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