Jeevan Jyot Kaur

Jeevan Jyot Kaur is an Indian politician and the MLA from Amritsar East Assembly constituency.^[1] She is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.^[2] She defeated Navjot Singh Sidhu in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.^[3][4][5]

Jeevan Jyot Kaur
Member of Legislative Assembly, Punjab
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2022
Preceded by	Navjot Singh Sidhu
Constituency	Amritsar East
Personal details
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Occupation	Politician

Political career

In 2022, Jyot contested from Aam Aadmi Party and won Punjab Legislative Assembly election from Amritsar East Assembly constituency. She defeated the incumbent MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu of Indian National Congress and Bikram Singh Majithia of Shiromani Akali Dal. She received 36.74% of the votes and won with a margin of 6.25% from the runner up Navjot Singh Sidhu.^[6][7] 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.^[8]

• Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Accounts^[9]
• Member (2022–23) Committee on Local Bodies^[10]

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Amritsar East Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Amritsar East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Jeevan Jyot Kaur[11]	39,679	36.74	21.98
	INC	Navjot Singh Sidhu[12]	32,929	30.49	30.19
	SAD	Bikram Singh Majithia	25,188	23.32	New
	BJP	Jagmohan Singh Raju	7,286	6.75	10.98
	NOTA	None of the above	690	0.64
Majority			6,750	6.25
Turnout			1,08,003	64.17	0.77
Registered electors			168,300	[13]
	AAP gain from INC		Swing	19.3