Ajit Pal Singh Kohli
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
16 March 2022
Preceded byAmarinder Singh
ConstituencyPatiala
MajorityAam Aadmi Party
Personal details
BornPunjab, India
CitizenshipIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party

Ajit Pal Singh Kohli is an Indian politician. He is a former Mayor of and the MLA from Patiala Assembly constituency Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2]

Political career

He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Patiala Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He defeated the former CM of Punjab Amarinder Singh in the election.[1] 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.[3]

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Patiala Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly.

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Electoral Performance

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Patiala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Ajit Pal Singh Kohli[6] 48,104 46.49 +27.31
PLC Amarinder Singh 28,231 27.28 New
SAD Harpal Juneja 11,835 11.44 +0.34
INC Vishnu Sharma[7] 9,871 9.54 -59.44
NOTA None of the above 754 0.73
Majority 19,873 19.21
Turnout
Registered electors [8]
AAP gain from INC Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "From Moti Bagh to Nihal Bagh, Patiala Power Centre shifts to house of former Akali-turned AAP leader Ajit Pal Kohli". Tribuneindia News Service. 10 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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