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'''Baldev Singh Ballamgarh''' is an [[India]]n politician. He was born circa 1948.<ref name="eci-archive-report-pb12"/> During his college years he was active in student movement, and was the state president of the [[All India Students Federation|Punjab Students Federation]].<ref name=tri11/> He studied up to BA second year at Government College, [[Muktsar]].<ref name=tri11/> He abandoned his studied as the 1972 Moga students protests began.<ref name=tri11/>

For 25 years Baldev Singh Ballamgarh was a member of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI).<ref name=pb99/><ref name=ie12/> He stood as the CPI candidate for the [[Malout Assembly constituency|Malout seat]] in the [[1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]], finishing in second place with 22,298 votes (48.34%).<ref name="eci-archive-report-pb80">{{cite web|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318023135/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReport%20Punjab%201980.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab}}</ref> He lost the election by a margin of just 157 votes.<ref name=ie12/> He contested the [[1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]] on an independent ticket, finishing in third place with 9,944 votes (17.69%).<ref name="eci-archive-report-pb85">{{cite web|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318023135/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalReportPunjab1985.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab}}</ref>

Baldev Singh Ballamgarh broke with CPI, and joined the [[United Communist Party of India]] (UCPI).<ref name=pb99/> He contested the Malout seat in the [[1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]], standing as a UCPI candidate. He won the seat, obtaining 14,442 votes (36.96%).<ref name=tri11>{{cite news|newspaper=The Tribune|title=Exam, election both important for this ex-MLA|author=Balwant Garg|date=November 12, 2011|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111112/bathinda.htm#2}}</ref><ref name="eci-archive-report-pb92">{{cite web|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509072652/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1992/StatisticalReport%20Punjab%201992.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1992 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab}}</ref> He joined the Congress-I in 1993.<ref name=ie12/> On July 15, 1993 Baldev Singh Ballamgarh, being the sole UCPI legislator, requested to be recognised as part of the Congress-I Legislature Party. His request was endorsed by Sardar [[Beant Singh (politician)|Beant Singh]], as the head of the Punjab Pradesh Congress-I Committee. On July 16, 1993 Deputy Speaker (acting as the Speaker) [[Romesh Chander Dogra]] approved the merger of the erstwhile UCPI legislator into the Congress-I Legislature Party.<ref>Malhotra, G. C.. ''[https://www.google.at/books/edition/Anti_defection_Law_in_India_and_the_Comm/Ko0nAQAAMAAJ Anti-defection Law in India and the Commonwealth]''. [Published for] Lok Sabha Secretariat [by] Metropolitan Book Company, 2005. pp. 531-532</ref> He was the chairman of the Punjab Scheduled Caste Corporation.<ref name=tri99/>

He contested the Malout seat in the [[1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]] as an independent candidate, finishing in third place with 12,149 votes (14.89%).<ref name="eci-archive-report-pb97">{{cite web|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505094610/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1997/StatiscialReport-PU97.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1997 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab}}</ref>

Ahead of the [[1998 Indian general election|1998 parliamentary election]], Baldev Singh Ballamgarh joined the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] 'unconditionally', at a meeting attended by [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]].<ref name=tri99>{{cite news|newspaper=The Tribune|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99aug14/punjab.htm|title=Where political scene changes fast|date=August 14, 1999|author=Chander Parkash}}</ref><ref name=pb99>''[https://www.google.at/books/edition/Punjab_1999/bnRuAAAAMAAJ Punjab 1999: Political and Socio-economic Developments]''. Anamika Publishers & Distributors, 2000. p. 15</ref>

Baldev Singh Ballamgarh stood as the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) candidate in Malout in the [[2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]], but [[Captain Amarinder Singh]] managed to convince him to withdraw his candidature and pledged to support the Congress-CPI combine. After the announcement, Captain Amarinder Singh visited Baldev Singh Ballamgarh's house.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Tribune|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020315/punjab1.htm|title=Cong to back CPI nominee in Malout|date=March 15, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Tribune|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020316/punjab1.htm|title=Malout: acid test for Congress|date=March 15, 2002|author=Prabhjot Singh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Tribune|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020318/punjab1.htm|title=It's Amarinder vs Badal in Malout|date=March 18, 2002}}</ref>

On January 6, 2012 Baldev Singh Ballamgarh announced that he would contest the Malout seat in the [[2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]] as an independent, in reaction to the Congress having nominated Nathu Ram as its candidate.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Tribune|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120107/bathinda.htm|title=Denial of ticket creates rumblings in Congress|date=January 7, 2012|author=SP Sharma}}</ref><ref name=ie12>{{cite news|newspaper=The Indian Express|title=Denied Cong leaders to stand Independent|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/denied-cong-leaders-to-stand-independent/|date=January 7, 2012|author=Navjeevan Gopal}}</ref> Baldev Singh Ballamgarh finished in fourth place with 3,949 votes (3.16%).<ref name="eci-archive-report-pb12">{{cite web|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318023135/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_PB_2012.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab}}</ref> Later the same year, on September 4, 2012 he and other local Congress leaders joined the Shiromani Akali Dal at a Muktsar meeting attended by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cong leaders join SAD|newspaper=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/punjab-and-haryana/isi-patronage-to-sikh-militant-groups-govt/|date=September 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Tribune|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120905/punjab.htm|title=Jolt for Congress in Muktsar too|date=September 5, 2012}}</ref> On December 18, 2014 Sukhbir Singh Badal inducted Baldev Singh Ballamgarh into the SAD Political Affairs Committee.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/sukhbir-badal-expands-sad-s-pac/story-ox4W7PatRqTu7seaqCxKLN.html|date=December 18, 2014|title=Sukhbir Badal expands SAD's PAC}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians]]
[[Category:United Communist Party of India politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal politicians]]
[[Category:Nationalist Congress Party politicians]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 1992–1997]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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