About Kapurthala Assembly Constituency
Kapurthala is constituency No. 27 of Punjab legislative assembly. It is situated in Kapurthala district and comes under Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency. According to data with the Election Commission of India, Kapurthala assembly constituency has 1,21,597 registered voters. It comprises 62,912 male and 58,685 female registered voters. The Congress emerged victorious in this constituency in the last Punjab assembly elections held in 2012. Rana Gurjit Singh, the winning Congress candidate, got 54,221 votes. The runner-up was Sarabjeet Singh Makkar of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) who got 39,739 votes. The winning margin was 14,482 votes. The voter turnout was 80.64 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Kapurthala Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kapurthala assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2012 | 27 | Kapurthala | GEN | Rana Gurjit Singh | M | INC | 54221 | Sarabjeet Singh Makkar | M | SAD | 39739 |
| 2007 | 40 | Kapurthala | GEN | Rana Rajbans Kaur | F | INC | 47173 | Raghbir Singh | M | SAD | 40888 |
| 2004 | By Polls | Kapurthala | GEN | Sukhjinder Kaur | M | INC | 47890 | Raghbir Singh | M | SAD | 34600 |
| 2002 | 41 | Kapurthala | GEN | Rana Gurjeet Singh | M | INC | 33715 | Raghbir Singh | M | SAD | 23590 |
| 1997 | 41 | Kapurthala | GEN | Raghbir Singh | M | SAD | 32405 | Gulzar Singh | M | INC | 20150 |
| 1992 | 41 | Kapurthala | GEN | Gulzar Singh | M | INC | 10710 | Hira Lal Dhir | M | BJP | 8652 |
| 1985 | 41 | Kapurthala | GEN | Kripal Singh | M | INC | 17072 | Vinod | F | SAD | 12460 |
| 1980 | 41 | Kapurthala | GEN | Raghbir Singh | M | SAD | 21194 | Milkhi Ram | M | INC(I) | 18273 |
| 1977 | 41 | Kapurthala | GEN | Hukam Chand | M | JNP | 18073 | Kirpal Singh | M | INC | 14864 |
| 1972 | 47 | Kapurthala | GEN | Kirpal Singh | M | INC | 29778 | Sukhjinder Singh | M | SAD | 26444 |
| 1969 | 47 | Kapurthala | GEN | Bawa Harnam Singh | M | SAD | 26921 | Kirpal Singh | M | INC | 21799 |
| 1967 | 47 | Kapurthala | GEN | K. Singh | M | INC | 18976 | B.H. Singh | M | IND | 12083 |
| 1962 | 108 | Kapurthala | GEN | Lakhi Singh | M | AD | 19772 | Harnam Singh | M | INC | 19299 |
| 1957 | 90 | Kapurthala | GEN | Harnam Singh | M | INC | 18274 | Jiwan Singh | M | IND | 8687 |
Last Updated on August 14, 2021