Balachaur Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India

Balachaur
Constituency No. 48 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Nawan Shahr
LS constituency	Anandpur Sahib
Total electors	155,145 (in 2022)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Santosh Kataria
Party	[Aam Aadmi Party]
Elected year	2022

Balachaur Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 48) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab state, India.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2017	Darshan Lal^[2]		Indian National Congress

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Balachaur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AAP	Santosh Kumari Kataria^[3]	39,633	34.47
	SAD	Sunita Chaudhary	35,092	30.52
	INC	Darshan Lal^[4]	31,201	27.14
	Bhartiya Janta Party	Ashok Bath	5,566	4.84
Registered electors			155,145	^[5]

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Balachaur^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chaudhary Darshan Lal	49,558	42.21	{{{change}}}
	SAD	Chaudhary Nand Lal	29918	25.48
	AAP	Brigadier Raj Kumar	21656	18.44
	BSP	Baljit Singh	12372	10.54
	CPI(M)	Paramjit Singh	1176	1
	APP	Jarnail Singh	662	10.56
	NOTA	None of the above	877	0.75
Majority			4541	3.95
Registered electors			148,292	^[6]

Previous Results

Year	A C No.	Name	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes
2012	48	Nand Lal	SAD	36800	Shiv Ram Singh	BSP	21943
2007	43	Nand Lal	SAD	41206	Santosh Kumari	INC	40105
2002	44	Nand Lal	SAD	33629	Ram Kishan Kataria	INC	23286
1997	44	Nand Lal	SAD	42403	Hargopal Singh	BSP	21881
1992	44	Hargopal Singh	BSP	15696	Nand Lal	IND	12468
1985	44	Ram Kishan	IND	21740	Tulsi Ram	IND	14747
1980	44	Dalip Chand	INC(I)	26072	Ram Kishan Kataria	JNP (JP)	16139
1977	44	Ram Kishan	JNP	11344	Tulsi Ram	IND	10659
1972	39	Dalip Chand	IND	24722	Tulsi Ram	INC	23531
1969	39	Tulsi Ram	INC	25895	Gurbakhash Singh	SWA	17308
1967	39	Baloo Ram	INC	20687	Dalip Chand	IND	19466
1951	58	Baloo Ram	INC	22786	Kartar Singh	IND	11161

References

^ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^ News18 (2022). "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.