Name of Member: Smt. Sukhbuns Kaur
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Constituency & State: Gurdaspur (Punjab)
Lok Sabha Experience: 7,8,9,10,11
Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha
SUKHBUNS KAUR, SMT. CONGRESS(I)- GURDASPUR (PUNJAB)
Father's Name : Shri Arjan Singh
Date of Birth : 14 September 1943
Place of Birth : Layalpur (Pakistan)
Marital Status : Married on 12 October 1961
Spouse's Name : Shri P.S. Bhinder
Children : Two daughters
Educational Qualifications :
B.A.
Educated at Jesus and Mary Convent, Mussoori
(Uttar Pradesh) and Panjab University, Chandigarh
Profession :
Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address :
Onkar Nagar, Gurdaspur-143521 (Punjab)
Tel. (01874) 20755
Positions Held :
1980 Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
1981-82 Member, Joint Committee to examine the Dowry Prohibition
Act, 1961
1985 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
1989 Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the third time
1992 Elected* to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time
July 1992- Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation and Tourism
May 1996 (Department of Tourism)
1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fifth time
Special Interests :
Upliftment of women
Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Social work
Countries Visited :
Widely travelled
Other Information :
Worked as an Executive with I.T.D.C. and East India Hotels; also
underwent training as Hotel Executive in Paris
Election Result :
Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 10,50,121
Total votes polled 6,87,387
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Smt. Sukhbuns Kaur (I.N.C.) 2,37,499
(2) Shri Jagdish Sawhney (B.J.P.) 1,62,952
(3) Shri Jagdish Singh Walia (S.A.D.) 1,40,812
(4) Shri Dharam Chand (B.S.P.) 34,887
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