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Dakha
Dakha
Constituency No. 68 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Lok Sabha constituency	Ludhiana
Total electors	187,760 (in 2022)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Manpreet Singh Ayali
Party	AD (WPD)
Elected year	2019

Dakha Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 68) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Ludhiana district, Punjab state, India.^[1] Until 2008, Dakha constituency was reserved for SC candidates. Since 2012 election it was opened to all candidates. Manpreet Singh Ayali is the MLA from Dakha since 2019.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Most successful parties from Dakha Vidhan Sabha

Year	Member
1967	Jagir Singh	Indian National Congress
1969	Basant Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal
1972	Basant Singh
1977	Charanjit Singh
1980	Basant Singh
1985	Basant Singh
1992	Malkiat Singh Dakha	Indian National Congress
1997	Bikramjit Singh Khalsa	Shiromani Akali Dal
2002	Malkiat Singh Dakha	Indian National Congress
2007	Darshan Singh Shivalik	Shiromani Akali Dal
2012	Manpreet Singh Ayali	Shiromani Akali Dal
2017	Harvinder Singh Phoolka^[2]	Aam Aadmi Party
2019^	Manpreet Singh Ayali	Shiromani Akali Dal
2022	Manpreet Singh Ayali	Shiromani Akali Dal

^By-Poll

Election results

2027

Punjab Assembly election, 2027: Dakha
Party		Candidate
	AD (WPD)	Manpreet Singh Ayali
	AAP
	INC
	SAD
	BJP
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: 68. Dakha^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Manpreet Singh Ayali	49,909	34.97	15.33
	INC	Captain Sandeep Singh Sandhu^[4]	44,102	30.90	8.27
	AAP	Dr KNS Kang	42,994	30.12	27.99
	NOTA	None of the above	1,171	0.82
Majority			5,807	4.07
Turnout			142,739	75.73
Registered electors			187,760	^[5]
	SAD hold

By election 2019

By-election, 2019: 68. Dakha^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Manpreet Singh Ayali	66,297	50.30	12.90
	INC	Sandeep Singh Sandhu	51,625	39.17	19.67
	LIP	Sukhdev Singh Chak	8,441	6.40
	AAP	Amandeep Singh Mohie	2,804	2.13	38.17
	NOTA	None of the above	642
Majority			14,672
Turnout			131,798	71.35
	SAD gain from AAP		Swing

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: 68. Dakha^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Harvinder Singh Phoolka	58,923	40.55
	SAD	Manpreet Singh Ayali	54,754	37.68	14.51
	INC	Major Singh Bhaini	28,571	19.66	20.69
	NOTA	None of the above	981	0.68
Majority			4,169	2.87
Turnout			145,306	80.93
Registered electors			179,549	^[7]
	AAP gain from SAD		Swing

2012

Punjab Assembly election, 2012: 68. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Manpreet Singh Ayali	72,208	52.19	2.99
	INC	Jasbir Singh Khangura	55,820	40.35	0.65
	PPoP	Daljit Singh	8,374	6.05
	BSP	Surinder Singh	1,258	0.91	2.59
Majority			16,388	11.8
Turnout			138,356	84.6
Registered electors			163,484
	SAD hold		Swing

2007

Punjab Assembly election, 2007: 54. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Darshan Singh Shivalik	94,807	49.20	12.44
	INC	Malkiat Singh Dakha	79,006	41.00	3.25
	BSP	Parkash Singh Jandiali	6,742	3.50	5.20
	CPI(M)	Amarjeet Mattu	3,610	1.87	0.30
	Independent	Harinder Singh Khalsa	3,218	1.67
Majority			15,801
Turnout			192,696
Registered electors
	SAD gain from INC		Swing

2002

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2002: 55. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Malkiat Singh Dakha	51,570	44.25	4.47
	SAD	Darshan Singh Shivalik	42,844	36.76	15.17
	BSP	Mandeep Kaur	10,142	8.70
	SAD(A)	Bikramjit Singh	7,796	6.69	0.88
	CPI(M)	Sohan Singh	1,829	1.57
Majority			8,726	7.49
Turnout			116,551	51.62
Registered electors
	INC gain from SAD		Swing

1997

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 1997: 55. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Bikramjit Singh Khalsa	64,605	51.93
	INC	Malkiat Singh Dakha	49,495	39.78	26.79
	SAD(A)	Jagdish Kaur	9,423	7.57
	Independent	Baldev Singh	624	0.50
	Independent	Anokh Singh	267	0.21
Majority			15,010	12.06
Turnout			124,414	60.52
Registered electors
	SAD gain from INC		Swing

1992

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 1992: 55. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Malkiat Singh Dakha	4,404	66.57	32.92
	BJP	Ghanaya Lal	1,225	18.52
	BSP	P Lal	987	14.92
Majority			3,179	48.05
Turnout			6,616	4.63
Registered electors
	INC gain from SAD		Swing

1985

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 1985: 55. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Basant Singh	39,511	56.51	4.13
	INC	Mohinder Singh	23,529	33.65	11.35
	CPI(M)	Sohan Singh	5,001	7.15
	Independent	Baldev Singh	1,322	1.89
Majority			15,982	22.86
Turnout			69,924	63.74
Registered electors
	SAD hold		Swing

1980

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 1980: 55. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Basant Singh	31,560	52.38	8.16
	INC(I)	Jagjit Singh	27,113	45.00	6.72
	Independent	Bachan Singh	1,441	2.39
Majority			4,447	7.38
Turnout			60,253	58.97
Registered electors
	SAD hold		Swing

1977

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 1977: 55. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Charanjit Singh	31,908	60.54	8.30
	INC	Gurcharan Singh	20,178	38.28	9.48
	Independent	Dalip Singh	368	0.70
Majority			11,730	22.25
Turnout			52,708	58.40
Registered electors
	SAD hold		Swing

1972

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 1972: 65. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SAD	Basant Singh	25,565	52.24
	INC	Harbans Singh Sayan	23,372	47.76
Majority			2,193	4.48
Turnout			48,937	68.67
Registered electors
	SAD hold		Swing

1969

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 1969: 65. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SAD	Basant Singh	22,641
	INC	Jagir Singh	11,476
Majority			11,165
Turnout
Registered electors
	SAD gain from INC		Swing

1967

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 1967: 65. Dakha
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Jagir Singh	18,060
	Akali Dal (SFS)	Basant Singh	16,903
Majority			1,157
Turnout
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

References

↑ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
1 2 Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
↑ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
↑ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
↑ Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
↑ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

External links

"Record of all Punjab Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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[1] "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[election2017-2] 1 2 Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[election2022-3] Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[Punjab_INC_2022-4] "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[Punjab_Election_2022-5] "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[By-election_results_2019:_List_of_winners_in_51_Assembly_and_Satara,_Samastipur-6] Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

[electors2017-7] Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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