# Dakha Assembly constituency

Dakha Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 68) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Ludhiana district, Punjab state, India. Until 2008, Dakha constituency was reserved for SC candidates. Since 2012 election it was opened to all candidates. Manpreet Singh Ayali is the MLA from Dakha since 2019.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1967 | Jagir Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Basant Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| 1972 | Basant Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| 1977 | Charanjit Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| 1980 | Basant Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| 1985 | Basant Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| 1992 | Malkiat Singh Dakha | Indian National Congress |
| 1997 | Bikramjit Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| 2002 | Malkiat Singh Dakha | Indian National Congress |
| 2007 | Darshan Singh Shivalik | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| 2012 | Manpreet Singh Ayali | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| 2017 | Harvinder Singh Phoolka | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 2019 ByPoll | Manpreet Singh Ayali | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| 2022 | Manpreet Singh Ayali | Shiromani Akali Dal |

## Election results
### 2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: 68. Dakha :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SAD | Manpreet Singh Ayali | 49,909 | 34.97 | |
| | INC | Captain Sandeep Singh Sandhu | 44102 | 30.9 | |
| | AAP | Dr KNS Kang | 42994 | 30.12 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1171 | 0.82 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5807 | 4.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142739 | 75.73 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 187,760 | | |
| | SAD hold | SAD hold | SAD hold | SAD hold | SAD hold |

### By election 2019

By-election, 2019: 68. Dakha :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SAD | Manpreet Singh Ayali | 66,297 | |
| | INC | Sandeep Singh Sandhu | 51,625 | |
| | LIP | Sukhdev Singh Chak | 8,441 | |
| | AAP | Amandeep Singh Mohie | 2,804 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 642 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,31,798 | 71.35 |
| | SAD gain from AAP | SAD gain from AAP | Swing | |

### 2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: 68. Dakha :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | AAP | Harvinder Singh Phoolka | 58,923 |
| | SAD | Manpreet Singh Ayali | 54754 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 179,549 |
| | AAP gain from SAD | AAP gain from SAD | Swing |

### 2012

Punjab Assembly election, 2012: 68. Dakha :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | SAD | Manpreet Singh Ayali | 72,208 |
| | INC | Jasbir Singh Khangura | 55820 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | SAD hold | SAD hold | Swing |

### Past elections

| Year | A C No. | Category | Name | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes |
| 2007 | 54 | Dakha (SC) | Darshan Singh Shivalik | SAD | 94807 | Malkiat Singh Dakha | INC | 79006 |
| 2002 | 55 | Dakha (SC) | Malkiat Singh Dakha | INC | 51570 | Darshan Singh Shivalik | SAD | 42844 |
| 1997 | 55 | Dakha (SC) | Bikramjit Singh | SAD | 64605 | Malkit Singh Dakha | INC | 49495 |
| 1992 | 55 | Dakha (SC) | Malkiat Singh | INC | 4404 | Ghanaya Lal | BJP | 1225 |
| 1985 | 55 | Dakha (SC) | Basant Singh | SAD | 39511 | Mohinder Singh | INC | 23529 |
| 1980 | 55 | Dakha (SC) | Basant Singh | SAD | 31560 | Jagjit Singh | INC (I) | 27113 |
| 1977 | 55 | Dakha (SC) | Charanjit Singh | SAD | 31908 | Gurcharan Singh | INC | 20178 |
| 1972 | 65 | Dakha (SC) | Basant Singh | SAD | 25565 | Harbans Singh Sayan | INC | 23372 |
| 1969 | 65 | Dakha (SC) | Basant Singh | SAD | 22641 | Jagir Singh | INC | 11476 |
| 1967 | 65 | Dakha (SC) | Jagir Singh | INC | 18060 | Basant Singh | ADS | 16903 |