Jeevan Jyot Kaur
Member of Legislative Assembly, Punjab
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded byNavjot Singh Sidhu
ConstituencyAmritsar East
Personal details
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
OccupationPolitician

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]

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]

Electoral performance

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Amritsar East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jeevan Jyot Kaur[11] 39,679 36.74 Increase21.98
INC Navjot Singh Sidhu[12] 32,929 30.49 Decrease30.19
SAD Bikram Singh Majithia 25,188 23.32 New
BJP Jagmohan Singh Raju 7,286 6.75 Decrease10.98
NOTA None of the above 690 0.64
Majority 6,750 6.25
Turnout 1,08,003 64.17 Decrease0.77
Registered electors 168,300 [13]
AAP gain from INC Swing Increase19.3

References

  1. ↑ Goyal, Divya (12 March 2022). "The Chosen 13: 'Padwoman', Moga's doctor among Punjab's women MLAs". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Meet Jeevan Jyot Kaur: The 'Padwoman' of Punjab who trumped Sidhu and Majithia". mint. 17 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Meet AAP's Jeevan Jyot Kaur,giant-killer who defeated Sidhu,Majithia in Punjab". Zee News.
  5. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Punjab Diary: Tricolour bonhomie". Tribuneindia News Service.
  6. ↑ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in.
  8. ↑ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  10. ↑ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Punjab Election 2022: Complete List of AAP Candidates, Check Names HERE". www.india.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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