Sukhwinder Kumar is an Indian politician and a member of

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, before he was a member of

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Eternal Party'') is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are ma ...

. In

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and

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, he was elected as the member of the

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from Banga Assembly constituency. In 2023, he had contested

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by-election from SAD and BSP coalition ticket but lost to

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Constituency

Kumar represents the ''Banga Assembly constituency''. Kumar won the ''Banga Assembly constituency'' on a ''Shiromani Akali Dal'' ticket. Kumar beat the member of the ''Punjab Legislative Assembly'', ''Harjot'' of the

by over 1893 votes.

References

Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{PunjabIN-SAD-politician-stub