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Assembly constituency 103 · Punjab

Barnala is assembly constituency number 103 in Punjab, in Sangrur district, and one of the segments of the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer of the Aam Aadmi Party won with 49.3% of the vote, 37,622 votes ahead of Kulwant Singh Keetu (SAD). A bye-election on 20 Nov 2024 was won by Kuldeep Singh Dhillon Kala Dhillon (INC), the current MLA.

Barnala · 2022AC 103
  1. 01
    Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
    AAP
    64,800
    49.27%
  2. 02
    Kulwant Singh Keetu
    SAD
    27,178
    20.66%
  3. 03
    Manish Bansal
    INC
    16,853
    12.81%
  4. 04
    Gurpreet Singh
    SAD(M)
    9,917
    7.54%
  5. 05
    Dhiraj Kumar
    BJP
    9,122
    6.94%
  6. 9 other candidates · 2,807 votesNOTA · 855 (0.65%)

Margin 37,622 votes · 28.60% of valid votes

1,83,174
Registered electors
2022 election
72.0%
Turnout
-6.1 pts vs 2017
37,622
Victory margin
28.6% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,31,532 valid votes, NOTA included.

Barnala 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gurmeet Singh Meet HayerMale · 32 yrsAAP64,800
49.27%
2Kulwant Singh KeetuMale · 46 yrsSAD27,178
20.66%
3Manish BansalMale · 43 yrsINC16,853
12.81%
4Gurpreet SinghMale · 30 yrsSAD(M)9,917
7.54%
5Dhiraj KumarMale · 51 yrsBJP9,122
6.94%
—NOTANOTA855
0.65%
6Baljit Singh BadbarMale · 47 yrsIndependent689
0.52%
7Abhikaran SinghMale · 27 yrsIndependent317
0.24%
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8Jagraj SinghMale · 66 yrsNAPt300
0.23%
9Gurbaj SinghMale · 48 yrs · SCBMUP300
0.23%
10Pappu KumarMale · 52 yrs · SCIndependent290
0.22%
11Sukhwinder SinghMale · 36 yrs · SCIndependent243
0.18%
12Harpreet SinghMale · 28 yrs · SCIndependent239
0.18%
13Karamjit SinghMale · 35 yrsLIP218
0.17%
14Raj KumarMale · 49 yrs · SCRSP211
0.16%
Past results

AAAP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%10%20%30%40%50%201220172022AAP 49.3%SAD 20.7%INC 12.8%PPOP 4.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024 byeKuldeep Singh Dhillon Kala DhillonINC · 28.2% · margin 2,157Turnout56.2%
2022Gurmeet Singh Meet HayerAAP · 49.3% · margin 37,622Turnout72.0%
2017Gurmeet Singh Meet HaherAAP · 35.5% · margin 2,432Turnout78.1%
2012Kewal Singh DhillonINC · 46.4% · margin 5,522Turnout79.9%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Barnala bye-election, 20 Nov 2024

Turnout 56.2% · 1,00,069 of 1,78,048 electors voted

Barnala bye-election 2024-11-20 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kuldeep Singh Dhillon Kala DhillonINC28,254
28.24%
2Harinder Singh DhaliwalAAP26,097
26.09%
3Kewal Singh DhillonBJP17,958
17.95%
4Gurdeep Singh BatthIndependent16,899
16.89%
5Govind Singh SandhuSAD(M)7,900
7.90%
—NOTANOTA618
0.62%
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6RajuIndependent367
0.37%
7Tarsem SinghIndependent366
0.37%
8Sukhchain Singh AtlaIndependent347
0.35%
9Yadwinder SinghAPNEP299
0.30%
10Pappu KumarIndependent290
0.29%
11Bagga Singh KahnekeIndependent253
0.25%
12Jai RamRSP195
0.19%
13Jagmohan SinghIndependent124
0.12%
14Sardual SinghIndependent75
0.07%

Barnala result 2017

Barnala 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gurmeet Singh Meet HaherAAP47,606
35.49%
2Kewal Singh DhillonINC45,174
33.67%
3Surinder Pal Singh SibiaSAD31,111
23.19%
4Simranjit Singh MannSAD(M)5,061
3.77%
5Paramjit KaurBSP2,369
1.77%
6Gurkimat SinghTMC941
0.70%
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—NOTANOTA889
0.66%
7Mahinder SinghIndependent411
0.31%
8Jaspal SinghBMUP336
0.25%
9Raj KumarIVD254
0.19%

Barnala result 2012

Barnala 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kewal Singh DhillonINC54,570
46.39%
2Malkit Singh KittuSAD49,048
41.70%
3Kulwant SinghPPOP5,075
4.31%
4Paramjit KaurBSP4,874
4.14%
5Raj KumarIndependent1,176
1.00%
6Ranjit Singh SangheraSAD(M)905
0.77%
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7Malkiat SinghIndependent494
0.42%
8Sukhi KaurLJP492
0.42%
9Gurjant SinghIndependent465
0.40%
10Amir SinghIndependent311
0.26%
11Sewa SinghIndependent220
0.19%
Map

Barnala 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 Sangrur district

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

AAPINCSADBJPBSPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Barnala is one of the assembly segments of Sangrur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Sangrur candidates.

  • Gurmeet Singh Meet HayerAAP37,674 35.0%
  • Simranjit Singh MannSAD(M)22,161 20.6%
  • Arvind KhannaBJP19,218 17.9%
  • Sukhpal Singh KhairaINC15,176 14.1%
  • Iqbal Singh JhundanSAD5,724 5.3%

In the assembly election AAAP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, AAAP led here by 15,513 EVM votes.

Open Sangrur Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Barnala assembly seat in 2022?

Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAAP) won Barnala in the 2022 Punjab assembly election with 64,800 votes, which was 49.27% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Barnala?

The margin was 37,622 votes (28.60% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kulwant Singh Keetu of the Shiromani Akali Dal with 27,178 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Barnala in 2022?

Turnout was 71.97%: 1,31,832 of 1,83,174 registered electors voted, across 212 polling stations. That is 6.1 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Barnala part of?

Barnala is an assembly segment of the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Barnala had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 20 Nov 2024, Kuldeep Singh Dhillon Kala Dhillon (Indian National Congress) won by 2,157 votes.

Is Barnala a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Barnala?

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.