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Kewal Singh Dhillon
Dhillon in 2019 at Hamidi, Barnala district
MLA, Punjab
In office 2007 - 2017
Preceded by	Malkit Singh Keetu
Succeeded by	Meet Hayer
Constituency	Barnala
Personal details
Born	(1950-05-16) 16 May 1950 (age 74) Barnala, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (2007-2022) Bharatiya Janata Party (2022 – present)
Residence(s)	Barnala, India

Kewal Singh Dhillon (born 16 May 1950) is an Indian politician from Punjab. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party since June 2022. He was an MLA from Barnala till 2017, when he was defeated by Meet Hayer of Aam Aadmi Party.

Early life and education

Dhillon was born in the village of Tallewal, Barnala. He got his preliminary education in Barnala and was also brought up there.

Career

Congress

He was also senior vice-president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC), who was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (2012–17) for the constituency of Barnala representing the INC and also contested from Sangrur unsuccessfully in the 2019 Indian general election. In both these elections he lost to Meet Hayer of Aam Aadmi Party.

Bharatiya Janta Party

He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 4 June 2022 along with Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Sunder Sham Arora, and others at the party office in Chandigarh.

Electoral performance

General Election 2019: Sangrur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Bhagwant Mann	413,561	37.40	11.07
	INC	Kewal Singh Dhillon	303,350	27.43	9.93
	SAD	Parminder Singh Dhindsa	263,498	23.83	5.40
	SAD(A)	Simranjit Singh Mann	48,365	4.37
	LIP	Jasraj Singh Longia	20,087	1.82
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,490	0.59	0.39
Majority			1,10,211	9.97	10.46
Turnout			11,07,256	72.40
	AAP hold		Swing	10.5

2022 By-election: Sangrur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD(A)	Simranjit Singh Mann	253,154	35.61	31.24
	AAP	Gurmail Singh	247,332	34.79	2.61
	INC	Dalvir Singh Goldy	79,668	11.21	16.22
	BJP	Kewal Singh Dhillon	66,298	9.33	New
	SAD	Bibi Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana	44,428	6.25	17.58
	NOTA	None of the Above	2471	0.35
Majority			6,245	0.88
Turnout			7,10,919	45.3%	27.1
Registered electors			15,69,240
	SAD(A) gain from AAP		Swing	16.92

References

1. ^ "Punjab Assembly Elections 2017 !!". www.babushahi.com. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
2. Jathedar (16 March 2017). "Punjab Legislative Assembly Election Results 2017 Party Wise Result". Let's Discuss Online. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
3. "Kewal Singh Dhillon". myneta.info. Association for Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
4. Kamal, Neel (23 May 2013). "Perks of power: India's less known but moneyed politicians". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
5. "Tip of iceberg: Captain Amarinder Singh as Congress logs 5 defections in Punjab".
6. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
7. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
8. "5-cornered contest for Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
9. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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