About Phagwara Assembly Constituency
Phagwara is constituency No. 29 of Punjab legislative assembly. It is situated in Kapurthala district and comes under Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency. Both Phagwara and its corresponding Lok Sabha constituency Hoshairpur are reserved for scheduled castes. According to data with the Election Commission of India, Phagwara assembly constituency has 1,51,668 registered voters. It comprises 79,782 male and 71,886 female registered voters. The BJP defeated the Congress by 14,579 votes to win this constituency in the last Punjab assembly elections held in 2012. Som Parkash, the winning BJP candidate, got 46,223 votes. The runner-up was Balbir Kumar Sodhi of Congress who got 31,644 votes. The voter turnout was 74.43 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Phagwara Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Phagwara 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 | 29 | Phagwara | (SC) | Som Parkash | M | BJP | 46223 | Balbir Kumar Sodhi | M | INC | 31644 |
| 2007 | 42 | Phagwara | (SC) | Swarna Ram | M | BJP | 47906 | Joginder Singh Mann | M | INC | 38302 |
| 2002 | 43 | Phagwara | (SC) | Joginder Singh | M | INC | 31601 | Swarna Ram | M | BJP | 30415 |
| 1997 | 43 | Phagwara | (SC) | Swarna Ram | M | BJP | 50176 | Joginder Singh Mann | M | INC | 23553 |
| 1992 | 43 | Phagwara | (SC) | Joginder Singh Mann | M | INC | 14363 | Swarna Ram | M | BJP | 13643 |
| 1985 | 43 | Phagwara | (SC) | Joginder Singh | M | INC | 33287 | Sadhu Ram | M | JNP | 21424 |
| 1980 | 43 | Phagwara | (SC) | Piara Ram Dhanowalia | M | INC(I) | 27845 | Sadhu Ram | M | JNP(JP) | 26256 |
| 1977 | 43 | Phagwara | (SC) | Sadhu Ram | M | JNP | 25042 | Piara Ram Dhanowalia | M | INC | 20332 |
| 1972 | 49 | Phagwara | (SC) | Piara Ram Dhanowali | M | INC | 25959 | Swarna | M | IND | 18040 |
| 1969 | 49 | Phagwara | (SC) | Sadhu Ram | M | INC | 22289 | Swarna | M | BJS | 20736 |
| 1967 | 49 | Phagwara | (SC) | S. Ram | M | INC | 14943 | G. Ram | M | IND | 11547 |
| 1962 | 99 | Phagwara | GEN | Om Parkash | M | IND | 32603 | Hansraj Sharma | M | INC | 21332 |
| 1957 | 98 | Phagwara | GEN | Hans Raj | M | INC | 18663 | Hari Singh | M | CPI | 13070 |
Last Updated on August 14, 2021