Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
CHANDUMAJRA, SHRI PREM SINGH [SHIROMANI AKALI DAL - PATIALA (PUNJAB)]
Father's Name Shri Jaswant Singh Date of Birth 1 January 1950 Place of Birth Vill. Chandumajra, Distt. Patiala (Punjab) Marital Status Married on 1 January 1978 Spouse's name Smt. Balwinder Kaur Children Two sons Educational Qualifications M.A. (Economics), M.A. (Political Science) Educated at Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab) Profession Teacher and Educationist, Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker, Sportsman and Industrialist Permanent Address Vill. Chandumajra, P.O. Basantpura, Distt. Patiala-147001 (Punjab) Tels. (0175) 307271, 75469 and (0172) 540915 Present Address 2, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi - 110001 Tel. (011) 3737832 Positions Held 1982-95President, Shiromani Akali Dal (S.A.D.), Youth Wing 1985 onwardsGeneral-Secretary, S.A.D. 1985-87Member, Punjab Legislative Assembly Member, Committee on Public Undertakings 1986-87Cabinet Minister, Cooperation, Punjab 1996Elected to 11th Lok Sabha 1996-97Member, Committee on Energy 1998Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1998-99 andMember, Committee on Estimates 1999-2000 1998-99Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development Social and Cultural Activities Upliftment of the poor Special Interests Reading Sports and Clubs Hockey Countries Visited Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, U.K. and U.S.A. Other Information President, Students Union, Punjabi University, Patiala; Convenor, Human Rights Wing; Lecturer of Economics, Government College, Dera Bassi (Punjab); suffered imprisonment under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during Emergency and also for several other agitations for students, labourers, employees, farmers, for Dharm Yudh Morcha, 1982-84 and for strong opposition of invasion of Shri Akal Takht in Operation Blue Star in 1984 and thereafter; Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society, 1998-99;

Election Result of Patiala Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 13,13,159 Total votes polled 8,16,611 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri Prem Singh Chandumajra (S.A.D.) 4,10,937 (2) Shri Amrinder Singh (I.N.C.) 3,77,686 (3) Shri Ranjeet Singh Thekhedar (Ind.) 5,805 (4) Shri Kulwant Singh [S.A.D.(M)] 2,452
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