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PAGE1.qxd 1/29/2012 2:36 PM Page 1 c m y b The Tribune PUNJAB POLLS 2012 SPECIAL THE TRIBUNE, BATHINDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 Attari (SC) 20 Budhlada (SC) 98 Firozpur City 76 Jalandhar West (SC) 34 Ludhiana West 64 Patiala 115 Samrala 58 CONSTITUENCY NO. Baba Bakala (SC) 25 Chabbewal (SC) 44 Firozpur Rural (SC) 77 Jandiala (SC) 14 Majitha 13 Patiala Rural 110 Sangrur 108 Balachaur 48 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) 51 Garhshankar 45 Kapurthala 27 Malerkotla 105 Patti 23 Sanour 114 Abohar 81 Balluana (SC) 82 Dakha 68 Ghanaur 113 Kartarpur (SC) 33 Malout (SC) 85 Payal (SC) 67 Sardulgarh 97 Adampur (SC) 38 Banga (SC) 46 Dasuya 40 Gidderbaha 84 Khadoor Sahib 24 Mansa 96 Phagwara (SC) 29 Shahkot 32 Ajnala 11 Barnala 103 Dera Baba Nanak 10 Gill (SC) 66 Khanna 57 Maur 94 Phillaur (SC) 30 Sham Chaurasi (SC) 42 Amargarh 106 Bassi Pathana (SC) 54 Dera Bassi 112 Gurdaspur 4 Kharar 52 Mehal Kalan (SC) 104 Qadian 6 Shutrana (SC) 117 Amloh 56 Batala 7 Dharamkot 74 Guru Har Sahai 78 Khem Karan 22 Moga 73 Raikot (SC) 69 Sri Hargobindpur (SC) 8 Amritsar Central 17 Bathinda Rural (SC) 93 Dhuri 107 Hoshiarpur 43 Kotkapura 88 Mukerian 39 Raja Sansi 12 Sujanpur 1 Amritsar East 18 Bathinda Urban 92 Dina Nagar (SC) 5 Jagraon (SC) 70 Lambi 83 Muktsar 86 Rajpura 111 Sultanpur Lodhi 28 Amritsar North 15 Bhadaur (SC) 102 Dirba (SC) 100 Jaitu (SC) 89 Lehra 99 Nabha (SC) 108 Rampura Phul 90 Sunam 101 Amritsar South 19 Bhagha Purana 72 Faridkot 87 Jalalabad 79 Ludhiana Central 63 Nakodar 31 Rupnagar 50 Talwandi Sabo 94 Amritsar West (SC) 16 Bhoa (SC) 2 Fatehgarh Churian 9 Jalandhar Cantt. 37 Ludhiana East 60 Nawan Shahr 47 S.A.S.Nagar 53 Tarn Taran 21 Anandpur Sahib 49 Bholath 26 Fatehgarh Sahib 55 Jalandhar Central 35 Ludhiana North 65 Nihal Singhwala (SC) 71 Sahnewal 59 Urmar 41 Atam Nagar 62 Bhucho Mandi (SC) 91 Fazilka 80 Jalandhar North 36 Ludhiana South 61 Pathankot 3 Samana 116 Zira 75 The 117 constituencies feature in this special supplement alphabetically. Beginning below, they continue on to the next three pages. The list above has the KNOW YOUR constituencies with the Election Commission number given alongside for easy reference to the map of CANDIDATES Punjab Assembly segments. As Punjab goes to the polls today, The Tribune brings you a ready reckoner to main contestants in the Assembly elections TOTAL VOTERS 1,76,83,582 MALE 93,22,555 FEMALE 83,61,027 In Bholath, female voters (59,321) are more than male (59,020) FIRST-TIME VOTERS MAXIMUM VOTERS IN GILL 4,13,144 1,94,331 MALE MINIMUM VOTERS IN AMLOH 2,73,434 1,13,952 FEMALE TOTAL 1,39,710 POLLING STATIONS TOTAL 19,841 CANDIDATES MAXIMUM 1,078 POLLING BOOTHS WOMEN CANDIDATES 238 SEATS CONTESTED BY VARIOUS PARTIES in Nakodar 93 MINIMUM INDEPENDENT POLLING BOOTHS CANDIDATES BAHUJAN SHIROMANI BHARATIYA PEOPLE'S PARTY OF COMMUNIST PARTY COMMUNIST PARTY OF 118 417 CONGRESS SAMAJ PARTY AKALI DAL JANATA PARTY PUNJAB OF INDIA INDIA (MARXIST) in Amritsar Central 117 117 94 23 92 14 9 A ABOHAR ADAMPUR (SC) AMARGARH AMLOH Voters: 1.46 lakh, Present MLA: Sunil Jakhar (Congress) Voters: 1.43 lakh, Present MLA: Sarabjit Makkar (SAD) Voters: 1.38 lakh, Present MLA: None (New constituency) Voters: 1.14 lakh, Present MLA: Sadhu Singh Dharmsot (Congress) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Sunil Jakhar (57) Vijay Laxmi Bhadoo (55) Shiv Lal Doda (43) Satnam Kainth (51) Pawan Tinu (45) Sukhwinder Kotli (47) Iqbal Singh Jhoonda Surjit Singh Dhiman (53) Ajit Singh Chandurayia (37) Kaka Randeep Singh (46) Jagdeep Singh Cheema (51) Jagmeet Singh Sahota (45) MBA Class XI Class VIII BA SAD Matric SAD Graduate Post graduate Graduate Class XII Graduate Congress BJP Independent Congress Assets: BSP Assets: NA Congress PPP Congress SAD PPP Assets: Assets: (BJP rebel) Assets: `1.99 crore Assets: Former MLA, Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: `2.21 crore `92 lakh Assets: `1.36 crore Lost in 2002 `10 lakh trying hard in `6.64 crore `1.78 crore `11.84 crore `3.73 crore `1.75 crore Two-time MLA from Chairperson, Punjab Social `5.45 crore Has been MLA, MP. Was Assembly polls and 2004 Has been sarpanch thrice; new constituency Educated politician with Good orator, strikes a Sitting MLA from Nabha. Son of ex-minister Randhir Former PPCC member; Abohar — 2002, 2007 Welfare Advisory Board Liquor baron, runs charitable earlier with BSP Parliamentary polls is state party general hold among rural masses chord with rural electorate Singh Cheema; district was student leader in trust, no political record secretary party president Patiala. KEY ISSUES: Funds for sewerage and drinking water, scarcity of canal water KEY ISSUES: No sewerage anywhere. Sewage flows into drains. KEY ISSUES: Lacks medical and education infrastructure. KEY ISSUES: Upgrade of roads and sewerage. AMRITSAR CENTRAL AMRITSAR EAST AMRITSAR NORTH AMRITSAR SOUTH Voters: 1.25 lakh, Present MLA: Laxmi Kanta Chawla (BJP) Voters: 1.23 lakh, Present MLA: None (New constituency) Voters: 1.51 lakh, Present MLA: Anil Joshi (BJP) Voters: 1.32 lakh, Present MLA: Inderbir Singh Bolaria (SAD) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS O P Soni (55) Tarun Chugh (40) Vijay Mishra (62) Sunil Datti (51) Navjot Kaur Sidhu (48) Baldev Singh Verka Anil Joshi (47) Karamjit Singh Rintu (40) Ram Sharan Pal (63) Inderbir Singh Bolaria, (31) Jasbir Singh Gill Dimpa (43) Higher BA-I B.Sc, B.Ed 10+2 MBBS, MD Sanjha Higher BA Sanjha Graduate Giani secondary BJP Congress BJP Morcha secondary Congress Morcha (PPP) SAD Congress Congress Assets: Assets: Assets: `3.16 Assets: NA BJP Assets: Assets: Assets: `1.95 crore Assets: `4 crore Assets: `62.46 lakh `8.96 lakh crore A CPI leader Assets: `50.5 lakh `30 lakh Father late Raminder Beas ex-MLA; lost in `3.85 crore Vice-chairman of Punjab Sanjha Morcha (CPM) Has been mayor of the city. Wife of Amritsar MP Navjot of the area. `1.25 crore Contesting the first time; Unsuccessfully contested Singh Bolaria was MLA. Won bypoll. 2007 to Akali Manjinder Singh Kang. First mayor of city; MLA Youth Development Board. Assets: `66 lakh Singh Sidhu. Resigned Testing fortunes the second mother councillor for 2009 LS poll on BSP ticket. from Amritsar (West) thrice. District secretary of CPM. from Health Dept. time on development plank. 10-years. KEY ISSUES: Unemployment and large-scale encroachment. KEY ISSUES: High number of slums; civic amenities and infrastructure. KEY ISSUES: Sanitation and covering of three drains. KEY ISSUES: Solid waste management plant needed; no playground. AMRITSAR WEST (SC) ANANDPUR SAHIB AJNALA ATAM NAGAR Voters: 1.50 lakh, Present MLA: O P Soni (Congress) Present MLA: Rana Kanwar Pal Singh (Cong), Votes: 1.7 lakh Voters: 1.26 lakh, Present MLA: Amarpal Singh Bony (SAD) Voters: 1,38,968, Present MLA: None (New constituency) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Raj Kumar Verka (49) Amarjit Singh Asal (56) Rakesh Gill (49) Rana Kanwar Pal Singh 'KP' (54) Madan Mohan Mittal (72) Gurdial Singh (65) Amarpal Singh Bony (36) Harpartap Singh Ajnala (60) Hira Singh Gabria (64) Malkit Singh Birmi (58) Simarjit Singh Bains (39) BA-I MA, B.Ed Matric Graduate Graduate Matric 10+2 BA, LLB Matriculation Graduate Graduate Congress CPI BJP Congress BJP CPM SAD Congress SAD Congress Akali rebel Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: `60.24 lakh Assets: `1.90 cr Assets: `21.5 crore Assets: Assets: Assets: `2.15 crore `89,000 ` 80 Lakh `3.31 crore `7.75 crore Associated with the Left Son of Rattan Singh Son of former speaker `42 lakh `30 crore `7.5 crore District secretary of CPI, Two-time councillor Won twice already; has been Close to Parkash Singh since youth. Ajnala, MP from Tarn Taran; straight Harcharan Singh Ajnala; won 2004 Cabinet minister at pres- Two-time former minister, Was arrested in connection contesting third time. parliamentary secretary. Badal; former minister. talking. byelection. ent; from the Ramgarhia also belongs to Ramgarhia with Tehsildar GS Benipal community. community. assault case. KEY ISSUES: Development, unemployment and acute drug addiction. KEY ISSUES: Alternatives to reduction of jobs in BBMB, NFL. KEY ISSUES: Underdevelopment, drug addiction, unemployment KEY ISSUES: Bad roads, lack of potable water c m y b.