A record 22 Punjabis have been elected to the House of Commons in the recent federal polls in Canada. In 2021, 18 Punjabis won, while in the 2019 federal polls, 20 Punjabis were elected.
In Brampton, Punjabis won five seats:
Liberal Ruby Sahota defeated Conservative Amandeep Judge from Brampton North.
Liberal candidate Maninder Sidhu defeated Conservative candidate Bob Dosanjh from Brampton East.
Liberal candidate Amandeep Sohi defeated Taran Chahal from Brampton Centre.
Conservative candidate Sukhdeep Kang defeated Liberal candidate Sonia Sidhu from Brampton South.
Conservative candidate Amarjeet Gill defeated sitting minister Kamal Khera from Brampton West.
Prominent winners from the Liberal party in these polls include:
Anita Anand from Oakville East
Bardish Chagger from Waterloo
Anju Dhillon from Dorval Lachine
Sukh Dhaliwal from Surrey Newton
Iqwinder Singh Gaheer from Mississauga Malton
Randeep Sarai from Surrey Centre
Gurbax Saini from Fleetwood Port Kells
Param Bains from Richmond East Steveston
Prominent winners from the Conservative Party include:
Jasraj Hallan from Calgary East
Dalwinder Gill from Calgary McKnight
Amanpreet Gill from Calgary Skyview
Arpan Khanna from Oxford
Tim Uppal from Edmonton Gateway
Parm Gill from Milton East
Sukhman Gill from Abbotsford South Langley
Jagsharan Singh Mahal from Edmonton Southeast
Harb Gill from Windsor West
However, in a major political development, NDP president and two-time sitting MP Jagmeet Singh lost badly in his Burnaby Central riding, finishing third.
Following his defeat, he also resigned as NDP president. Another significant loser was sitting health minister and two-time MP Kamal Khera, who lost to Amarjeet Gill in the Brampton West riding.
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Canada elections result: Sikh leader Jagmeet Singh defeated
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has been defeated in Burnaby Central. The Sikh leader has decided to resign from NDP leadership after losing Canada elections and has conceded defeat. “Will step down once an interim leader is named,” said Singh.
The National Democratic Party has secured only 12 seats so far, thus losing the party’s national status.
The NDP contested on 343 seats. The party had secured 24 seats during the previous election.
The development is being seen as a blow to the supporters of Khalistan in Canada as Jagmeet Singh, a leader of the NDP, is recognised as a Khalistani sympathiser.
A lawyer and current Leader of Canada’s NDP, Jagmeet Singh, was born on January 2, 1979, in Scarborough, Ontario. The area has huge Indian immigrants from Punjab. He is married to fashion designer Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, with whom he has two children.
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