Garhshankar (Punjab) Election Results 2017

About Garhshankar Assembly Constituency

Garhshankar is constituency No. 45 of Punjab legislative assembly. The state has 117 assembly constituencies. Garhashankar assembly constituency is situated in Hoshiarpur district and comes under Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. It is an unreserved constituency. According to data with the Election Commission of India, Garhshankar has 1,52,255 registered voters. It comprises 79,290 male and 72,965 female registered voters. In the 2012 Punjab assembly elections, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) won this constituency by 6,293 votes. Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan, the winning candidate from Shiromani Akali Dal, got 47,728 votes. The runner-up was Lov Kumar Goldy of Congress who got 41,435 votes. The voter turnout was 74.87 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Garhshankar Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Garhshankar assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2012	45	Garhshankar	GEN	Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan	M	SAD	47728	Lov Kumar Goldy	M	INC	41435
2007	44	Garhshankar	GEN	Lov Kumar Goldy	M	INC	33876	Mohinder Pal Mann	M	BJP	29808
2004	By Polls	Garhshankar	GEN	Lov Kumar Goldi	M	INC	37378	Mohinder Pal Mann	M	BJP	19298
2002	45	Garhshankar	GEN	Avinash Rai Khanna	M	BJP	24638	Shingara Ram Sahungra	M	BSP	18463
1997	45	Garhshankar	GEN	Shingara Ram Sahungra	M	BSP	21291	Avinash	M	BJP	20490
1992	45	Garhshankar	GEN	Shangara Ram	M	BSP	15390	Kamal Singh	M	INC	8564
1985	45	Garhshankar	GEN	Sarwanram	M	INC	23675	Darshan Singh	M	CPI	19802
1980	45	Garhshankar	GEN	Sarwan Ram	M	INC(I)	23741	Darshan Singh	M	CPI	20532
1977	45	Garhshankar	GEN	Darshan Singh	M	CPI	20373	Bhagya Chander	M	JNP	19250
1972	40	Garhshankar	GEN	Darshan Singh	M	CPI	24450	Baldev Singh	M	SAD	10551
1969	40	Garhshankar	GEN	Rattan Singh	M	INC	17961	Darshan Singh Canadian	M	CPI	16296
1967	40	Garhshankar	GEN	Capt. R. Singh	M	INC	20412	D. Singh	M	CPI	13478
1962	139	Garhshankar	GEN	Rattan Singh	M	INC	27795	Bhag Singh	M	CPI	11025
1957	86	Garhshankar	(ST)	Dasonda Singh	M	INC	39300	Chanan Ram	M	SCF	32747
1957	86	Garhshankar	(ST)	Bhag Singh	M	CPI	36425	Rattan Singh	M	INC	32702

Last Updated on May 06, 2020

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