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{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
|name = Ajnala
|parl_name = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
|district = [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|state = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|electorate = {{formatnum:147471}}<ref name=electors>{{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/VS2017/D03-Electors%20and%20Polling%20Stations%20VS%202017.pdf |title=Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017 |author=Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>{{update after|2022|02}}
|lok_sabha_constituency = [[Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amritsar]]
|year = [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
|mla = [[Harpartap Singh]]
|reserved = None
|map4 =
|map_size =
}}

'''Ajnala Assembly Constituency''' (Sl. No.:11) is a [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] constituency in [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] state, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |title=List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies |accessdate=19 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423033326/http://ceopunjab.nic.in/english/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |archivedate=23 April 2016 }}</ref>

== Notable politicians ==
Notable politicians from Ajnala constituency are freedom fighter [[Achhar Singh Chhina]], S.Harcharan Singh Ajnala Ex(Speaker and Education Minister), and former member of [[Lok Sabha]] [[Rattan Singh Ajnala|Dr. Rattan Singh]]

== List of MLAs ==
Members of Punjab Legislative Assembly Ajnala.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/ajnala.html|title=Ajnala constituency results|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=17 Apr 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No.
! Name
! width=75|Portrait
! colspan="2"|Term of office
!Political party<br /><small>(Alliance)</small>
|- align="center"
|1
| rowspan="2" | [[Achhar Singh Chhina]]
| rowspan="2" |
| 1952
| 1957
| rowspan="2" | [[Communist Party of India]]
|- align="center"
|2
| 1957
| 1962
|- align="center"
|3
| Harindar Singh
|
| 1962
| 1967
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|- align="center"
|4
| D. Singh
|
| 1967
| 1969
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]
|-
|5
|Harinder Singh
|
|1969
|1972
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|6
|Harcharan Singh Ajnala
|
|1972
|1977
|-
|7
|Shashpal Singh
|
|1977
|1980
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|-
|8
|Harcharan Singh Ajnala
|
|1980
|1985
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC (I)]]
|-
|9
|[[Rattan Singh Ajnala|Dr. Rattan Singh]]
|
|1985
|1987
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|-
|
|[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
|
|1987
|1992
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|10
|Harcharn Singh Ajnala
|
|1992
|1994
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|11
| rowspan="3" |[[Rattan Singh Ajnala|Dr. Rattan Singh]]
|
|1994
|1997
|Independent
|-
|12
|
|1997
|2002
| rowspan="2" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|-
|13
|
|2002
|2005
|-
|14
|[[Harpartap Singh]]
|
|2005
|2007
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|15
| rowspan="2" |[[Amarpal Singh Ajnala]]
|
|2007
|2012
| rowspan="2" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|-
|16
|
|2012
|2017
|-
|17
|[[Harpartap Singh]]
|
|2017
|Incumbent
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|}

==Election results==

===2022===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]: Ajnala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Kuldeep Dingh Dhaliwal
|votes =
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = TBD
|votes =
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal
|candidate = [[Amarpal Singh Ajnala]]
|votes =
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2017===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]: Ajnala<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/16|title= Ajnala Assembly election result, 2012|accessdate= 13 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2017 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Harpartap Singh]]
|votes = 61,378
|percentage = 50.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal
|candidate = [[Amarpal Singh Ajnala]]
|votes = 42,665
|percentage = 35.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Rajpreet Singh
|votes = 12,749
|percentage = 10.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Balwinder Singh
|votes = 860
|percentage = 0.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Rattan Singh
|votes = 502
|percentage = 0.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Gurnam Singh
|votes = 411
|percentage = 0.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dhanwant Singh
|votes = 404
|percentage = 0.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
|candidate = Amrik Singh
|votes = 380
|percentage = 0.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nirmal Singh
|votes = 308
|percentage = 0.25
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Previous Results===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year||A C No.||Name||Party||Votes||Runner Up||Party||Votes
|-
|2012||11||[[Amarpal Singh Ajnala]]||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||55864||[[Harpartap Singh]]||[[Indian National Congress]]||54629
|-
|2007||19||[[Amarpal Singh Ajnala]]||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||56560||[[Harpartap Singh]]||[[Indian National Congress]]||46359
|-
|2005||19||[[Harpartap Singh]]||[[Indian National Congress]]||66661||[[Amarpal Singh Ajnala]]||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||47415
|-
|2002||20||[[Rattan Singh Ajnala]]||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||47182||[[Harpartap Singh]]||[[Indian National Congress]]||46826
|-
|1997||20||[[Rattan Singh Ajnala]]||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||50705||Rajbir Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]||48994
|-
|1994||20||[[Rattan Singh Ajnala]]||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||46856||Rajbir Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]||36542
|-
|1992||20||Harcharn Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]||8893||Bhagwan Dass||[[Bhartiya Janta Party]]||1461
|-
|1985||20||[[Rattan Singh Ajnala]]||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||35552||Ajaib Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]||16594
|-
|1980||20||Harcharan Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]||27840||Shashpal Singh||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||24399
|-
|1977||20||Shashpal Singh||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||28627||Harcharan Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]||26591
|-
|1972||29||Harcharan Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]||41045||Dalip Singh||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||15918
|-
|1969||29||Harinder Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]||27642||Dalip Singh||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||21716
|-
|1967||29||Dalip Singh||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||20932||Inderjit Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]||12385
|-
|1962||119||Harindar Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]||33236||Dalip Singh||[[Communist Party of India]]||12089
|-
|1957||69||Achhar Singh||[[Communist Party of India]]||11649||Shashpal Singh||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||10988
|-
|1951||86||Achhar Singh||[[Communist Party of India]]||10458||Harinder Singh||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||10354
|}

== See also ==
*[[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
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{{Punjab (India) elections}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Punjab}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Amritsar district]]

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Ajnala Assembly Constituency - Revision history

Delinker at 14:02, 25 July 2023