Janmeja Singh Sekhon

Janmeja Singh Sekhon is an Indian politician and belongs to the Shiromani Akali Dal. He was Minister for PWD in the Punjab Government.^[1] He has been holding this post since 2007.

Janmeja Singh Sekhon
MLA, Punjab
In office 1997 - 2002
Preceded by	Ravinder Singh (politician)
Succeeded by	Ravinder Singh (politician)
Constituency	Firozepur Cantonment
In office 2007 - 2012
Preceded by	Ravinder Singh (politician)
Succeeded by	Joginder Singh (politician)
Constituency	Firozepur Cantonment
In office 2012 – 2017
Preceded by	New Constituency
Succeeded by	Jagdev Singh Kamalu (AAP)
Constituency	Maur
Minister for Irrigation
In office 2007 - 2015
Chief Minister	Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by	Lal Singh (politician)
Personal details
Political party	Shiromani Akali Dal

Personal life

His father's name is Gurdit Singh. His brother Justice (retd) Jai Singh Sekhon is the Lokpal of Punjab.^[2] He has a son (Preetinder Singh Sekhon) and a daughter (Prabhleen Sekhon).

Political career

He was first elected for the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1997 as an Akali Dal candidate from Firozepur Cantonment.^[3] He was again elected in 2007 from Firozepur Cantonment.^[4] In the Parkash Singh Badal government he was made Minister of Irrigation.^[5] In 2012 he successfully contested from new constituency Maur.^[6] In the new government, he retained Irrigation ministry.^[1][7]

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Maur Assembly Constituency. (edit | history)

Punjab Assembly election, 2012: Maur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Janmeja Singh Sekhon
	INC
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	SAD win (new seat)

This section is transcluded from Zira Assembly Constituency. (edit | history)

Assembly Election 2022: Zira

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Naresh Kataria	64,034	42.35	N/A
	SAD	Janmeja Singh Sekhon	41,258	27.29
	INC	Kulbir Singh Zira	40,615	26.86
	BJP	Avtar Singh Zira	2,007	1.33
	NOTA	None of the above	676	0.45%
Majority			22,776	15.06
Turnout
Registered electors			188,313	[9]