- District
- Gurdaspur
- Lok Sabha
- Gurdaspur
- Reservation
- SC
- Character
- mixed
- Electorate
- 187,413
- Polling stations
- 229
- Female electors
- 47%
- Parts / booths
- 229
- Current MLA
- Aruna Chaudhary
Leader profiles: Sitting MLA · VS 2022 runner-up
Classic profile: /constituencies/dina-nagar
Vidhan Sabha election history
Official ECI Punjab assembly results
| Year | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Aruna Chaudhary | INC | Bishan Dass | 12,927 | 74.14% | Official |
| 2017 | Aruna Chaudhary | INC | Bishan Dass | 31,917 | — | Official |
| 2022 | Aruna Chaudhary | INC | Shamsher Singh | 1,131 | — | Official |
Lok Sabha segment results
How this AC voted in national elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Candidate #1 | UNK | Inc Candidate #2 | 20,522 | — | Official |
| 2024 | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | INC | Dinesh Singh Babbu | 8,459 | — | Official |
Candidate & leader network
MLA, former MLAs, and 2022 contesting candidates (Form 7A where available)
Aruna Chaudhary
MLA (INC)
Shamsher Singh
AAP · Form 7A 2022
Kamaljeet Chawla
BSP · Form 7A 2022
Renu Kashyap
BJP · Form 7A 2022
Kulwant Singh
IND · Form 7A 2022
Booth intelligence
Polling station baseline — field classification pending
229 polling stations
CEO Punjab SSR 2023 — booth classification pending field ingest
Community profile
Data reliability & ethics
- Community and caste data is compiled from public sources, field intelligence, and estimates. Official caste-wise constituency data is not fully published.
- Electorate and polling stations from CEO Punjab SSR 2023.
- VS results: ECI Punjab 2012 complete results, 2017 winners, 2022 leading/trailing.
- LS results: ECI assembly-segment results 2019 and 2024.
- Reserved (SC) category per ECI VS 2012 constituency list.
- Community demographics pending Census GIS validation.
- Election results: ECI Punjab VS 2012/2017/2022 and LS assembly-segment results.
- Electorate: CEO Punjab SSR-Final 2023 (05-Jan-2023).
- Polling station count from CEO Punjab SSR 2023.
Religion composition (estimated)
- Female electors47%
Dominant communities (estimated)
Local issues
Canal water & paddy procurement
Regional agriculture theme for Dina Nagar (Majha) — Punjab research baseline; validate with local field intelligence for 2027.
Drug rehabilitation & youth employment
Regional social theme for Dina Nagar (Majha) — Punjab research baseline; validate with local field intelligence for 2027.
Border-area connectivity & jobs
Regional governance theme for Dina Nagar (Majha) — Punjab research baseline; validate with local field intelligence for 2027.
Economy & occupation
Political summary
2022 assembly baseline
INC won with 1,131 votes over Shamsher Singh.
Lok Sabha segment (2024)
INC led this assembly segment in the latest Lok Sabha election.
Lok Sabha swing 2019 → 2024
Segment shifted from UNK (2019) to INC (2024).
Data sources
Election Commission of India
OfficialForm 20 results, candidate affidavits, turnout, valid votes
Updates: Per election
Visit source ↗Chief Electoral Officer Punjab
OfficialElectoral rolls, polling stations, SSR elector statistics
Updates: Roll revisions, SSR summaries
Visit source ↗Census of India 2011
OfficialPopulation, SC, literacy, village/ward tables
Updates: Decadal
Visit source ↗District Census Handbooks (Punjab)
OfficialVillage amenities, workers, religion at village level
Updates: 2011 baseline
Visit source ↗Statistical Abstract of Punjab
High confidenceState/district economic indicators
Updates: Annual
Visit source ↗MyNeta / ADR
High confidenceCandidate assets, criminal cases, education
Updates: Per election
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