Parlad Singh Sawhney (born 15 March 1950) is an Indian politician from New Delhi. He is a 5th term member of the

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representing

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Early life and education

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.

Political career

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 The Delhi state assembly elections 1998, which were held on 25 November 1998 and result declare on 28 November 1998 for Legislative Assembly of Delhi, led to the formation of government by Indian National Congress. Result Results by constit ...

, defeating runner-up Viresh Pratap Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 8,162 votes. In the

2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societie ...

, he defeated runner-up Dharamvir Sharma of the BJP by a margin of 10,866 votes. In the

2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 29 November 2008 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The voter turnout for the election was 57.60% an increase by 4.18% than the previous election in 2003 Delhi Legislativ ...

, he defeated his closest rival Praveen Khandelwa of the

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by a margin of 8,019 votes. In

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, he defeated Suman Kumar Gupta, also of BJP, by a margin of 8,243 votes.Lost seat in 2015 to Ms. Alka Lamba of Aam Aadmi Part
2013 Election Commission of India
In 2015 Assembly election, he lost to

Alka Lamba Alka Lamba (born 21 September 1975) is an Indian politician serving for the President of All India Mahila Congress. After serving the Indian National Congress in various capacities for more than 20 years, she quit to join the Aam Aadmi Party on ...

. Parlad Singh Sawhney joined the Aam Aadmi Party on 6 October 2019 in presence of Delhi Chief Minister

Arvind Kejriwal Arvind Kejriwal (; born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician, activist and former bureaucrat, who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi. He was the chief minister from 2013 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2024. He is also the national conve ...

and won the

2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Voters turnout was recorded at 62.82%, a decline of 4.65% from the previous 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, a ...

on AAP ticket.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawhney, Parlad Singh 1950 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Delhi Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Delhi Delhi MLAs 1998–2003 Delhi MLAs 2003–2008 Delhi MLAs 2008–2013 Delhi MLAs 2013–2015 Delhi MLAs 2020–2025