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 :
1980Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
1981-82Member, Joint Committee to examine the Dowry Prohibition
Act, 1961
1985Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the third time
1992Elected* to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time
July 1992-Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation and Tourism
May 1996(Department of Tourism)
1996Elected 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 electorate10,50,121
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