Rajinder Singh Joon (born 15 August 1956) is an Indian politician from

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

. He is an MLA from

Bahadurgarh Assembly constituency Bahadurgarh Assembly constituency is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Haryana state in northern India. It is part of Jhajjar district. Rajesh Joon is the current MLA from Bahadurgarh. Members of the Legislative Assembly ...

Jhajjar district Jhajjar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Carved out of Rohtak district on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in Jhajjar, it lies from Delhi and had developed into an important industrial center. Oth ...

. He won the

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representing the

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Early life and education

Singh is from

Bahadurgarh Bahadurgarh is a city and municipal council within Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana and Part of National Capital Region or NCR of Delhi. The city comprises 31 wards and is approximately 21 km from National Capital Territory ...

, Haryana. His father Ch. Surajmal Joon was a former MLA from Bahadurgarh. He completed his B.A. in 1977 at Hindu College, Delhi which is affiliated with

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Career

Singh won from Bahadurgarh Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. He polled 55,825 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Naresh Kaushik of the

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, by a margin of 15,491 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajinder Singh, Joon 1956 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Haryana Haryana MLAs 2019–2024