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Gurdit Singh Sekhon

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Gurdit Singh Sekhon
MLA, Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2022
ConstituencyFaridkot
MajorityAam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
SpouseBeant Kaur Sekhon
ResidencePunjab
Known forFormer basketball player and coach, Philanthropist

Gurdit Singh Sekhon is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Faridkot Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2] He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[3][4]

Member of Legislative Assembly

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He represents the Faridkot Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly. 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.[5]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Electoral performance

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Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Faridkot[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Gurdit Singh Sekhon[9] 53484 41.18
INC Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon[10]
SAD Parambans Singh Romana
INC Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon[10]
Majority 16797 12.93
Registered electors 169,823 [11]
AAP gain from INC Swing


References

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  1. ^ "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. ^ "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". News18. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ "AAP sweeps sacrilege epicentre, retains Kotkapura, Jaitu". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  7. ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  8. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  10. ^ a b "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.
  11. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
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Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
from Faridkot Assembly constituency

2022
Incumbent