Harpartap Singh

Harpartap Singh Ajnala (born 7 August 1951) is an Indian politician and a member of INC.[1] Between 2017-2022, Singh represented the Ajnala Assembly constituency as Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Harpartap Singh
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
2017–2022
Preceded byAmarpal Singh Ajnala
ConstituencyAjnala
In office
2005–2007
Preceded byRattan Singh Ajnala
Succeeded byAmarpal Singh Ajnala
ConstituencyAjnala
Personal details
Born7 August 1951
Political partyINC
ResidenceAmritsar
ProfessionPolitician

Member of the Legislative Assembly

In the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, he was elected as the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Ajnala.[2][3] He won the seat as a candidate of the INC, beating the incumbent member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly Amarpal Singh Ajnala of the SAD by 18,713 votes.[4][5]

In 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election he was defeated by Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal of AAP.

Electoral performance
Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Ajnala[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harpratap Singh Ajnala 61,378 50.79
SAD Amarpal Singh Ajnala 42,665 35.31
AAP Rajpreet Singh 12,749 10.55
BSP Balwinder Singh 860 0.71
Independent Rattan Singh 502 0.42
CPI(M) Gurnam Singh 411 0.34
Independent Dhanwant Singh 404 0.33
SAD(A) Amrik Singh 380 0.31
Independent Nirmal Singh 308 0.25
Registered electors 147,471 [8]
Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Ajnala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal 43,555 35.69
SAD Amarpal Singh Ajnala 35,712 29.26
INC Harpratap Singh Ajnala[9] 33,853 27.74
SAD(A) Amrik Singh 2,185 1.79 Increase1.48
NOTA None of the above 824 0.68
Majority 7,843 6.43
Turnout 122,038 76.9
Registered electors 158,691 [10]
AAP gain from INC Swing

References
  1. "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. "Harpartap Singh (Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- AJNALA(AMRITSAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. "vidhanSabha". 18 November 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. "2017 Ajnala - Punjab Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates". India.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. "AJNALA Election Result 2017, Winner, AJNALA MLA, Punjab". NDTV.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. "Ajnala Assembly election result, 2012". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  7. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  9. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  10. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.


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