Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar

Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2022
Preceded byKanwarjit Singh Rozy Barkandi, SAD
ConstituencyMuktsar
Personal details
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Residence(s)Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab

Jagdeep Singh, also known by the name Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar or Kaka Brar, is an Indian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Muktsar Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1] He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[2] He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[3][4][5]

Career

Prior to entering politics, Brar worked as an agriculturist[6][7] and owns agricultural land in Chak Jawahrewala village.[8] Brar's elder sister, Gurpreet Kaur Gill, actively participated in Anna Hazare’s 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement in New Delhi. He was inspired by her to enter active politics.[8]

Brar had served twice as a Municipal Councillor.[8] In 2017, he unsuccessfully contested the Punjab Assembly polls from Muktsar as an AAP candidate.[8] On 16th April 2024, the Aam Aadmi Party announced Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar as their candidate for the Firozpur Lok Sabha Seat. [9]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Brar was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election to the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in March 2022. He won by a margin of 34,194 votes defeating his closest competitor, Kanwarjit Singh of Shiromani Akali Dal.[10] Brar got a total of 76,321 votes, holding 51.09% of the total votes polled in the constituency.[11] The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[12]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Muktsar Assembly constituency. (edit | history)
Assembly Election, 2017: Sri Muktsar Sahib[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SAD Kanwarjit Singh Rozy Barkandi 45,853 36.52% −6%
INC Karan Kaur 36,914 25.10 −18
AAP Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar 33,201 22.57 +22.57
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [15]
2022 Assembly election: Sri Muktsar Sahib
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar[16] 76,321 51.09 +28.52
INC Karan Kaur Brar[17] 14,290 9.57 −15.53
SAD Kanwarjit Singh Rozy Barkandi[18] 42,127 28.20 −2.32
BJP Rajesh Pathela[19] 10,634 7.12 +7.12
Majority 34194 22.89
Turnout
Registered electors [20]
AAP gain from SAD Swing

Personal life

His wife, Naginder Kaur, is also an agriculturist.[6] Brar has three children.[6]

References

  1. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Kaka, Kikki, Jassi… nicknames add colour to poll canvas". Tribuneindia News Service. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ Service, Tribune News. "In Dharamkot, Akali, Congress veterans face tough contest from AAP debutant". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Key Constituency Muktsar: Congress nominee Karan Kaur slugs it out for homecoming". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Candidate Details". eci.gov.in/. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. ^ "JAGDEEP SINGH". myneta.info. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d Watts, Archit (24 March 2022). "Ready to go extra mile: Muktsar MLA Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar". The Tribune. Tribune News Service. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Punjab AAP names candidates in remaining 4 'tough' constituencies; fields ex-SAD MLA Tinu in Jalandhar against Channi". The Indian Express. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  10. ^ "GEN ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MARCH-2022". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  11. ^ "GEN ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MARCH-2022". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  12. ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  14. ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  15. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  18. ^ "SAD Candidates List For Punjab Assembly Election". Oneindia.
  19. ^ "BJP Candidate List for Punjab Assembly Election". Oneindia.
  20. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
from Muktsar Assembly constituency
March 2022 – 		Incumbent

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