Lok Insaaf Party was founded in 2016[1] by Simarjit Singh Bains.
Lok Insaaf Party | |
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| Abbreviation | LIP |
| President | Simarjit Singh Bains |
| Chairman | Balwinder Singh Bains |
| Founded | 28 October 2016[1] (8 years, 31 days ago) |
| Merged into | Indian National Congress |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0/543 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 245 |
| Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly | 0 / 117 |
It contested 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election on five seats in alliance with Aam Aadmi Party.[2]
2017 Punjab assembly election
editLIP contested 2017 Punjab assembly election on five seats. It formed coalition with Aam Aadmi Party.[3] Party able to get only two seats out of five. It got 26.46% votes in five seats but 1.22% overall votes. Simarjit Singh Bains won Atam Nagar Assembly Constituency and Balwinder Singh Bains won the Ludhiana South Assembly Constituency.
2019 general election
editIn the 2019 Indian general election, the party contested on three Lok Sabha seats in Punjab as a member of Punjab Democratic Alliance; however, the party never won any seat.[4] These were:
References
edit- ^ a b Bains brothers float Lok Insaaf Party
- ^ "Lok Insaaf party leader held, heroin seized". The Indian Express. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- ^ "Bains brothers announced coalition with AAP". The Indian Express. 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ "PDA will contest on 9 seats". Business Standard India. 26 February 2019.