Dalvir Singh Khangura
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Dalvir Singh Khangura is former MLA from Dhuri, Sangrur District, Punjab. He got elected for the seat in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He is a politician in Indian National Congress.[1] Dalvir Singh Khangura, known as "Goldy", was born on 24 September 1982 in a Jat Sikh family in Dhuri, District Sangrur, Punjab India. He has done his schooling from S.V.M., Dhuri. He later joined S.D. College, Chandigarh and did his Graduation and PGDCA.
Career
He contested as College Representative in S.D. College in 2002 and won. He was chosen as President of Student Union Of Panjab University (SOPU) to represent them in college elections as college president in 2003–2004.
Dalvir then joined Punjab University, Chandigarh. He became the President of Punjab University Campus Student Counsel in the year 2006–2007.[2]
Dalvir Singh than joined Youth congress in 2007, working at various levels for Congress party since then. He is also Chairman, Panchayati Raj Sangathan (District Sangrur).
Member of the Legislative Assembly
He was then fielded as the candidate for 2017 legislative assembly elections from Dhuri, Punjab. Dalvir won the seat of MLA from Dhuri and polled 49,349 votes and won with the margin of 2838 votes from INC party.Dalvir lost in 2022 assembly election to Bhagwant Singh Mann with a whopping margin of 58206 votes.After that he lost Sangrur Lok Sabha by poll and even lost his deposit.
Electoral Performance
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dalvir Singh Goldy | 49,347 | 38.62 | ||
| AAP | Jasvir Singh Jassi Sekhon | 46,536 | 36.42 | ||
| SAD | Hari Singh | 28,611 | 22.39 | ||
| SAD(M) | Surjit Singh Kalabula | 1,405 | 1.10 | ||
| BSP | Bhola Singh | 1,390 | 1.09 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 662 | 0.52 | ||
| Independent | Tarsem Kumar | 474 | 0.37 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,811 | 2.19 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,28,425 | 81.04 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 315 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,28,740 | 81.23 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,58,479 | ||||
| INC gain from SAD | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Bhagwant Mann | 82,592 | 64.29 | ||
| INC | Dalvir Singh Goldy[5] | 24,386 | 18.98 | ||
| SAD | Parkash Chand Garg | 6,991 | 5.44 | ||
| BJP | Randeep Singh Deol | 5,436 | 4.23 | ||
| SAD(A) | Narinder Singh | 4,469 | 3.48 | ||
| SSM | Sarbjit Singh Alal | 1,188 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 775 | 0.6 | ||
| National Apni Party | Sukhwinder Singh | 726 | 0.57 | ||
| Apni Ekta Party | Pardeep Kumar | 554 | 0.43 | ||
| Independent | Shakti Kumar Gupta | 488 | 0.38 | ||
| LIP | Jaswinder Singh | 457 | 0.36 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Syal | 230 | 0.18 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Harpreet Singh | 166 | 0.13 | ||
| Margin of victory | 58,206 | 45.4 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,28,458 | 77.32 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 429 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,28,977 | 77.63 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,66,143 | [6] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 253,154 | 35.61 |  31.24
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| AAP | Gurmail Singh | 247,332 | 34.79 |  2.61
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| INC | Dalvir Singh Goldy | 79,668 | 11.21 | 16.22
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| BJP | Kewal Singh Dhillon | 66,298 | 9.33 | New | |
| SAD | Bibi Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana | 44,428 | 6.25 | 17.58
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| NOTA | None of the Above | 2471 | 0.35 | ||
| Majority | 6,245 | 0.88 | |||
| Turnout | 7,10,919 | 45.3% | 27.1
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| Registered electors | 15,69,240 | [8] | |||
| SAD(A) gain from AAP | Swing | 16.92
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Personal life
Dalvir Singh is married to Simrat Khangura and has two sons.
References
- ^ "Members". www.punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "5-cornered contest for Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 19 July 2022.