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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| 1blankname = Deputy Speaker
| 1namedata = [[Jai Krishan]]
| caption = Kultar Singh Sandhwan in 2023
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| office = [[List of speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|18th Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 21 March 2022
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| predecessor = [[Rana K. P. Singh]]
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| 2blankname = [[Chief Minister of Punjab, India|Chief Minister]]
| 2namedata = Bhagwant Maan
| office2 = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Kotkapura Assembly constituency|Kotkapura]]
| term_start2 = [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|16 March 2017]]
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'''Kultar Singh Sandhwan''' is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 18th and current Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from March 21, 2022. Kultar’s grandfather Jangir Singh and [[Zail Singh|Giani Zail Singh]] (who served as the [[president of India]] from 1982 to 1987 and [[List of chief ministers of Punjab, India|chief minister of Punjab]] from 1972 to 1977) were brothers. Sandhwan is also MLA representing the [[Kotkapura Assembly constituency]]. He is a member of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<ref name="List Financialexpress">{{cite news |title=Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/punjab-assembly-election-results-2022-check-full-list-of-winners-constituency-wise-complete-list-of-punjab-results-2022-bjp-congress-akali-dal-aap/2456066/ |access-date=10 March 2022 |work=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Playing 20 March 2022">{{cite news |title=The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/the-playing-11-cm-bhagwant-manns-cabinet-ministers-7827473/ |access-date=22 March 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=20 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/punjab-assembly-election/punjab-election-result-2022-check-constituency-wise-leading-trailing-candidates-full-list-of-winners-aap-bhagwant-mann-congress-charanjit-singh-channi-bjp-akalis-election-news-today-101646877618898.html |access-date=10 March 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="AAP MLA Kultar Sandhwan becomes Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker">{{cite news |last1=The Economic Times |title=AAP MLA Kultar Sandhwan becomes Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/aap-mla-kultar-sandhwan-becomes-punjab-vidhan-sabha-speaker/articleshow/90348842.cms |accessdate=12 May 2022 |date=12 May 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512055612/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/aap-mla-kultar-sandhwan-becomes-punjab-vidhan-sabha-speaker/articleshow/90348842.cms |archivedate=12 May 2022}}</ref>

==Member of Legislative Assembly ==
===First term (2017-2022)===
;[[15th Punjab Assembly#Committees|Committee assignments of 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
Chairman;Public Accounts Committee
* Member (2017-2019) [[Punjab Assembly Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library|Library Committee]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://www.punjabassembly.gov.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=44&Itemid=119 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820010440/http://www.punjabassembly.gov.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=44&Itemid=119 |archive-date=2018-08-20 |access-date=2022-07-24 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-13 |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://www.punjabassembly.gov.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=44&Itemid=119 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213054902/http://www.punjabassembly.gov.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=44&Itemid=119 |archive-date=2017-12-13 |access-date=2022-07-24 }}</ref>
* Member [[Punjab Assembly Committee on Subordinate Legislation|Committee on Subordinate Legislation]]
* Member (2021-2022) [[Punjab Assembly Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library|Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-02 |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.gov.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=32&Itemid=119 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302231458/http://punjabassembly.gov.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=32&Itemid=119 |archive-date=2022-03-02 |access-date=2022-07-24 }}</ref>

===Second term (2022-present)===
The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the [[16th Punjab Assembly|Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly]] by winning 92 out of [[List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|117 seats]] in the [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]. MP [[Bhagwant Mann]] was sworn in as [[List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]] on 16 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=16 March 2022 |title=AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/punjab-assembly/aaps-bhagwant-mann-sworn-in-as-punjab-cm/article65230309.ece |access-date=22 March 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

He was elected as the speaker of the [[16th Punjab Assembly]].

==Electoral performance ==
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{{#section:Kotkapura Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2017}}
{{#section:Kotkapura Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2022}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027]]
[[Category:Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India]]
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[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]

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