Kewal Singh Dhillon
# Kewal Singh Dhillon

Kewal Singh Dhillon is an Indian politician and member of Bharatiya Janata Party since June 2022.

## Early life and education

Dhillon was born on 16 May 1950 in the village of Tallewal, Barnala. He got his preliminary education in Barnala and was also brought up there.

## Career

### Congress

He was also senior vice-president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC), who was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (2012–17) for the constituency of Barnala representing the INC and also contested from Sangrur unsuccessfully in the 2019 Indian general election.

### Bharatiya Janta Party

He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 4 June 2022 along with Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Sundar Sham Arora, and others at the party office in Chandigarh.

## Electoral performance

Assembly election, 2017: Barnala :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | AAAP | Meet Hayer | 47,606 | 35.49 | |
| | INC | Kewal Singh Dhillon | 45,174 | 33.67 | |
| | SAD | Surinder Pal Singh Sibia | 31,111 | 23.19 | |
| | SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 5,061 | 3.77 | |
| | BSP | Paramjit Kaur | 2,369 | 1.77 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 889 | 0.66 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 171,962 | | |
| | AAAP gain from INC | AAAP gain from INC | AAAP gain from INC | AAAP gain from INC | AAAP gain from INC |

General Election 2019: Sangrur :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | AAAP | Bhagwant Mann | 413,561 | 37.40 | 11.07 |
| | INC | Kewal Singh Dhillon | 303,350 | 27.43 | 9.93 |
| | SAD | Parminder Singh Dhindsa | 263,498 | 23.83 | 5.40 |
| | SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 48,365 | 4.37 | |
| | LIP | Jasraj Singh Longia | 20,087 | 1.82 | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 6,490 | 0.59 | 0.39 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,10,211 | 9.97 | 10.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,07,256 | 72.40 | |
| | AAAP hold | AAAP hold | Swing | 10.5 | |

2022 By-election: Sangrur :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 253,154 | 35.61 | 31.24 |
| | AAAP | Gurmail Singh | 247,332 | 34.79 | 2.61 |
| | INC | Dalvir Singh Goldy | 79,668 | 11.21 | 16.22 |
| | BJP | Kewal Singh Dhillon | 66,298 | 9.33 | New |
| | SAD | Bibi Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana | 44,428 | 6.25 | 17.58 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2471 | 0.35 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,245 | 0.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,10,919 | 45.3% | 27.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,69,240 | | |
| | SAD(A) gain from AAAP | SAD(A) gain from AAAP | Swing | 16.92 | |
