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Assembly constituency 48 · Punjab

Balachaur is assembly constituency number 48 in Punjab, in Nawanshahr * district, and one of the segments of the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Santosh Kumari Katariaa of the Aam Aadmi Party won with 34.5% of the vote, 4,541 votes ahead of Sunita Rani (SAD).

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Balachaur · 2022AC 48
  1. 01
    Santosh Kumari Katariaa
    AAP
    39,633
    34.47%
  2. 02
    Sunita Rani
    SAD
    35,092
    30.52%
  3. 03
    Darshan Lal
    INC
    31,201
    27.14%
  4. 04
    Ashok Baath
    BJP
    5,566
    4.84%
  5. 05
    Daljit Singh Bains
    Independent
    1,565
    1.36%
  6. 2 other candidates · 1,228 votesNOTA · 679 (0.59%)

Margin 4,541 votes · 3.95% of valid votes

1,56,218
Registered electors
2022 election
73.8%
Turnout
-5.5 pts vs 2017
4,541
Victory margin
3.9% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 7 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,14,964 valid votes, NOTA included.

Balachaur 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Santosh Kumari KatariaaFemale · 55 yrsAAP39,633
34.47%
2Sunita RaniFemale · 45 yrsSAD35,092
30.52%
3Darshan LalMale · 71 yrsINC31,201
27.14%
4Ashok BaathMale · 62 yrsBJP5,566
4.84%
5Daljit Singh BainsMale · 45 yrsIndependent1,565
1.36%
6Prem ChandMale · 66 yrs · SCCPI(M)920
0.80%
—NOTANOTA679
0.59%
7SatpalMale · 40 yrs · SCIndependent308
0.27%
Past results

The seat changed hands: INC won in 2017, AAAP in 2022.

0%10%20%30%40%50%201220172022AAP 34.5%SAD 30.5%INC 27.1%BSP 10.5%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Santosh Kumari KatariaaAAP · 34.5% · margin 4,541Turnout73.8%
2017Darshan LalINC · 42.2% · margin 19,640Turnout79.3%
2012Nand LalSAD · 35.9% · margin 14,857Turnout78.5%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Balachaur result 2017

Balachaur 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Darshan LalINC49,558
42.21%
2Nand LalSAD29,918
25.48%
3Raj KumarAAP21,656
18.44%
4Baljit SinghBSP12,372
10.54%
5Parmjit SinghCPI(M)1,176
1.00%
—NOTANOTA877
0.75%
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6Jarnail SinghAPPA662
0.56%
7Avtar SinghIndependent363
0.31%
8Hargopal SinghIndependent339
0.29%
9Pala SinghIndependent257
0.22%
10Charan DassIndependent244
0.21%

Balachaur result 2012

Balachaur 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Nand LalSAD36,800
35.88%
2Shiv Ram SinghBSP21,943
21.39%
3Rajwinder SinghINC20,904
20.38%
4Darshan LalPPOP18,988
18.51%
5Ram Krishan KatariaIndependent3,107
3.03%
6Bhupinder MannIndependent824
0.80%
Map

Balachaur outlined in orange among the other Punjab seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Nawanshahr * district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

AAPINCSADBJPBSPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Balachaur is one of the assembly segments of Anandpur Sahib. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Anandpur Sahib candidates.

  • Vijay Inder SinglaINC22,684 22.9%
  • Malvinder Singh KangAAP21,772 22.0%
  • Jasvir Singh GarhiBSP20,616 20.8%
  • Dr Subhash SharmaBJP14,820 15.0%
  • Prem Singh ChandumajraSAD14,652 14.8%

In the assembly election AAAP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 912 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Balachaur.

Who won the Balachaur assembly seat in 2022?

Santosh Kumari Katariaa of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAAP) won Balachaur in the 2022 Punjab assembly election with 39,633 votes, which was 34.47% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Balachaur?

The margin was 4,541 votes (3.95% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sunita Rani of the Shiromani Akali Dal with 35,092 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Balachaur in 2022?

Turnout was 73.82%: 1,15,313 of 1,56,218 registered electors voted, across 197 polling stations. That is 5.5 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Balachaur part of?

Balachaur is an assembly segment of the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Vijay Inder Singla got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Balachaur a reserved constituency?

No. Balachaur is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Balachaur?

The Punjab assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Punjab assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 and 2012 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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