- Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Various towns and villages in Punjab erupted in celebrations after the results of Canadian elections trickled in on Tuesday
By: India Weekly
THE ELECTIONS for Canada’s House of Commons saw over 65 Indian origin candidates enter the fray, and 20 candidates from the Liberal and Conservative parties got elected.
The prominent winners include Liberal Party’s Anita Anand from Oakville East, Bardish Chagger (Waterloo), Anju Dhillon (Dorval-Lachine), Randeep Sarai (Surrey Centre); while the Conservative party’s Dalwinder Gill from Calgary McKnight, Arpan Khanna (Oxford), and Tim Uppal (Edmonton Gateway).
Various towns and villages in Punjab erupted in celebrations after the results of Canadian elections trickled in on Tuesday.
Punjab’s Sujapur village celebrated the victory of Liberal candidate Sukh Dhaliwal, who got elected an MP for the sixth time in the Federal polls in Canada.
Dhaliwal, 64, won the Surrey Newton seat, defeating Conservative nominee Harjit Singh Gill, his closest rival in the fray.
A businessman, Dhaliwal was elected an MP from Surrey Newton in 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2021. He earlier served as an MP from Newton-North Delta.
With roots in Sujapur village in Jagraon in Punjab’s Ludhiana district, Dhaliwal on Tuesday became the cause of an unseasonal merry back home with many villagers breaking out in a dance to the beats of ‘dhol’ and others distributing sweets.
His elder brother said Dhaliwal remained connected with his roots and loves his village.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee general secretary Gurcharan Singh Grewal, who studied with Dhaliwal, said it was a moment of happiness for everyone.
He comes to his villages and meets locals, said Grewal, adding, he knows many of them by name.
Conservative candidates Amanpreet Singh Gill and Sukhman Gill won from Calgary Skyview and Abbotsford, South Langley.
Both hailed from the Moga district. Their victories also led to celebrations in their native places.
Prominent losers
However, New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh lost his seat and later stepped down as leader of his party.
He lost his Burnaby Central seat to Wade Chang of the Liberal Party.
Another prominent loser was Liberal candidate Amarjeet Sohi, who lost to the Conservative rival Jagsharan Singh Mahal in Edmonton Southeast.
Mahal received 53.6 per cent of the vote, while Sohi secured 38.3 per cent.
In the Brampton West constituency, Liberal candidate Kamal Khera lost to the Conservative Party’s Amarjeet Gill.
Gill secured 50 per cent of the vote, while Khera received 47.5 per cent.
