MLA of Phagwara 2022


Phagwara constituency is one of the 117 seats of Punjab Vidhan Sabha and its constituency number is 29. During the recently held assembly elections in Punjab, the voting for the election of MLA of Phagwara was held on 20th February 2022. As per the latest updates available, Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal of Congress has won from this seat with a margin of 2712 votes and is elected as the new MLA of Phagwara in 2022. Joginder Singh Mann of AAP has lost the elections and secured the second place.

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Kapurthala MLA List
This constituency is located in Kapurthala district of Punjab and comes under the Hoshiarpur lok sabha seat. Here it may be noted that there are total thirteen lok sabha seats and twenty three districts in Punjab. In the previous assembly elections held in 2017, Som Parkash of BJP won from this Vidhan Sabha seat and elected as the new MLA of Phagwara. He won the last assembly elections held in 2017 by defeating its nearest opponent Joginder Singh Mann of Congress with a margin of 2009 votes.
For the last assembly elections, the voting was held on 4th Feb 2017 and the results were declared on 11 Mar 2017. This assembly constituency is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates. There are total 34 assembly seats in Punjab which are reserved for SC candidates and only a person belonging to SC category can contest elections from these reserved seats.

Voters in Phagwara constituency

As per the voter list for 2017 assembly elections, the total number of voters in Phagwara constituency is 178077. During these elctions, the election commission established 212 polling stations, situated at 127 different locations across this assembly segment. During the 2017 elections, the total number of votes cast in this constituency was 129419 and the voting percentage was recorded at 72.68%, which was less than the state average of 77.4%.

Phagwara Candidates

The last assembly elections in Punjab were held in February 2017. On this page, we have given details of candidates from Phagwara belonging to all major political parties including Shiromani Akali Dal, AAP, BJP and Congress candidates. Some details about these candidates like age, education and contact number is also given here.
AAP Candidate : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its candidate from this seat and has given ticket to Jarnail Singh Nangal for the coming assembly elections. His age is 43 years and level of education is 10+2 P.S.E.B.. The contact number of Jarnail Singh Nangal is 8968560682. For a complete list of AAP candidates, check this page - AAP Candidate List 2017 Punjab
BJP Candidate : BJP is having an alliance with Akali Dal and has nominated Som Parkash as its MLA candidate from this constituency. He is 67 years old and his educational qualification is M.A.. If you want to contact him, you can call at 9876100022. He is also a sitting MLA from this constituency. In previous assembly elections, he/she won from this seat by defeating nearest opponent Balbir Singh Sodhi of Congress party. For the complete list of BJP candidates, check this page BJP Candidate List 2017 Punjab.
Congress Candidate : Congress party is contesting the elections under the leardership of Captain Amrinder Singh and has declared Joginder Singh Mann as its MLA candidate from this constituency. Some more details about Joginder Singh Mann are as follows: Age - 66 years, Education - Faculty of Arts (12th). For a phone call, his contact number is 9855200813. You would also like our page containing Congress candidates list 2017 Punjab.

Phagwara MLA 2012

In 2012 elections, Shri Som Parkash became MLA from Phagwara and He is associated with BJP. He was elected as MLA from this vidhan sabha seat in the previous assembly elections by winning with a margin of 14579 votes. Balbir Singh Sodhi of Congress was the trailing candidate.
He was born on 03-04-1949 at Daulatpur, District Nawan Shahr. Name of his father is Sh. Hazara Ram. The following table shows some more information about him:

Shri Som Parkash
Father's NameSh. Hazara Ram
Date of Birth03-04-1949
Place of BirthDaulatpur, District Nawan Shahr
Name of wife
AddressH. No.173, Urban Estate, Phagwara, Distt. Kapurthala
Educational Qualification
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