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Indian politician

Dr.Raj Kumar Chabbewal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded bySom Prakash
ConstituencyHoshiarpur
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
10 April 2022 – 15 March 2024
LeaderPartap Singh Bajwa
Preceded bySaravjit Kaur Manuke
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
11 Mar 2017 – 15 March 2024
Preceded byDr. Raj Kumar
ConstituencyChabbewal
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 partyAam Aadmi Party
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress
SpouseDr. Harbans Kaur
Children2
Parents
  • Late Shri Darshan Singh (father)
  • Smt Simro Devi (mother)
Residence(s)Village Manjhi, P.O. Narh, Distt. Hoshiarpur
ProfessionDoctor
WebsiteRaj 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

2024 Indian general election: Hoshiarpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal 303,859 32.04 Increase27.51
INC Yamini Gomar 2,59,748 27.39 Decrease10.24
BJP Anita Som Parkash 1,99,994 21.09 Decrease21.43
SAD Sohan Singh Thandal 91,789 9.68 New
BSP Ranjit Kumar 48,214 5.08 Decrease7.9
SAD(A) Jaswant Singh Fouji 20,923 2.21 New
NOTA None of the above 5,552 0.59 Decrease0.71
Majority 44,111 4.65 Decrease0.24
Turnout 9,48,485
Registered electors 16,01,826
AAP gain from BJP Swing Increase27.51
This section is transcluded from Chabbewal Assembly constituency. (edit | history)
Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Chabbewal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Raj Kumar Chabbewal 47,375 41.4 Decrease8.56
AAP Harminder Singh Sandhu 39,729 34.7 Increase17.00
SAD Sohan Singh Thandal 19,329 16.9 Decrease7.79
BJP Dilbag Rai 4,073 3.6 New
NOTA None of the above 981 0.6 Decrease0.13
Majority 7646 6.62
Turnout 1,15,506 71.2
Registered electors 161,535
INC hold Swing

References

  1. "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. "Chabbewal, Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Chabbewal में INC ने AAP को हराया". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. "Punjab elections result 2017: Full list of constituencies and their winners". The Indian Express. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. "Preferred over bigwigs, Congress bets big on this doctor". Hindustan Times. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. "Chabbewal Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Dr. Rajkumar of INC Wins". News18. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  6. Service, Tribune News. "Constituency watch: Chabbewal". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  7. "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.
  8. "All Rahul's men: The new-look Punjab Congress leadership". The Indian Express. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  10. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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