Majitha Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India

Majitha
Constituency No. 13 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
LS constituency	Amritsar
Total electors	167,775^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ganieve Kaur Majithia
Party	Shiromani Akali Dal
Elected year	2022

Majitha Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 13) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar district, Punjab state, India.^[2] VVPAT will be used in Majitha in the 2017 Assembly polls.^[3]^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1977	Parkash Singh Majitha	Shiromani Akali Dal
1990	Parkash Singh Majitha	Shiromani Akali Dal
1985	Surindarpal Singh	Indian National Congress
1992	Ranjit Singh	Indian National Congress
1997	Parkash Singh Majitha	Shiromani Akali Dal
2001^	Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha	Shiromani Akali Dal
2002	Swinder Singh Kathunangal	Indian National Congress
2007	Bikram Singh Majithia	Shiromani Akali Dal
2012
2017
2022	Ganieve Kaur Majithia^[5]

^ = (By-elections)

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Majitha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Ganieve Kaur Majithia	57,027	46.69	{{{change}}}
	AAP	Sukhjinder Raj Singh (Lalli Majithia)	30965	25.35
	INC	Jagwinder Pal Singh (Jagga Majithia)	26008	21.29
	SAD(A)	Kulwant Singh Kotla Gujran	3,553	2.91	2.37
	BJP	Pardeep Singh	1654	1.35	1.35
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				^[6]
	SAD hold

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Majitha^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SAD	Bikram Singh Majithia	65,803	54.07
	INC	Sukhjinder Rai Singh (Lalli)	42,919	35.27
	AAP	Himmat Singh Shergill	10,252	8.43
	BSP	Surjit Singh	700	0.58
	SAD(A)	Kulwant Singh	657	0.54
	Independent	Himmat Singh	457	0.38
	Independent	Waryam Singh	257	0.21
	Independent	Gagandeep Kumar	224	0.18
	Independent	Sukhjinder Singh	221	0.18
	Independent	Sukhjinder Singh Tanel	194	0.16
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			26062	21.34
Turnout
Registered electors			158,951	^[9]

References

^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ Gurpreet Singh Nibber (30 December 2016). "Punjab polls: In high-profile seats, EC leaves no scope for rivals to complain". Hindustan Times.
^ Chief Electoral Officer – Punjab (19 June 2006). "List of Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Constituencies in the State of Punjab as determined by the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituency notification dated 19th June, 2006". Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ Goyal, Divya (12 March 2022). "The Chosen 13: 'Padwoman', Moga's doctor among Punjab's women MLAs". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Majitha Assembly election result, 2012". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.