About Abohar Assembly Constituency
Abohar is constituency No. 81 of Punjab legislative assembly. Punjab has 117 assembly constituencies and it returns 13 MPs to the Lok Sabha. Abohar assembly constituency is situated in Fazilka district of the state and comes under Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency. According to data with the Election Commission of India, Abohar has 1,46,747 registered voters. It comprises 79,601 male and 67,146 female registered voters. The Congress won this constituency in the 2012 Assembly elections by 9,788 votes. Sunil Kumar Jakhar, the winning Congress candidate, got 55,613 votes. The runner-up was Independent candidate Shiv Lal Doda who got 45,825 votes. The voter turnout was 78.30 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Abohar Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Abohar 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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| 2017 | 81 | Abohar | GEN | Arun Narang | M | BJP | 55091 | Sunil Jakhar | M | INC | 51812 |
| 2012 | 81 | Abohar | GEN | Sunil Kumar Jakhar | M | INC | 55613 | Shiv Lal Doda | M | IND | 45825 |
| 2007 | 90 | Abohar | GEN | Sunil Kumar Jakhar | M | INC | 70679 | Ram Kumar | M | BJP | 53478 |
| 2002 | 91 | Abohar | GEN | Sunil Kumar | M | INC | 37552 | Sudhir Nagpal | M | IND | 30213 |
| 1997 | 91 | Abohar | GEN | Ram Kumar | M | BJP | 55329 | Sajjan Kumar | M | INC | 39767 |
| 1992 | 91 | Abohar | GEN | Sajjan Kumar | M | INC | 38211 | Arjan Singh | M | BJP | 14107 |
| 1985 | 91 | Abohar | GEN | Arjan Singh | M | BJP | 33402 | Sajjan Kumar | M | INC | 29289 |
| 1980 | 91 | Abohar | GEN | Sajjan Kumar | M | INC(I) | 31929 | Charan Dass | M | BJP | 22896 |
| 1977 | 91 | Abohar | GEN | Bal Ram | M | INC | 28823 | Satya Dev | M | JNP | 20364 |
| 1972 | 5 | Abohar | GEN | Bal Ram | M | INC | 28517 | Satya Dev | M | BJS | 13628 |
| 1969 | 5 | Abohar | GEN | Satya Dev | M | BJS | 20936 | Parma Nand | M | IND | 16932 |
| 1967 | 5 | Abohar | GEN | S. Dev | M | BJS | 21724 | C. Ram | M | INC | 15029 |
| 1962 | 80 | Abohar | GEN | Chandi Ram | M | INC | 18826 | Gian Chand | M | JS | 14314 |
| 1957 | 56 | Abohar | GEN | Sahi Ram | M | BJS | 15336 | Chand Ram | M | INC | 12690 |
| 1951 | 79 | Abohar | GEN | Chandi Ram | M | INC | 11686 | Kundan Lal | M | BJS | 7891 |
Last Updated on Aud 7th, 2023