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