About Nawan Shahr Assembly Constituency
Nawan Shahr is constituency No. 47 of Punjab legislative assembly. It is situated in Nawan Shahr district and comes under the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency. According to data with the Election Commission of India, Nawan Shahr assembly constituency has 1,46,849 registered voters. It comprises 75,258 male and 71,591 female registered voters. In the last Punjab assembly elections held in 2012, the Congress won this constituency by a slim margin of 1,759 votes. Guriqbal Kaur, the winning Congress candidate, got 35,910 votes. The runner-up was Satinder Kaur Kariha of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) who got 34,151 votes. The voter turnout was 79.86 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Nawanshahr Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Nawanshahr 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 | 47 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Guriqbal Kaur | F | INC | 35910 | Satinder Kaur Kariha | F | SAD | 34151 |
| 2007 | 37 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Jatinder Singh Kariha | M | SAD | 46172 | Parkash Singh | M | INC | 40357 |
| 2002 | 38 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Parkash Singh | M | INC | 32667 | Ram Kishan | M | BSP | 27321 |
| 2000 | By Polls | Nawanshahr | GEN | Jatinder Singh Kariha | M | SAD | 59533 | ?Parkash Singh | M | INC | 33022 |
| 1997 | 38 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Charanjit Singh | M | IND | 35933 | Jatinder Singh | M | SAD | 33943 |
| 1992 | 38 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Dilbagh Singh | M | INC | 25191 | Darshan Ram | M | BSP | 17849 |
| 1985 | 38 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Dilbagh Singh | M | INC | 31895 | Jatinder Singh | M | SAD | 27870 |
| 1980 | 38 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Dilbagh Singh | M | IND | 35027 | Jatinder Singh | M | SAD | 19413 |
| 1977 | 38 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Jatinder Singh | M | SAD | 35457 | Dilbagh Singh | M | INC | 31822 |
| 1972 | 60 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Dilbagh Singh | M | INC | 35290 | Amar Chand | M | IND | 15996 |
| 1969 | 60 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Dilbag Singh | M | INC | 26552 | Hardev Singh | M | SAD | 25825 |
| 1967 | 60 | Nawanshahr | GEN | D. Singh | M | INC | 22048 | H. Singh | M | ADS | 14094 |
| 1962 | 97 | Nawanshahr | (SC) | Jagat Ram | M | INC | 20582 | Harbhaj Ram | M | REP | 17202 |
| 1957 | 99 | Nawanshahr | (ST) | Jagat Ram | M | INC | 33356 | Ajit Singh | M | CPI | 28245 |
| 1957 | 99 | Nawanshahr | (ST) | Hargurand Singh | M | INC | 31815 | Ram Rakha | M | SCF | 28107 |
| 1951 | 61 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Gurbachan Singh | M | INC | 20593 | Dalip Singh | M | SAD | 18408 |
| 1951 | 61 | Nawanshahr | GEN | Bishna | M | INC | 17858 | Mota Singh | M | SAD | 15878 |
Last Updated on August 14, 2021