037387, 8725037387. You would also like our page containing Congress candidates list 2017 Punjab.

Shahkot MLA 2012

In 2012 elections, Sardar Ajit Singh Kohar became MLA from Shahkot and He is associated with SAD. He was elected as MLA from this vidhan sabha seat in the previous assembly elections by winning with a margin of 5425 votes. C D Kamboj of Congress was the trailing candidate.
He was born on 25-09-1937 at Pakistan. Name of his father is Sardar Chanan Singh. The following table shows some more information about him:

Sardar Ajit Singh Kohar
Father's NameSardar Chanan Singh
Date of Birth25-09-1937
Place of BirthPakistan
Name of wifeSmt. Nasib Kaur
AddressVillage Kohar Khurd, PO Talwandi Bootian, Tehsil Shahkot
Educational QualificationMatric
Study AtJalandhar


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