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Parlad Singh Sawhney

Parlad Singh Sawhney
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Chandni Chowk
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byAlka Lamba
In office
1998–2015
Preceded byVasudev Kaptan
Succeeded byAlka Lamba
Personal details
Born (1950-03-15) 15 March 1950 (age 74)
Delhi, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party (present), Indian National Congress (1998-2019)
SpouseRanjit Kaur (m. 1981)
ChildrenPunardeep Singh Sahni and Gursahiba Kaur
Residence(s)H. No. 1B Ashok Apartments, 7, Rajpur Road, Delhi.
EducationGraduate
ProfessionBusinessman

Parlad Singh Sawhney (born 15 March 1950) is an Indian politician from New Delhi. He is a 5th term member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly representing Aam Aadmi Party.[1]

Early life and education

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Sawhney is from Chandni Chowk, Delhi. He is the son of late Hara Singh Sawhney. He studied BA but discontinued in his third year in 1971 at a college affiliated with Gwalior University.[2]

Political career

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Sawhney contested first municipal corporation election in 1977 from Mori Gate ward and lost by 100 votes. In 1983, he won the municipal election from same ward and was made chairman of Civil Lines zone from 1983 to 1990.

He then repeatedly contested the Chandni Chowk Vidhan Sabha Constituency since 1998 till 2015. He entered the second Legislative Assembly of Delhi winning the 1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, defeating runner-up Viresh Pratap Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 8,162 votes.[3] In the 2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, he defeated runner-up Dharamvir Sharma of the BJP by a margin of 10,866 votes.[4] In the 2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, he defeated his closest rival Praveen Khandelwa of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 8,019 votes.[5] In 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, he defeated Suman Kumar Gupta, also of BJP, by a margin of 8,243 votes.[6] In 2015 Assembly election, he lost to Alka Lamba of Aam Aadmi Party.[6] He won the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election from the same seat on AAP ticket.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Delhi Assembly Election Results (70/70)". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Parlad Singh Sawhney(AAP):Constituency- CHANDNI CHOWK(CENTRAL) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  3. ^ "1998 Election Commission of India" (PDF).
  4. ^ "2003 Election Commission of India" (PDF).
  5. ^ 2008 Election Commission of India
  6. ^ a b Lost seat in 2015 to Ms. Alka Lamba of Aam Aadmi Party 2013 Election Commission of India Archived 28 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "AAP's Parlad Singh Sawhney wins Chandni Chowk seat". Hindustan Times. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Chandni Chowk Election Results 2020 | Delhi Election Results | Elections 2020". ndtv.com. Retrieved 5 February 2025.