Avtar Singh Junior

Avtar Singh Junior (born 22 January 1979)^[1] is an Indian politician and a member of INC. In 2017, he was elected as the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalandhar North.^[2][3]

Avtar Singh Junior
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017
Preceded by	K. D. Bhandari
Constituency	Jalandhar North
Personal details
Born	22 January 1979
Political party	INC
Residence	Jalandhar
Profession	Politician

Career

He owns a transport company, the Kartar bus service Punjab. He is the son of Sh. Avtar Henry three time MLA from Jalandhar north and ex Cabinet minister.^{[citation needed]}

Member of Legislative Assembly

He won the Jalandhar North constituency on an INC ticket, he beat the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly K. D. Bhandari of the BJP by over 32291 votes.^[4][5]

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.^[6]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

• Member (2022–23) Committee on Subordinate Legislation^[7]

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Jalandhar North Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Jalandhar North^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Avtar Singh Junior
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors			172,431	^[9]
	INC gain from BJP

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Jalandhar North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Avtar Singh Junior	47,338	36.94
	BJP	K.D.Bhandari	37852	29.54
	AAP	Dinesh Dhal^[10]	32685	25.05
	BSP	Kuldeep Singh Lubana	6153	04.08
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			9486	7.4
Turnout
Registered electors			192,058	^[11]
	INC hold

References

1. "Members". www.punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
2. "Avtar Singh Junior(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- JALANDHAR NORTH(JALANDHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
3. "🗳️ Avtar Singh Junior, Jalandhar North Assembly Elections 2017 LIVE Results | Election Dates, Exit Polls, Leading Candidates & Parties | Latest News, Articles & Statistics | LatestLY.com". LatestLY. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
4. "2017 Jalandhar North - Punjab Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates". India.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
5. "JALANDHAR NORTH Election Result 2017, Winner, JALANDHAR NORTH MLA, Punjab". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
6. "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
7. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
8. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
9. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
10. Financial express (18 February 2022). . Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
11. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.