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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Mantar Singh Brar<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|11|3|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Sandhwan, Distt.[[Faridkot district|Faridkot]]<br />
| image =<br />
| office = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency = [[Kotkapura Assembly constituency|Kotkapura]]<br />
| term = 1997-2007<br />
| predecessor = Upinder Sharma<br />
| successor = Ripjit Singh Brar<br />
| office2 = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Kotkapura Assembly constituency|Kotkapura]]<br />
| term2 = 2012-2017<br />
| predecessor2 = Ripjit Singh Brar<br />
| successor2 = [[Kultar Singh Sandhwan]]<br />
| office3 = <br />
| term3 = <br />
| party = [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]<br />
| other_party = <br />
| children = 1 son & 1 daughter<br />
| father = [[Jaswinder Singh Brar]]<br />
| mother = Manjit Kaur<br />
| profession = Agriculture <br />Business<br />
| website = {{Facebook|mantarsinghbrar}}<br />{{Instagram|mantarsinghbrar}}<br />
| spouse = Amanjit Kaur<br />
| alma_mater = [[Punjabi University]] <br />
}}<br />
'''Mantar Singh Brar''' (born 3 November 1964) is an Indian politician and former Chief Parliamentary Secretary in the [[Government of Punjab, India|Punjab Government]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-18 |title=Mantar Singh Brar |url=https://www.ptcnews.tv/mantar-singh-brar |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=PTC News |language=en}}</ref> He won 1997 [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] elections from the [[Kotkapura Assembly constituency|Kotkapura constituency]], and again won in 2002 and 2012.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> He is the son of [[Jaswinder Singh Brar]], former Minister of Cooperation and former [[Leader of the Opposition|Leader of Opposition]] in the [[Government of Punjab, India|Punjab Government]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2013-08-23 |title=SAD MLA' brother elected Zila Parishad chairman |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/sad-mla-brother-elected-zila-parishad-chairman/articleshow/22009998.cms |access-date=2023-04-09 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2016-11-13 |title=MLA report cards: Sikander Singh Maluka and Mantar Singh Brar |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/mla-report-cards-sikander-singh-maluka-and-mantar-singh-brar/story-trG8Up3pD5sVRuDxjZWnVJ.html |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Brar was born in 1964, to father [[Jaswinder Singh Brar]] and mother Manjit Kaur. He did his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from Brijindra College, Faridkot. He went on to do [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in History from [[Punjabi University]], [[Patiala]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mantar Singh Brar in Punjab Assembly Elections 2022 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/punjab/mantar-singh-brar-kotkapura-candidate-s19a088c01/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> He is married to Amanjit Kaur who is a teacher by profession. He has one son and one daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mantar Singh Brar in Punjab Assembly Elections 2022 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/punjab/mantar-singh-brar-kotkapura-candidate-s19a088c01/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> His brother Kultar Singh Brar was elected as chairman of Zila Parishad, [[Faridkot district|Faridkot]] in 2013.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Brar was first elected to [[1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Legislative Assembly]] in 1997 as an independent candidate. Brar won this election by a margin of 16,000 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC: Punjab 1997 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/1997/punjab/133/www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/1997/punjab/133/7 |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Elections |url=https://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/1997-election-results.html}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Elections 1997 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99aug09/punjab.htm}}</ref><br />
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He was re-elected to Punjab Legislative Assembly in the year [[2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2002]] defeating Vibha Sharma.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=2012 Elections |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/shiromani-akali-dals-first-list-of-69-candidates-324451}}</ref><br />
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He was appointed district president of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] for [[Faridkot district|Faridkot]] in 2008 by newly elected party president [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]], a position he has held to this day.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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In 2012, he was again elected to [[2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Legislative Assembly]], defeating Ripjit Singh Brar of INC.<ref name=":1" /> Shiromani Akali Dal formed the government and he was made the Chief Parliamentary Secretary for rural development and panchayats.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-05-19 |title=SAD leaders' kin make their way into civic polls |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/sad-leaders-kin-make-their-way-into-civic-polls/articleshow/20130615.cms |access-date=2023-04-09 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><br />
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In December 2022, Brar was appointed as the senior vice-president of Shiromani Akali Dal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-15 |title=SAD expansion: Sukhbir appoints 19 senior VPs, expands advisory panel |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/sad-expansion-sukhbir-badal-adds-many-top-functionaries-into-party-fold-101671116978981.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Electoral performance ==<br />
=== 2012 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2012]]: Kotkapura}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal<br />
|candidate = Mantar Singh Brar<br />
|votes = 49,361<br />
|percentage = 44.28<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Ripjeet Singh Brar<br />
|votes = 31,175<br />
|percentage = 27.96<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Upinder Sharma<br />
|votes = 15,202<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=111,499|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2002 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2002]]: Kotkapura}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal<br />
|candidate = Mantar Singh Brar<br />
|votes = 42,725<br />
|percentage = 39.9<br />
|change = -8.65<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Prof. Vibha Sharma<br />
|votes = 40,986<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Kartar Singh<br />
|votes = 11,104<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=107,069|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 1997 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 1997]]: Kotkapura}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent politician<br />
|candidate = Mantar Singh Brar<br />
|votes = 50,562<br />
|percentage = 48.56<br />
|change = new<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal<br />
|candidate = Mohinder Singh<br />
|votes = 34,933<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Joginder Singh<br />
|votes = 18,278<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=104,123|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Facebook|mantarsinghbrar}}<br />
* {{Instagram|mantarsinghbrar}}<br />
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