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Indian politician

Sheetal Angural
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
2022–2024
Preceded bySushil Kumar Rinku
ConstituencyJalandhar West
MajorityAam Aadmi Party
Personal details
BornSheetal
Jalandhar
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(till 2021; 2024-present)
Other political
affiliations		Aam Aadmi Party
(2021-2024)
Residence(s)Basti Danishmanda, Jalandhar, Punjab
EducationMatric
OccupationBusinessman

Sheetal Angural is an Indian politician representing the Jalandhar West Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly and now he is a former MLA. He was a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He joined Bharatiya Janta Party in 27 March 2024, before the 2024 Indian General Election .

Career

2022 Punjab assembly elections

Sheetal Angural won 2022 Punjab assembly elections from Jalandhar West constituency by defeating Sushil Rinku of Indian National Congress by 4253 votes.

Joining BJP

Sheetal Angural joined the Bharatiya Janta Party on 27 March 2024.

After joining BJP, he fought the Jallandhar by-election in 2024 and felt cheated by BJP, when he was defeated by Mohinder Bhagat his own ex-fellow from AAP, when the later won the by-election by 55k:17k votes. Sheetal is left nowwhere but in the middle of a deserted ocean after the election results.

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represented the Jalandhar West Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly till the 2024 by-elections.

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Jalandhar West Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2024 by-election

Punjab Legislative Assembly by-election 2024: Jalandhar West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Mohinder Pal Bhagat 55,246 58.39 Increase24.66
BJP Sheetal Angural 17,921 18.94 Decrease9.87
INC Surinder Kaur 16,757 17.71 Decrease12.36
SAD Surjit Kaur 1,242 1.31 New
BSP Binder Kumar 734 0.78 Decrease2.77
NOTA None of the Above 687 0.73 Decrease0.06
SAD(A) Sarabjit Singh Khalsa 662 0.7 Decrease0.76
Majority 37,325 39.45 Increase35.75
Turnout 94,609 54.98 Decrease12.72
AAP hold Swing
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Jalandhar West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Sheetal Angural 39,213 33.73 Increase19.69
INC Sushil Kumar Rinku 34,960 30.07 Decrease19.26
BJP Mohinder Pal Bhagat 33,486 28.81 Decrease4.68
BSP Anil Meena 4,125 3.55
SAD(A) Jasbir Singh Mann 1,701 1.46
NOTA None of the above 921 0.79
Majority 4,253 3.7
Turnout 1,16,247 67.70
AAP gain from INC Swing

Resignation Accepted

Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan has accepted his resignation on May 30 and a notification was issued on May 31, 2024. Further, now this seat is filled by the by-election won by Mohinder Bhagat from Aam Aadmi Party of Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Maan.

References

  1. "Punjab Assembly Election 2022 Full Winners List". Financial Express. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. "Double setback for AAP in Punjab: MP Sushil Kumar, MLA Sheetal Angural to join BJP".
  3. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. "Double setback for AAP in Punjab: MP Sushil Kumar, MLA Sheetal Angural to join BJP".
  5. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  6. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  7. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. "Punjab Assembly Speaker accepts AAP turncoat Sheetal Angural's resignation".
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by- Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
from Jalandhar West Assembly constituency
2022 – 		Incumbent
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