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 |
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| 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 August 14, 2021