Sombir Sangwan (May 20, 1967) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Dadri in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a member and Independent candidate. Previously, he was associated with Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3][4] He is son in law of former CM Bansi Lal[5]
Political Career
Somveer Sangwan entered politics as an independent candidate, contesting from Dadri in the 2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, where he finished in third place. Later, he joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and contested the 2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, securing fourth place.
In 2014, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and contested the 2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a BJP candidate. He lost to INLD candidate Rajdeep Phogat by a narrow margin of 1,610 votes.
After failing to secure a BJP ticket for the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, Sangwan contested as an independent candidate from Dadri and won with a majority of 14,272 votes against his closest rival, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) candidate Sunil Satpal Sangwan.[6][7]
See also
Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana
2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "Haryana - JJP Election Result 2019". Times Now. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Haryana election result winners full list: Names of winning candidates of BJP, Congress, INLD, JJP". India Today. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Haryana Election Results 2019: Full list of winners". India TV. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Somveer Sangwan(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- DADRI(BHIWANI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
- ^ "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Dadri, Haryana Result Live: Independent candidate Sombir wins by 14,272 votes – India TV". web.archive.org. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Independent MLA Sombir Sangwan resigns from Haryana assembly, to join Congress soon - Hindustan Times". web.archive.org. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
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