# Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer

Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer is an Indian politician and a prominent member of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Currently serving as the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Sangrur constituency and is also the Floor leader of Aam Aadmi Party in Lok Sabha.
Previously he represented Barnala constituency as a Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly for two consecutive terms. Hayer first won the assembly elections in 2017, defeating Indian National Congress candidate Kewal Singh Dhillon, and repeated his success in 2022 with a commanding margin, securing nearly 50% of the votes.
During his tenure in the Mann ministry, he held several key portfolios, including Minister of Higher Education & Languages, Governance Reforms, Sports & Youth Services, Science, Technology & Environment, and Printing & Stationery. Additionally, he has served as the in-charge of AAP's Youth Wing in Punjab.
Hayer is passionate about sports, environmental sustainability, and climate change. A wildlife enthusiast and advocate for animal welfare, he is deeply committed to these causes.

## Member of the Legislative Assembly
### First Term

Hayer was first elected as an MLA in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Barnala Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.

#### Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

* Chairman (2021–22) Public Accounts Committee.
He has also been a member in the following Committees:-
* Public Undertakings Committee
* House Committee and Petitions Committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.
* Member of Government Assurances Committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha for the year 2019-20.

### Second Term

Hayer was re-elected as the MLA from Barnala Assembly constituency in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election with getting almost 50% of the votes polled giving him a comprehensive win over his nearest rival. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022. Hayer took oath as a Cabinet Minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.
As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry, Hayer was initially given the charge of three departments of the Punjab Government:
* Department of School Education (March - July 2022)
* Department of Sports and Youth Services
* Department of Higher Education and Languages
On 5 July, Bhagwant Mann announced the expansion of his cabinet of ministers with five new ministers to the departments of Punjab state government. Hayer has now been given the charge of following departments.
* Governance Reforms
* Printing & Stationery
* Science Technology & Environment
* Sports and Youth Services
* Higher Education and Languages
On 7 January 2023, during the cabinet reshuffle, his portfolios were changed and he has now been given the charge of following departments.
* Governance Reforms
* Water Resources
* Mines & Geology
* Science Technology & Environment
* Sports and Youth Services

## Member of the Parliament

In 2024 Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer is elected to Lok Sabha from Sangrur Lok Sabha by defeating Sukhpal Singh Khaira from Congress by a margin of 172560 votes.
Hayer has been chosen as a member in Parliamentary standing committee on IT (2024–25).

## Electoral Performance

Assembly election, 2017: Barnala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Gurmeet Singh 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 | | |
| | AAP gain from INC | AAP gain from INC | AAP gain from INC | AAP gain from INC | AAP gain from INC |
Assembly election, 2022: Barnala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer | 64,800 | 49.27 | |
| | SAD | Kulwant Singh Keetu | 27,178 | 20.66 | |
| | INC | Manish Bansal | 16,853 | 12.81 | |
| | SAD(A) | Gurpreet Singh | 9,917 | 7.54 | |
| | BJP | Dhiraj Kumar | 9,122 | 6.94 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 855 | 0.65 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37,622 | 28.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,532 | 71.81 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 182,502 | | |
| | AAP hold | AAP hold | AAP hold | AAP hold | AAP hold |
General Election 2024: Sangrur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer | 364,085 | 36.06 | 1.27 |
| | INC | Sukhpal Singh Khaira | 1,91,525 | 18.97 | 7.76 |
| | SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 1,87,246 | 18.55 | 17.06 |
| | BJP | Arvind Khanna | 1,28,253 | 12.70 | 3.37 |
| | SAD | Iqbal Singh Jhundan | 62,488 | 6.19 | 0.06 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 3,820 | 0.38 | 0.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,72,560 | 17.09 | 16.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,09,665 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,56,601 | | |
| | AAP gain from SAD(A) | AAP gain from SAD(A) | Swing | 1.27 | |