Avtar Singh Junior

Avtar Singh Junior (born 22 January 1979)^[1] is an Indian politician and a member of INC. In 2017, he was elected as the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalandhar North.^[2][3]

Avtar Singh Junior
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017
Preceded by	K. D. Bhandari
Constituency	Jalandhar North
Personal details
Born	22 January 1979
Political party	INC
Residence	Jalandhar
Profession	Politician

Career

He owns a transport company, the Kartar bus service Punjab. He is the son of Sh. Avtar Henry three time MLA from Jalandhar north and ex Cabinet minister.^{[citation needed]}

Member of Legislative Assembly

He won the Jalandhar North constituency on an INC ticket, he beat the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly K. D. Bhandari of the BJP by over 32291 votes.^[4][5]

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.^[6]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

• Member (2022–23) Committee on Subordinate Legislation^[7]

Electoral performance

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

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Jalandhar North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Avtar Singh Junior	69,715	56.0	12.56
	BJP	K D Bhandari	37,424	30.10	14.80
	AAP	Gulshan Sharma	13,386	10.80	new
Majority			32,291	26.20
Turnout			1,23,309	72.20

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Jalandhar North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Avtar Singh Junior	47,338	37.20	18.80
	BJP	K.D. Bhandari	37,852	29.80	0.30
	AAP	Dinesh Dhal[8]	32,685	25.70	14.90
	BSP	Kuldeep Singh Lubana	6,153	4.08
Majority			9,486	7.4
Turnout			1,28,158	66.70
Registered electors			192,058	[9]
	INC hold