Jalandhar (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Jullundur Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 13 Lok Sabha
constituencies in Punjab
state in northern India
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(Legislative Assembly) segments:
Presently, after delimitation, this constituency comprises the following nine Vidhan Sabha segments:
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
constituencies in Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
state in northern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Assembly segments
Before delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, this constituency comprised the following nine Vidhan SabhaVidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
(Legislative Assembly) segments:
- Jullundur Cantonment
- Jullundur North
- Jullundur Central
- Jullundur South
- Kartarpur
- Lohian
- Nakodar
- Kapurthala
- Sultanpur
Presently, after delimitation, this constituency comprises the following nine Vidhan Sabha segments:
- Phillaur
- Nakodar
- Shahkot
- Kartarpur
- Jalandhar West
- Jalandhar Central
- Jalandhar North
- Jalandhar Cantonment
- Adampur
Members of Parliament
- 1951: Amar NathAmar NathPandit Amar Nath was an Indian classical vocalist. He was the first and closest disciple of Ustad Amir Khan.Amar Nath was born in 1924 in Jhang in Punjab, now in Pakistan. He learned music from B.N. Datta of Lahore from 1942 to 1947. He moved to Delhi after the partition of India...
, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... - 1957: Swaran Singh, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
, Sadhu RamSadhu RamSadhu Ram is a Spiritual Master from the Sant Mat lineage.He is a disciple of and one of the successors to Sant Ajaib Singh.Sadhu Ram Ji was born in 1944 into a harijan family in what then was Bikaner State. His spiritual development started in 1972, and then in 1987 he joined the ashram of Sant...
, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... - 1962: Swaran Singh, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1967: Swaran Singh, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1971: Swaran Singh, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1977: Rajinder Singh Sparrow, Indian National Congress - I
- 1985: Rajinder Singh Sparrow, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1989: Inder Kumar GujralInder Kumar GujralInder Kumar Gujral served as the 12th Prime Minister of India. Gujral was the first PM to govern exclusively from the Rajya Sabha; , only he and Manmohan Singh have done so.-Early life:...
, Janata DalJanata DalJanata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P... - 1992: YashYashYashh is a Hindi and Sanskrit word that means splendor, grandeur, magnificence, prominence, illustriousness, majesty, distinction, luxury, renown, eminence and fame....
, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... - 1996: Darbara SinghDarbara Singh-Bio:Sardar Darbara Singh , born into the prosperous Jat zamindar family of Sardar Dalip Singh Johal in Jandiala, in the Jullundur district of Punjab...
, Shiromani Akali DalShiromani Akali DalThe Shiromani Akali Dal , translation: Supreme Akali Party) is a Sikh nationalist political parties based in Punjab. The current party to be recognized by the Election Commission of India is the one led by Parkash Singh Badal... - 1998: Inder Kumar GujralInder Kumar GujralInder Kumar Gujral served as the 12th Prime Minister of India. Gujral was the first PM to govern exclusively from the Rajya Sabha; , only he and Manmohan Singh have done so.-Early life:...
, Janata DalJanata DalJanata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P... - 1999: Balbir Singh, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 2004: Rana Gurjeet SinghRana Gurjeet SinghRana Gurjeet Singh was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Jalandhar constituency of Punjab and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party. Rana Gurjeet Singh migrated to Punjab in the year 1986 and set up a kraft-based paper mill in dist. Ropar. He later...
, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... - 2009: Mohinder Singh Kaypee, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...