Phagwara is one of the Assembly constituencies of the Kapurthala district in Punjab and also part of the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency. Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal is the sitting MLA from the Phagwara Assembly constituency. He won the 2019 bye-elections from the Congress party's ticket. The party is fielding Dhaliwal again from Phagwara in the 2022 Assembly elections. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs). The voting on this Assembly seat is scheduled for February 20, 2022.