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Balbir Singh
Punjab, India politician

Balbir Singh

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Punjab, India politician
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Patiala, Patiala district, Patiala division, India
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Biography

Balbir Singh is an Indian politician from Punjab, who belongs to Aam Aadmi Party. He has taken the oath of cabinet minister of Punjab and given the portfolio of Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education and Research and Elections on 7th January 2023.

Early life

Before entering politics, he retired as Associate Professor and is presently working as an Eye Surgeon at Patiala. He did his MBBS from Punjab University, Chandigarh in the year of 1979.

He also participated, at the young age, in JP Movement in 1974 and in 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement. Before 2014 Indian general electionhe joined Aam Aadmi Party.

Political career

He served as the caretaker Convener of Aam Aadmi Party of Punjab after Party’s National Convener Arvind Kejriwal's apology from Bikram Singh Majithia. After the apology, both the Convener and Co-Convener of Party, Bhagwant Mann and Aman Arora respectively, resigned from their posts. Upon this, Balbir Singh was appointed the Co-convener and caretaker Convener of Party’s Punjab unit.

In 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Party announced him as candidate against Amarinder Singh from Patiala Rural Assembly constituency but he lost and stood at second place with more than 20,000 votes.

Member of Legislative Assembly

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

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly
  • Member (2022–23) Committee on Privileges
  • Member (2022–23) Committee on Local Bodies

Electoral performance

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAmarinder Singh72,58668.98
AAPDr. Balbir Singh20,17919.18
SADGen J.J. Singh11,67711.1
HSSKshama Kant Pandey2910.28
NOTANone of the above1,0901.04
Majority52,40749.31
Turnout1,06,43667.00
Registered electors158,855
INC holdSwing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AAPDr. Balbir Singh7715552.05
INCMohit Mohindra
TBD
Majority5347436.08
Turnout
Registered electors
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