Dr.Raj Kumar Chabbewal | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Som Prakash |
Constituency | Hoshiarpur |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
In office 10 April 2022 – 15 March 2024 | |
Leader | Partap Singh Bajwa |
Preceded by | Saravjit Kaur Manuke |
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
In office 11 Mar 2017 – 15 March 2024 | |
Preceded by | Dr. Raj Kumar |
Constituency | Chabbewal |
Chairperson, Congress’s Scheduled Caste (SC) Department, Punjab | |
In office 2015–2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1969-05-08) 8 May 1969 (age 55) Punjab, India |
Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Dr. Harbans Kaur |
Children | 2 |
Parents |
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Residence(s) | Village Manjhi, P.O. Narh, Distt. Hoshiarpur |
Profession | Doctor |
Website | Raj Kumar Chabbewal on Facebook |
Raj Kumar Chabbewal (born 8 May 1969) is an Indian politician from Punjab. He became a member of the Parliament from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency winning the 2024 Indian general election in Punjab representing Aam Aadmi Party.
Political career
Chabbewal joined the Indian National Congress in 2009. He was first elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Chabbewal in 2017. In 2022, he was re-elected from the same constituency. On 10 April 2022 he was made the deputy CLP leader of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Chabbewal was appointed the Chairperson of Congress's Scheduled Caste (SC) Department, Punjab in 2015. He is also a member of All India Congress Committee.
MLA
He was elected as MLA in 2022. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.
Electoral performance
2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AAP | Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal | 303,859 | 32.04 | 27.51 | |
INC | Yamini Gomar | 2,59,748 | 27.39 | 10.24 | |
BJP | Anita Som Parkash | 1,99,994 | 21.09 | 21.43 | |
SAD | Sohan Singh Thandal | 91,789 | 9.68 | New | |
BSP | Ranjit Kumar | 48,214 | 5.08 | 7.9 | |
SAD(A) | Jaswant Singh Fouji | 20,923 | 2.21 | New | |
NOTA | None of the above | 5,552 | 0.59 | 0.71 | |
Majority | 44,111 | 4.65 | 0.24 | ||
Turnout | 9,48,485 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,01,826 | ||||
AAP gain from BJP | Swing | 27.51 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Raj Kumar Chabbewal | 47,375 | 41.4 | 8.56 | |
AAP | Harminder Singh Sandhu | 39,729 | 34.7 | 17.00 | |
SAD | Sohan Singh Thandal | 19,329 | 16.9 | 7.79 | |
BJP | Dilbag Rai | 4,073 | 3.6 | New | |
NOTA | None of the above | 981 | 0.6 | 0.13 | |
Majority | 7646 | 6.62 | |||
Turnout | 1,15,506 | 71.2 | |||
Registered electors | 161,535 | ||||
INC hold | Swing |
References
- "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- "Chabbewal, Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Chabbewal में INC ने AAP को हराया". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- "Punjab elections result 2017: Full list of constituencies and their winners". The Indian Express. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- "Preferred over bigwigs, Congress bets big on this doctor". Hindustan Times. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- "Chabbewal Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Dr. Rajkumar of INC Wins". News18. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- Service, Tribune News. "Constituency watch: Chabbewal". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- "Sonia Gandhi names Rahul loyalist Warring Punjab Congress chief | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- "All Rahul's men: The new-look Punjab Congress leadership". The Indian Express. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
External links
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