# Brampton East (federal electoral district)

Brampton East (French: Brampton-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale.
Brampton East was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election.
Brampton East has the highest proportion of South Asians in Canada (70.1% of the population identified as South Asian in 2021). Brampton East also has the second-highest percentage of Sikhs (40.4%, behind only Surrey-Newton) and the highest percentage of Hindus (23.8%) of any riding in Canada. Brampton East has the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.

## Demographics

Religion in Brampton East (2021)
    According to the 2021 Canadian census
Languages: 35.0% Punjabi, 31.4% English, 5.4% Gujarati, 3.6% Tamil, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Urdu, 1.0% Assyrian, 1.0% Italian
Religions: 40.4% Sikh, 23.8% Hindu, 22.3% Christian (10.4% Catholic, 1.9% Pentecostal, 10.0% Other), 7.4% Muslim, 4.9% None
Median income: $33,600 (2020)
Average income: $44,160 (2020)
Panethnic groups in Brampton East (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| South Asian | 91,975 | 70.13% | 80,035 | 65.88% | 59,885 | 60.29% |
| African | 13,345 | 10.18% | 13,775 | 11.34% | 12,415 | 12.5% |
| European | 8,620 | 6.57% | 11,210 | 9.23% | 12,140 | 12.22% |
| Middle Eastern | 3,900 | 2.97% | 3,625 | 2.98% | 2,835 | 2.85% |
| Southeast Asian | 3,635 | 2.77% | 3,620 | 2.98% | 4,165 | 4.19% |
| Latin American | 1,610 | 1.23% | 2,220 | 1.83% | 1,545 | 1.56% |
| East Asian | 1,010 | 0.77% | 1,290 | 1.06% | 1,630 | 1.64% |
| Indigenous | 45 | 0.03% | 225 | 0.19% | 160 | 0.16% |
| Other/multiracial | 6,990 | 5.33% | 5,495 | 4.52% | 4,560 | 4.59% |
| Total responses | 131,140 | 99.59% | 121,485 | 99.58% | 99,335 | 99.62% |
| Total population | 131,677 | 100% | 122,000 | 100% | 99,712 | 100% |
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |||||||

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Brampton East Riding created from Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2018 | Raj Grewal | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2019 | Raj Grewal | Independent |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Maninder Sidhu | Liberal |
| 44th | 2021–present | Maninder Sidhu | Liberal |

## Election results

vte2021 Canadian federal election: Brampton East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 22,120 | 53.5 | +6.1 | $97,152.25 |
| | Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 11,647 | 28.2 | +4.3 | $107,663.35 |
| | New Democratic | Gail Bannister-Clarke | 6,511 | 15.7 | -10.6 | $55,251.17 |
| | People's | Manjeet Singh | 1,073 | 2.6 | +2.1 | $4,670.78 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,351 | – | – | $109,233.57 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 436 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,787 | 54.6 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 76,588 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 20,193 | 53.19 |
| Conservative | 10,841 | 28.56 |
| New Democratic | 5,928 | 15.62 |
| People's | 1,000 | 2.63 |
vte2019 Canadian federal election: Brampton East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 24,050 | 47.4 | -4.92 | $92,279.91 |
| | New Democratic | Saranjit Singh | 13,368 | 26.3 | +3.29 | $94,035.50 |
| | Conservative | Ramona Singh | 12,125 | 23.9 | +0.36 | none listed |
| | Green | Teresa Burgess-Ogilvie | 666 | 1.3 | +0.17 | $885.60 |
| | People's | Gaurav Walia | 244 | 0.5 | | $42.92 |
| | Independent | Manpreet Othi | 211 | 0.4 | | $9,387.07 |
| | Canada's Fourth Front | Partap Dua | 89 | 0.2 | | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,753 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 510 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,263 | 66.4 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 77,195 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -4.11 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election: Brampton East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Raj Grewal | 23,652 | 52.32 | +21.67 | $149,172.33 |
| | Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 10,642 | 23.54 | -5.94 | $189,039.82 |
| | New Democratic | Harbaljit Singh Kahlon | 10,400 | 23.01 | -14.64 | – |
| | Green | Kyle Lacroix | 512 | 1.13 | -0.57 | $144.64 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,206 | 100.00 | | $201,381.89 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 304 | 0.67 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,510 | 67.20 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 67,721 |
| | Liberal notional gain from New Democratic | Liberal notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | Swing | +18.15 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| New Democratic | 10,775 | 37.7 |
| Liberal | 8,774 | 30.7 |
| Conservative | 8,439 | 29.5 |
| Green | 487 | 1.2 |
| Others | 147 | 0.5 |