Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal

Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
2002–2007
GovernorJack Farj Rafael Jacob
Preceded byCharanjit Singh Atwal
ConstituencyKum Kalan
Personal details
Born
Atwal, Punjab, India
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Shiromani Akali Dal

Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Personal life

He was born to Charanjit Singh Atwal at Atwal, Amritsar, Punjab.[1] He belongs to the Mazhabi Sikh community.

Political career

Atwal was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Kum Kalan in Ludhiana district after winning 2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[2][3][4] He also unsuccessfully contested from the Raikot Assembly constituency.[1] On passing of senior Congress leader and MP, Santokh Chaudhary, he unsuccessfully contested the by-election from the Jalandhar (SC) seat for Lok Sabha in 2023. He lost to AAP’s Sushil Kumar Rinku with a margin of 167,479 votes.

Electoral performance

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2002: Kum Kalan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SAD Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal 45,026 47.71 Decrease2.54
INC Ishar Singh 42,420 44.95 Increase9.49
BSP Inderjit Singh Advocate 3,489 3.70 New entry
SAD(M) Harjinder Kumar Jakhu 2,773 2.94 Decrease2.66
RLD Gurmail Singh Uddowal 665 0.70 New entry
Majority 2,606 2.76
Turnout 94,373 65.10
Registered electors 144,962
SAD hold Swing
Punjab Assembly election, 2007: Kum Kalan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ishar Singh 55,082 48.73 Increase3.78
SAD Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal 53,017 46.91 Decrease1.10
LBP Balwinder Singh Lalka 2,207 1.95 New entry
BSP Gian Singh 1,934 1.71 Decrease1.99
LJP Harjit Singh Bawa 788 0.70 New entry
Majority 2,065 1.83
Turnout 113,028
Registered electors
INC gain from SAD Swing

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Raikot[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal 48,245 41.21 New entry
INC Dr. Amar Singh 37,631 32.15 Decrease13.74
SAD Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal 29,019 24.80 Decrease17.49
BSP Surinder Singh 878 0.75 Decrease1.26
NOTA None of the above 816 0.70
Majority 10,614 9.06
Turnout 117,046 77.81
Registered electors 150,418 [6]
AAP gain from INC Swing
2023 Lok Sabha by-election: Jalandhar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Sushil Kumar Rinku 302,279 34.05 Increase31.55
INC Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary 243,588 27.44 Decrease10.46
SAD Dr.Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi 158,445 17.85 Decrease18.05
BJP Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal 134,800 15.18 New entry
SAD(A) Gurjant Singh Kattu 20,366 2.29 New entry
NOTA None of the Above 6,661 0.75 Decrease0.46
Majority 58,691 6.61 Increase4.70
Turnout 887,626 54.70 Decrease8.34
AAP gain from INC Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "Father steers his campaign, brother does hard work". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal New Choice Of SAD From Raikot
  3. ↑ Realty bites as ticket eludes Atwals
  4. ↑ Byte Sardar Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal
  5. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jalandhar bypoll results".
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