Prem Singh Chandumajra

{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Prem Singh Chandumajra | image = 250px | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Chandumajra, East Punjab, India | death_date = | death_place = | office = General Secretary, Shiromani Akali Dal | office2 = Member of Parliament <br /> for Anandpur Sahib | constituency2 = Anandpur Sahib | term_start2 = 2014 | term_end2 = 24 May 2019 | predecessor2 = Ravneet Singh | successor2 = Manish Tewari | party = Shiromani Akali Dal | spouse = Balwinder Kaur | children = Two sons | education = Punjabi University (MA) | website = {{URL|http://premsinghchandumajra.in/|Website}} | footnotes = | image_size = 150 }}

'''Prem Singh Chandumajra''' (born 1 January 1950)<ref>[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12PN08.htm Parliament of India]</ref> is General Secretary and spokesman of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and former Member of Parliament from Anandpur Sahib and former constituency MP from Patiala seat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S19/partycomp08.htm |title=Patiala Partywise Comparison |accessdate=2009-01-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411232825/http://www.eci.gov.in/ElectionAnalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S19/partycomp08.htm |archivedate=11 April 2005 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is also an alumnus of Punjabi University, Patiala.<ref>[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11pn09.htm Parliament of India]</ref> He was a Member of Parliament in 11th, 12th and now of 16th Lok Sabha. He won with a low margin from Himmat Singh Shergill and Ambika Soni, who put up a tough fight.

== Education and career == Chandumajra is a post graduate in Economics and Political Science. He began his career with a job as economics lecturer in Government College, Derabassi. After a two-year stint, he joined the Punjab School Education Board as subject-expert in economics.

== Political career == Chandumajra started his political career with student activism. During student politics he came into contact with Akali leader Harcharan Singh Longowal, the president of Shiromani Akali Dal, who subsequently appointed him the first president of Youth Akali Dal. Chandumajra became member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 1985, representing Dakala, Patiala. During this term, he became the cabinet minister for cooperation in Surjit Singh Barnala government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://punjabnewsexpress.com/news/29606-chandumajra-has-a-track-record-of-successive-defeats-in-lok-sabha-assembly-elections.aspx |title=Chandumajra has a track record of successive defeats in Lok Sabha, assembly elections |accessdate=2014-04-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213920/http://punjabnewsexpress.com/news/29606-chandumajra-has-a-track-record-of-successive-defeats-in-lok-sabha-assembly-elections.aspx |archivedate=8 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was elected to the eleventh Lok Sabha in 1996 by defeating Sant Ram Singla and elected to the twelfth Lok Sabha in 1998 by defeating Capt. Amarinder Singh. Chandumajra contested from Patiala Lok Sabha seat in 2004 on the ticket of Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, a rebel faction headed by Gurcharan Singh Tohra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030614/main2.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News}}</ref> Later he became president of Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal), which was later merged into SAD led by Parkash Singh Badal in year 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/punjab-shot-in-arm-for-badal-as-chandumajra-returns-to-sad/19987/|title=Punjab: Shot in arm for Badal as Chandumajra returns to SAD|date=19 January 2007}}</ref> He has been elected in the Lok Sabha elections 2014 from Anandpur Sahib on SAD ticket.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140221/punjab.htm#11|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab}}</ref>

==Electoral performance == {{transcluded section|source=Ghanaur Assembly constituency}} {{#section:Ghanaur Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2022}} <section begin="Lok Sabha Election Results 2024"/> {{Election box begin |title=2024 Indian general election: Anandpur Sahib}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Aam Aadmi Party |candidate = Malwinder Singh Kang |votes = {{formatnum:313217}} |percentage = 29.08 |change = {{increase}}24.18 }} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Vijay Inder Singla|votes={{formatnum:302371}}|percentage=28.07|change={{decrease}}11.5}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Subhash Sharma|votes={{formatnum:186578}}|percentage=17.32|change={{New}}}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Shiromani Akali Dal|candidate=Prem Singh Chandumajra|votes={{formatnum:117936}}|percentage=10.95|change={{decrease}}24.29}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Jasvir Singh Garhi|votes={{formatnum:90157}}|percentage=8.37|change={{decrease}}5.17}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)|candidate=Khushalpal Singh Mann|votes={{formatnum:24831}}|percentage=2.31|change=''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes={{formatnum:6402}}|percentage=0.59|change={{decrease}}0.99}} {{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:10846}}|percentage=1.01|change={{decrease}}1.15}} {{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:1077123}}|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Aam Aadmi Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}24.18 }} {{Election box end}} <section end="Lok Sabha Election Results 2024"/>

== References == {{reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|in-lwr}} {{s-bef|before=Ravneet Singh Bittu}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament<br>for Anandpur Sahib |years=2014 – 2019}} {{s-aft|after=Manish Tewari}} {{s-end}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://premsinghchandumajra.online/}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110131202111/http://www.shiromaniakalidal.org.in/akali-dal-organisation-structure/ Akali dal organisation structure] *[http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/VS2007/Affidavits/89/PremSingh1/PremSingh.htm Affidavits filed during Assembly Election 2007]

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