Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 April 2022
LeaderPartap Singh Bajwa
Preceded bySaravjit Kaur Manuke
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
15 March 2022
Preceded byDr. Raj Kumar
ConstituencyChabbewal
Chairperson, Congress’s Scheduled Caste (SC) Department, Punjab
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born (1969-05-08) 8 May 1969
Punjab, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseDr. Harbans Kaur
Children2
Residence(s)Village Manjhi, P.O. Narh, Distt. Hoshiarpur
ProfessionDoctor
WebsiteRaj Kumar Chabbewal on Facebook

Dr.Raj Kumar Chabbewal is an Indian politician and member of Indian National Congress.[1] He is currently serving as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Chabbewal.[2]

Political career

Chabbewal joined the Indian National Congress in 2009. He was first elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Chabbewal in 2017.[3][4] In 2022, he was re-elected from the same constituency.[5][6] On 10 April 2022 he was made the deputy CLP leader of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[7] Chabbewal was appointed the Chairperson of Congress's Scheduled Caste (SC) Department, Punjab in 2015. He is also a member of All India Congress Committee.[8]

MLA

He was elected as MLA in 2022. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[9]

Electoral performance

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Chabbewal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Raj Kumar[10] 47,375 {{{change}}}
AAP Harminder Singh Sandhu[11] 39729
NOTA None of the above
Majority 7646 6.62
Turnout
Registered electors 161,535 [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Chabbewal, Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Chabbewal में INC ने AAP को हराया". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Punjab elections result 2017: Full list of constituencies and their winners". The Indian Express. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Preferred over bigwigs, Congress bets big on this doctor". Hindustan Times. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Chabbewal Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Dr. Rajkumar of INC Wins". News18. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Constituency watch: Chabbewal". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sonia Gandhi names Rahul loyalist Warring Punjab Congress chief | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "All Rahul's men: The new-look Punjab Congress leadership". The Indian Express. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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