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| Office | Member of Legislative Assembly, Punjab
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| Term start | 10 March 2022
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| Predecessor | Navjot Singh Sidhu
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| Constituency | Amritsar East
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| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party
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| Occupation | Politician
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Jeevan Jyot Kaur is an Indian politician and the MLA from Amritsar East Assembly constituency.[1] She is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[2] She defeated Navjot Singh Sidhu in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[3][4][5]
Political career
In 2022, Jyot contested from Aam Aadmi Party and won Punjab Legislative Assembly election from Amritsar East Assembly constituency. She defeated the incumbent MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu of Indian National Congress and Bikram Singh Majithia of Shiromani Akali Dal. She received 36.74% of the votes and won with a margin of 6.25% from the runner up Navjot Singh Sidhu.[6][7] The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[8]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Accounts[9]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Local Bodies[10]
Assets and liabilities declared during elections
During the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, she declared Rs. 4,27,67,365 as an overall financial asset and Rs. 41,80,346 as financial liability.[11]
Electoral performance
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References
- ↑ The Chosen 13: 'Padwoman', Moga's doctor among Punjab's women MLAs. The Indian Express(12 March 2022). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ↑ Meet Jeevan Jyot Kaur: The 'Padwoman' of Punjab who trumped Sidhu and Majithia. mint(17 March 2022).
- ↑ 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. Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ Meet AAP's Jeevan Jyot Kaur,giant-killer who defeated Sidhu,Majithia in Punjab. Zee News.
- ↑ Punjab Diary: Tricolour bonhomie. Tribuneindia News Service.
- ↑ Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners. Hindustan Times(10 March 2022). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. results.eci.gov.in.
- ↑ AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister. The Hindu(16 March 2022). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ↑ vidhan Sabha. punjabassembly.nic.in.
- ↑ vidhan Sabha. punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ↑ Jeevan Jyot Kaur(AAP):Constituency- AMRITSAR EAST(AMRITSAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:. www.myneta.info. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
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