Shiv Ram Kaler
Shiv Ram Kaler | |
|---|---|
| Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 6 March 2012 – 11 March 2017 | |
| Governor | Shivraj Patil |
| Preceded by | Gurdeep Singh Bhaini |
| Succeeded by | Saravjit Kaur Manuke |
| Constituency | Jagraon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Shiromani Akali Dal |
Shiv Ram Kaler also known as S.R. Kaler is a retired Bureaucrat and a politician affiliated with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). He represented the Jagraon constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1][2]
Background
[edit]Early life
[edit]Shiv Ram Kaler was born to Ujagar Ram Kaler into a Ravidassia family.[3]
Former Civil Servant
[edit]Prior to entering politics, Kaler served as a Punjab Civil Services Officer until November 2011. He was appointed as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana.[4]
Politics
[edit]S. R. Kaler, representing the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), was elected as the MLA from the Jagraon constituency in the 2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, winning with 53,031 votes, narrowly defeating INC’s Ishar Singh who received 52,825 votes. In the 2022 elections, S. R. Kaler contested again but lost to Saravjit Kaur Manuke of the Aam Aadmi Party by a margin of 39,656 votes.[5][6]
During his tenure as an MLA, S.R. Kaler held significant positions in the Punjab Legislative Assembly:
- Chairman: Committee on Petitions
- Member: Committee on Public Accounts
- Member: Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes
Electoral performance
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAD | Shiv Ram Kaler | 53,031 | 43.49 |  2.06 | |
| INC | Ishar Singh | 52,825 | 43.32 | 1.09 | |
| PPoP | Major Singh | 9,546 | 7.83 |  | |
| Independent | Rajesh Inder Singh Sidhu | 3,158 | 2.59 | | |
| BSP | Rishi Dev | 1,085 | 0.89 | 0.04 | |
| SAD(A) | Kewal Singh | 477 | 0.39 | | |
| Majority | 206 | 0.17 | |||
| Turnout | 121,950 | 76.36 | |||
| SAD gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Manjit Singh Bilaspur | 67,313 | 44.5 | ||
| INC | Rajwinder Kaur | 39,739 | 26.3 | ||
| SAD | Shiv Ram Kaler | 34,865 | 23.0 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,010 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 27,574 | 18.3 | |||
| Turnout | 150,363 | 78.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 192,376 | [8] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Saravjit Kaur Manuke | 65,195 | 51.95 | 6.26 | |
| SAD | Shiv Ram Kaler | 25,539 | 20.35 |  4.37 | |
| INC | Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal[10] | 20,878 | 16.64 | 10.05 | |
| SAD(A) | Parivar Singh Dalla | 5,179 | 4.13 | | |
| BJP | Kanwar Narinder Singh | 4,476 | 3.57 | | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,057 | 0.84 | ||
| Majority | 39,656 | 31.6 | |||
| Turnout | 125,503 | ||||
| Registered electors | 184,819 | [11] | |||
| AAP hold | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "MLA report cards: Shiv Ram Kaler and Gurcharan Singh Boparai". Hindustan Times. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ↑ "Jagraon MLA holds sangat darshan". The Tribune. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ↑ "Shiv Ram Kaler(SAD):Constituency- JAGRAON (SC)(LUDHIANA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ↑ "Ex-Punjab Police Officials seeking more power". Sikh Sangat News. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ↑ "Jagraon Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ↑ Online, India Today (6 March 2012). "Punjab assembly elections 2012: List of winners". India Today. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ↑ "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.