# Bathinda Rural Assembly constituency

Bathinda Rural is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Bathinda district, Punjab state, India. Its previous name was Pakka Kalan Assembly constituency.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

* 2012: Darshan Singh Kotfatta (SAD)
* 2007: Makhan Singh (Congress)
* 2002: Gurjant Singh Kuttiwal (CPI)
* 1997: Makhan Singh (Congress)
* 1992: Baldev Singh (Congress)
| Year | Member | Picture | Party | Party |
| 2017 | Rupinder Kaur Ruby | | | Aam Aadmi Party |

## Election results
### 2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Bathinda Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AAP | Amit Rattan Kotfatta | 66,096 | 53.13 |
| | INC | Harvinder Singh Gill ‘Laddi’ | | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35479 | 28.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 158,082 | |

### 2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Bathinda Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Rupinder Kaur Ruby | 51,572 | 40.58 | {{{change}}} |
| | SAD | Er. Amit Rattan Kotfatta | 40794 | 32.1 | |
| | INC | Harvinder Singh | 28939 | 22.77 | |
| | BSP | Davinder Singh | 1037 | 0.82 | |
| | Independent | Gursewak Singh | 1035 | 0.81 | |
| | CPI | Surjeet Singh Sohi | 909 | 0.72 | |
| | APP | Jaswinder Singh Gill | 740 | 0.58 | |
| | AITC | Jagtar Singh | 459 | 0.36 | |
| | Independent | Jagsir Singh | 376 | 0.3 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1216 | 0.96 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 155,113 | | |

### 1985

Punjab Assembly election, 1985: Pakka Kalan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SAD | Sujan Singh | 17,017 | 28.62 | |
| | Independent | Bimal Kaur Khalsa | 16,602 | 27.92 | New |
| | INC | Bagga Singh | 15,576 | 26.20 | |
| | CPI | Gursewak Singh | 6,966 | 11.72 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 415 | 0.70 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,862 | 70.54 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 90,539 | | |
| | SAD hold | SAD hold | SAD hold | SAD hold | SAD hold |

### Previous Results

| Year | A C No. | Name | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes |
| 2012 | 93 | Darshan Singh Kotfatta | SAD | 45705 | Makhan Singh | INC | 40397 |
| 2007 | 109 | Makhan Singh | INC | 49983 | Darshan Singh Kotfatta | SAD | 44376 |
| 2002 | 110 | Gurjant Singh | CPI | 34254 | Makhan Singh | SAD | 32477 |
| 1997 | 110 | Makhan Singh | SAD | 39873 | Rameshwer Dass | INC | 28844 |
| 1992 | 110 | Baldev Singh | INC | 7674 | Bhola Singh | CPI | 3970 |
| 1985 | 110 | Sujan Singh Male | SAD | 17017 | Bimal Kumar | INC | 16602 |
| 1980 | 110 | Bhagat Singh | SAD | 23845 | Gurjant Singh | INC (I) | 20262 |
| 1977 | 110 | Sukhdev Singh | SAD | 19711 | Gursewak | CPI | 18460 |
| 1972 | 99 | Surjit Singh Male | SAD | 28152 | Mohinder Singh | IND | 8381 |
| 1969 | 99 | Trilochan Singh | INC | 25064 | Karnail Singh | SAD | 18163 |
| 1967 | 99 | Karnail Singh | ADS | 19968 | Trilochan Singh | INC | 15865 |
| 1962 | 69 | Hardit Singh Male | AD | 18639 | Dhanna Singh | INC | 8746 |
| 1957 | 120 | Dhanna Singh | INC | 30183 | Jangir Singh | CPI | 26999 |
| 1957 | 120 | Inder Singh | INC | 30268 | Jangir Singh | CPI | 26655 |