Balwinder Singh Bains is an

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politician from the state of

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and a former member of the

Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab (India), Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 ...

Political career

In 2012 he contested as an

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candidate and won the election. In 2016 along with his brother

Simarjit Singh Bains Simarjeet Singh Bains is an Indian politician from the state of Punjab and was a former member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Political career Between 2012 and 2022, Bains represented the Atam Nagar Assembly constituency of Punjab. Sima ...

he formed

Lok Insaaf Party Lok Insaaf Party was founded in 2016 by Simarjit Singh Bains. It contested 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election on 5 seats in alliance with Aam Aadmi Party. 2017 Punjab assembly election LIP contested 2017 Punjab assembly election on 5 se ...

Member of Legislative Assembly

Between 2012 and 2022, as

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, Bains represented the Ludhiana South Assembly constituency of Punjab. In 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election he contested from his constituency Ludhiana South Assembly constituency and was defeated by Rajinder Pal Kaur of

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popular ...

. Bains received 11.29% of the total votes polled and came on fourth position behind AAP, BJP and INC.

Personal life

Bains's brother

is also a

member of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bains, Balwinder Singh People from Punjab, India Living people Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 1959 births