Gurdit Singh Sekhon

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]

Gurdit Singh Sekhon
MLA, Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
Constituency	Faridkot
Majority	Aam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Spouse	Beant Kaur Sekhon
Residence(s)	Faridkot, Punjab, India
Known for	Former basketball player and coach, Philanthropist

Member of Legislative Assembly

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

• Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Undertakings^[6]
• Member (2022–23) Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library^[7]

Electoral performance

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Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Faridkot^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Gurdit Singh Sekhon[9]	53,484	41.18
	SAD	Parambans Singh Romana	36,687	28.25
	INC	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon	33,255	25.6
	BJP	Gaurav Kakkar	2,424	1.87
	SAD(A)	Gursawak Singh Bhana	1,563	1.2
	NOTA	None of the above	732	0.56
Majority			16,797	12.93
Registered electors			169,823	[10]
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Faridkot^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors			154,149	[12]

See also

• List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
• Faridkot district

References

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. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
11. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
12. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

External links

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• "Record of all Punjab Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.