S. Parkash Singh Badal is the current chief minister of Punjab. He belongs to Shiromani Akali Dal. The elections for 14th vidhan sabha (legislative assembly) were held on 30 January, 2012. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) won 56 seats and its coalition partner BJP won 12 seats. With clear majority of 68 seats, SAD-BJP coalition formed government under the leadership of S. Parkash Singh Badal.
He became the chief minister of the state for the fifth time. Earlier he became the chief minister in 1970, 1977, 1997, 2007. Here are some political records in his name:
- Golden Jubilee Politician
- Youngest and Eldest CM
- Padma Vibhushan
- MLA for Highest Number of Times
- Longest Term as Chief Minister
- Fifth Time Chief Minister
- Was he the youngest MLA?
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Golden Jubilee Politician
S. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as an MLA for first time in year 1957. After 50 years in 2007, he not only became an MLA but also became chief minister of Punjab for forth time. In 2012, he again became the chief minister of Punjab for 5th time. By this, he became the golden jubilee politician of Punjab. He is the only politician of Punjab to have this honour.
Padma Vibhushan
S. Parkash Singh Badal, chief patron of Shiromani Akali Dal, was choosen of Padma Vibhushan award in year 2015, by Narendra Modi led BJP government in the center. It is the second highest civilan award in India. He was honoured with this award for his life time contribution to the political scene in India. He was presented this award on 30 March, 2015 by the President of India Sh. Pranab Mukherjee. The citation presented to Badal termed him the "grand patriarch on the Indian political scene."
MLA for Highest Number of Times
To become an MLA for five or more times is a big thing. There are very few such people and these can be counted on fingers. Some people who won the assembly elections for more than 5 times are - S. Gurdev Singh Badal (8 times), S. Dilbag Singh (7 times), Dr. Kewal Krishan (7 times), Chaudhary Sunder Singh (7 times). You will be amazed to know a person who has a two digit figure for the number of times he became an MLA. To get the honour of winning the vidhan sabha elections for 10 times is one and only S. Parkash Singh Badal.
In 2012 elections, he was elected MLA for the 10th time and represents Lambi constituency in Sri Muktsar Sahib district.
Longest Term as Chief Minister
S. Partap Singh Kairon was chief minister from January 1956 to June 1964. He still holds the record of being chief minister for logest consecutive term of eight and a half year. But the total term of S. Parkash Singh Badal as chief minister is more than 16 years as of April 2015. This way, he has the record of being chief minister for the longest period. Currently (as of April 2015) he is chief minister since 2007 i.e for almost 8 years.
Fifth Time Chief Minister
In 2012, he became the chief minister of fifth time. He became the chief minister of first time in year 1970. Then he again became the chief minister in 1977, 1997, 2007 and 2012.
Chief Minister to Complete More Than One Term of Vidhan Sabha
There are only few chief ministers of Punjab, who completed their full term of state assembly. S. Partap Singh Kairon completed full term of vidhan sabha from 1957 to 1962. After this, in 1971 Giani Zail Singh completed full term of five years. Other governments could not complete their full term and were suspended in the middle. S. Beant Singh was killed before he could finish his term. With this, S. Parkash Singh Badal became the third person to complete his terms from 1997 to 2002. After that, Captain Amrinder Singh manage to complete five years from 2002 to 2007. But since the independence of India in 1947 till 2007, no chief minister could complete two terms of vidhan sabha. In 2012, S. Parkash Singh Badal became the only cm of Punjab to complete two terms, first from 1997 to 2002 and then again from 2007 to 2012. He again became cm in 2012 and we hope he would be able to complete this third terms as cm.
Youngest and Eldest CM
Most of the people who reached upto the chair of chief minister of Punjab, were between 55 to 70 years of age. The names of S. Partap Singh Kairon, Giani Zail Singh, Surjit Singh Barnala, Captain Amrinder Singh, S. Darbara Singh, Gurmukh Singh Musafir, Justice Gurnam Singh are included in this list.
Those who became CM near the age of 50-51 are S. Lachman Singh Gill, Sh. Ram Krishan and Smt. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal. S. Harcharan Singh Brar became the CM at an age of 73 years. We could not find the figures related to Shri Bhim Sen Sachar and Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargava.
But the credit of becoming CM before the age of 50 and also after the age of 80 years, goes only to S. Parkash Singh Badal. Born in 1927, S. Badal became CM for first time in 1977 at an age of 43 years, which is the record of being youngest CM of Punjab.
While becoming the CM for fifth time in 2012, he was 85 years old. With this, the honour of being oldest person to take oath as CM of Punjab goes to Badal.
Was he the youngest MLA?
When Badal became MLA for first time in 1957, he was 30 years of age. Many people say that he was the youngest person to become MLA of Punjab assembly. But in our records, there were not one or two, but atleast six persons in that assembly who were younger to S. Badal. The names of Ch. Radha Krishan, Giani Kirpal Singh Shant, Gurmit Singh Brar, Jasdev Singh Sandhu, S. Rajinder Singh and Sh. Balram Dass Tandon are included in this list. Ch. Radha Krishan was the youngest to become MLA at an age of 26 years.