Labh Singh Ugoke

Labh Singh Ugoke is an Indian politician and the MLA in the Punjab Legislative Assembly representing the Bhadaur Assembly constituency in Punjab, India, since 2022. Prior to entering politics, he owned a mobile repair shop in his village. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.^[1]

Labh Singh Ugoke
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
Preceded by	Pirmal Singh Dhaula (AAP)
Constituency	Bhadaur
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Profession	Politician

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Bhadaur Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly.

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

• Member (2022–23) Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes^[2]
• Member (2022–23) Committee on Petitions^[3]

Controversy

In January 2023, a video circulated in which Ugoke is seen telling a man (who was opposing the conversion of a Primary Health Centre (PHC) into an Aam Aadmi Clinic) that if a non-AAP government were in power, the man would have been 'thrashed' and 'thrown in jail.'^[4]

Electoral performance

In 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election Ugoke defeated the incumbent Chief minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi.^[5][6] 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.^[7]

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Assembly Election 2022: Bhadaur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Labh Singh Ugoke[8]	63,967	51.07
	INC	Charanjit Singh Channi[9]	26,409	21.09
	SAD	Satnam Singh	21,183	16.91
	PLC	Dharam Singh Fauji	261	0.21
	NOTA	None of the above	858	0.69
Majority			37,558	29.98
Turnout
Registered electors			1,57,809	[10]
	AAP hold

Personal life

His mother Baldev Kaur worked as a sweeper in a government run school.^[11]