More than half of the profitable candidates within the current elections to the 117-member Punjab Assembly are aged between 25 and 50 years, which embody the AAP chief and Chief Minister-designate, Bhagwant Singh Mann, 48.
The youngest member of the sixteenth Punjab Assembly is 27-year-old Narinder Kaur Bharaj, who accomplished her LLB from Bhai Gurdas College of Law (beneath Punjabi University) in Sangrur. An AAP candidate, Narinder defeated incumbent Congress legislator and erstwhile minister Vijay Inder Singh Singla by a margin of 36,430 votes.
According to the affidavits filed as a part of their nomination papers by the candidates earlier than the Election Commission, there are 61 newly-elected legislators (52%) aged between 25 and 50 years, and 56 (48%) above 50 years. In the earlier Assembly constituted in 2017, 52% MLAs had been over 50 years previous whereas 48% had been aged 50 and beneath.
There are two 30-year-old MLAs from the AAP within the new House, together with Amolak Singh, who gained from Jaitu in Faridkot by a margin of 32,789 votes, and Narinder Pal Singh Shawna, who gained from Fazilka by 27,720 votes.
According to the candidates’ affidavits, 3 new MLAs (2.54%) are within the age bracket of 25 to 30 years, 21 (17.94%) 31 to 40 years, 37 (31.62%) 41 to 50 years, 16 (13.67%) 51 to 55 years, 17 (14.52%) 56 to 60 years, and 21 ( 17.94%) 61 to 69 years.
There are simply two (1.70%) MLAs who’re aged above 70 years. The oldest legislator is Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, 78-year-old incumbent Congress MLA, who once more gained from his Fatehgarh Churian seat in Gurdaspur district of Majha area. He was one of many three insurgent Congress MLAs from the area, dubbed because the “Majha brigade”, who had first raised the banner of revolt in opposition to then CM Captain Amarinder Singh,
Another septuagenarian legislator is the BJP’s Jaggi Lal Mahajan, 74, who gained from Mukerian constituency in Hoshiarpur district.
Out of 117 MLAs, 13 (11%) are girls, together with 11 from the AAP, which swept the polls bagging 92 seats. Nine of the AAP girls legislators are within the age group of fifty years and beneath.
The variety of girls legislators within the Punjab Assembly in 2017 was simply 6 (5%).
In the brand new Assembly, out of the profitable candidates 45 (38%) have declared their academic qualification to be between fifth move and twelfth move, 67 (57%) have levels of commencement and above, whereas 5 are diploma holders, in accordance with Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Punjab Election Watch. One candidate is fifth move, three are eighth move, 17 tenth move, 24 twelfth move, 21 graduates and 21 post-graduates.
Twelve newly-elected members of the Assembly are medical doctors whereas 9 produce other skilled levels like legislation and engineering, and so on. Two MLAs have doctorate levels.
Of 13 girls MLAs, 11 (85%) have accomplished their commencement, post-graduation {and professional} levels.
The AAP candidate and famous social activist, Jeevan Jyot Kaur, 50, who gained from the high-profile Amritsar East seat after defeating the Congress’s Navjot Singh Sidhu and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)’s Bikram Singh Majithia, has an LLB diploma. The celebration’s Dr Baljit Kaur, 46, who gained from Malout seat in Mukatsar Sahib district, is MS Ophthalmology. Another AAP nominee, Dr. Amandeep Kaur Arora, 39, who gained from Moga, can also be a physician.
The profitable candidate from Talwandi Sabo constituency in Bathinda district, Prof Baljinder Kaur, 37, accomplished her MPhil diploma from Punjabi University, Patiala. Saravjit Kaur Manuke, 49, who gained from Jagraon seat in Ludhiana, has performed her MA in Economics.
Among different AAP girls MLAs, Rajinder Pal Kaur from Ludhiana East constituency, social activist Inderjit Kaur from Nakodar, and Neena Mittal from Rajpura seat are graduates, Santosh Kataria from Balachaur has an ITI diploma, whereas Anmol Gagan Mann (31) is the twelfth move .
The Congress’s Aruna Chaudhry, who gained from Dina Nagar, has BA and BEd levels. The SAD MLA from Majithia, Ganive Kaur can also be a graduate.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
