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Aam Aadmi Party’s Harinder Singh Khalsa wins from Fatehgarh Sahib with 54144 votes

May 16, 2014 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab (May 16, 2014): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has bagged first Lok Sabha seat from Punjab. According to results declared by Election Commission of India (ECI) AAP candidate from Fatahgarh Sahib has secured election victory.

Harinder Singh Khalsa defeated Sadhu Singh of Indian National Congress with 54144 votes. Khalsa secured 3,67,293 votes. Sadhu Singh, who secured 3,13,149 votes was followed by Kulwant Singh of Badal Dal with 3,12,815 votes.

It is notable that Harinder Singh Khalsa was deployed at Norway as a diplomat of India in June 1984 when Indian army had attacked Darbar Sahib Amritsar. He had resigned from the service in protest against Darbar Sahib.

He remained in exile for about six years. In 1990 during Prime ministership of Mr V.P. Singh Harinder Singh Khalsa returned to India and settled in Ludhiana. He headed Punjab Human Rights Organization (PHRO) for one year during which he highlighted excesses committed by state machinery.

He was secretary Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) from 1991 to 1993.

In 1996 he was elected as Member of Parliament from Bhatinda on the ticket of Shiromani Akali Dal. For three years during the prime ministership of Atal Bihar Vajpayee he worked as member commission for SC and ST.. He had served as secretary of Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC).

Later on he joined Shiromani Akali Dal and was elected as member of Indian Parliament from Bathinda constituency.

During Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government he was appointed as chairman of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes’ Welfare Commission.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has performed quite surprisingly in Punjab and it is expected to bag total four seats from Punjab. There are thirteen Lok Sabha seats in Punjab. Whereas, in rest of India AAP was not able to even open it’s account.

Final telly was as follows:

Punjab – Fatehgarh Sahib
Result Declared
Candidate	Party	Votes
HARINDER SINGH KHALSA	Aam Aadmi Party	367293
SADHU SINGH	Indian National Congress	313149
KULWANT SINGH	Shiromani Akali Dal	312815
SARABJEET SINGH	Bahujan Samaj Party	12683
DHARAM SINGH	Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)(Simranjit Singh Mann)	3173
LACHHMAN SINGH S/O S.SAROOP SINGH	Independent	2852
HARPREET SINGH	Bahujan Mukti Party	2352
NIRMAL SINGH	Nationalist Congress Party	2149
LACHHMAN SINGH S/O S.GULZAR SINGH	Independent	2141
GURDEEP SINGH	Inqalab Vikas Dal	1930
LAKHVIR SINGH	Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party	1733
RANJIT SINGH	Independent	1679
PARAMJIT SINGH	Independent	1266
MANPREET SINGH	Independent	886
AVTAR SINGH	Independent	848
None of the Above	None of the Above	4005

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Related Topics: Aam Aadmi Party, Harinder Singh Khalsa (Norway), Lok Sabha Elections 2014

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