2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.[4]

2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout72.15% (Decrease 5.05 pp)[1][2]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Bhagwant Mann Charanjit Singh Channi Sukhbir Singh Badal
Party AAP INC SAD
Alliance INDIA INDIA SAD+
Leader since 2019[3] 2021 2019
Leader's seat Dhuri Chamkaur Sahib,
Bhadaur
(both lost)
Jalalabad
(lost)
Last election 23.72%, 20 seats 38.50%, 77 seats 25.24%, 15 seats
Seats won 92 18 3
Seat change Increase 72 Decrease 59 Decrease 12
Popular vote 6,538,783 3,576,684 2,861,286
Percentage 42.01% 22.98% 18.38%
Swing Increase 18.29 pp Decrease 15.52 pp Decrease 6.86 pp

Seatwise result map of the election

Structure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Charanjit Singh Channi
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Bhagwant Mann
AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats. AAP Punjab convener and MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[5] Mann ministry was formed with 10 cabinet ministers on 19 March 2022.[6]

Background and overview

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The tenure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly was scheduled to end on 23 March 2022.[7] The previous assembly elections were held in February 2017. After the election, Indian National Congress formed the state government, with Amarinder Singh becoming Chief Minister.[8]

Political developments

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On 18 September 2021, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh resigned over differences with other members of Congress and was succeeded by Charanjit Singh Channi.[9][10] On 27 October 2021, Singh announced he would be forming a new party to contest the election.[11] He officially resigned from Indian National Congress on 2 November 2021, and founded a new political party, Punjab Lok Congress.[12]

Between June and November 2021, five AAP MLAs joined Congress.[13][14]

In the 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election that occurred in December 2021, the Aam Aadmi Party won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 seats.[15]

As of January 2022, four Congress MLAs joined BJP, one of which returned.[16][17]

On 18 January 2022, AAP declared Bhagwant Mann as their Chief Ministerial candidate for the assembly election.[18]

On 6 February, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announced incumbent Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as their Chief Ministerial candidate.[19]

Farmers' protests

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The Parliament of India passed 3 agricultural farm laws in Lok Sabha on 17 September 2020 and in the Rajya Sabha on 20 September 2020.[20] The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, gave his assent on 27 September 2020.[21] Farmers and farmers unions held massive protests over a period of more than a year mainly in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. On 19 November 2021, the union government decided to repeal the bills.[22]

Election schedule

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The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022.[23] However, the election date was postponed from 14 February 2022 to 20 February 2022 on account of Guru Ravidass Jayanti.[24]

 
Map of Assembly Constituencies of Punjab, India in 2022
S.No. Event Date Day
1. Date for nominations 25 January 2022 Tuesday
2. Last date for filing nominations 1 February 2022 Tuesday
3. Date for scrutiny of nominations 2 February 2022 Wednesday
4. Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 4 February 2022 Friday
5. Date of poll 20 February 2022 Sunday
6. Date of counting 10 March 2022 Thursday
7. Date before which election shall be completed 12 March 2022 Saturday

Voter statistics

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According to Punjab Election Commission, 1,304 candidates contested the election and there were 21,499,804 registered voters in the state.[25]

Total
candidates
Male
candidates
Female
candidates
Transgender
candidates
1304 1209 93 2
Total
voters
Male
voters
Female
voters
Transgender
voters
21,499,804 11,298,081 10,200,996 727
S.No. Types Voters
1 General voters 20,721,026
2 People with disabilities 158,341
3 Service voters 109,624
4 Non resident Indian voters 1,608
5 Voters above the age of 80 509,205
6 Total 21,499,804

Parties and alliances

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SAD dissolved its alliance with the BJP, which had lasted over two decades, over the controversial Farm Bills passed by the Indian Parliament in 2020.[26] On 13 June 2021, SAD and BSP announced an alliance for the assembly election with 97-20 seat sharing.[27] On 28 December 2021, BJP, PLC and SAD(S) announced an alliance for the assembly elections.[28]

AAP contested on all the seats without any alliance.[29]

  Indian National Congress

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Chief Ministerial candidate was Charanjit Singh Channi.[19]

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates
1. Indian National Congress     Charanjit Singh Channi   117[30] 106 11

Chief Ministerial candidate was Bhagwant Mann.[18]

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates
1. Aam Aadmi Party     Bhagwant Mann 117[30] 105 12

Chief Ministerial candidate was Sukhbir Singh Badal.[31]

 
Seats distribution between SAD and BSP
No. Party[27] Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested[27][30] Male candidates Female candidates
1. Shiromani Akali Dal     Sukhbir Singh Badal   97 92 5
2. Bahujan Samaj Party     Jasvir Singh Garhi   20 19 1
Total 117 111 6
 
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election NDA Seat Sharing

NDA contested the election without a Chief Ministerial face.[32]

PLC was allotted 37 seats, but only contested in 34 seats after it could not find candidates to run in 3 seats. The three seats were returned to BJP.[33] 4 Candidates of PLC contested on BJP symbol.[34]

No. Party[35] Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested[30] Male candidates Female candidates
1. Bharatiya Janata Party     Ashwani Kumar Sharma   73 67 6
2. Punjab Lok Congress   Amarinder Singh   28 26 2
3. Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)   Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa   15 14 1
Total 116 107 9

Chief Ministerial candidate was Balbir Singh Rajewal.[36]

 
Seats distribution between SSM and SSP.
No. Party[37] Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested[38] Male candidates Female candidates
1. Sanyukt Samaj Morcha
contesting as Independents[39]
    Balbir Singh Rajewal   107 103 4
2. Sanyukt Sangharsh Party   Gurnam Singh Charuni   10[30] 10 0
Total 117 113 4

Others

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No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)     Simranjit Singh Mann   81[30] 78 3
2. Lok Insaaf Party   Simarjit Singh Bains   35[30] 34 1
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist)     Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon   14[30] 14 0
4. Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation     Sukhdarshan Singh Natt   11[30] 11 0
5. Communist Party of India     Bant Singh Brar   7[30] 7 0

Candidates

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AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann contested from Dhuri.[40]

Congress leader and CM Charanjit Singh Channi contested from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur, and former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal contested from Lehragaga from INC.[41]

Former CM, Prakash Singh Badal, member of Shiromani Akali Dal, contested from Lambi. While SAD-BSP alliance’s CM candidate Sukhbir Singh Badal contested from Jalalabad. Former CM, Amarinder Singh, member of Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) contested from Patiala Urban.[42]

There were total 1304 candidates in fray. 2266 candidates filed their nominations and out of these, 1645 found valid. 341 withdrew their candidature.[43]

  • (Names of the winning candidates are in bold text)
Constituency UPA AAP SAD +
No. Name Party Candidate[44] Party Candidate[40] Party Candidate
Pathankot District
1 Sujanpur INC Naresh Puri AAP Amit Singh Manto SAD Raj Kumar Gupta
2 Bhoa INC Jogindar Pal AAP Lal Chand Kataruchakk BSP Rakesh Kumar Majotra
3 Pathankot INC Amit Vij AAP Vibhuti Sharma BSP Advocate Jyoti Pal Bhim
Gurdaspur District
4 Gurdaspur INC Barindermeet Singh Pahra AAP Raman Bahel SAD Gurbachan Singh Babehali
5 Dina Nagar INC Aruna Chaudhary AAP Shamsher Singh BSP Kamaljit Chawla Mahasha
6 Qadian INC Partap Singh Bajwa AAP Jagroop Singh Shekhwan SAD Guriqbal Singh Mahal
7 Batala INC Ashwani Sekhri AAP Amansher Singh (Sherry Kalsi) SAD Sucha Singh Chhotepur
8 Sri Hargobindpur INC Mandeep Singh Rangar Nangal AAP Amarpal Singh SAD Rajanbir Singh
9 Fatehgarh Churian INC Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa AAP Balbir Singh Pannu SAD Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal
10 Dera Baba Nanak INC Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa AAP Gurdeep Singh Randhawa SAD Ravikaran Singh Kahlon
Amritsar District
11 Ajnala INC Harpratap Singh Ajnala AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal SAD Amarpal Singh Ajnala
12 Rajasansi INC Sukhwinder Singh Sarkaria AAP Baldev Singh Meadian SAD Veer Singh Lopoke
13 Majitha INC Jagwinder Pal Singh AAP Sukhjinder Singh Lalli Majithia SAD Ganieve Kaur Majithia
14 Jandiala Guru INC Sukhwinder Singh Danny AAP Harbhajan Singh E.T.O. SAD Satinderjit Singh
15 Amritsar North INC Sunil Dutti AAP Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh SAD Anil Joshi
16 Amritsar West INC Raj Kumar Verka AAP Jasbir Singh Sandhu SAD Dalveer Singh Verka
17 Amritsar Central INC Om Parkash Soni AAP Ajay Gupta BSP Dalbir Kaur Rangretta
18 Amritsar East INC Navjot Singh Sidhu AAP Jeevan Jyot Kaur SAD Bikram Singh Majithia
19 Amritsar South INC Inderbir Singh Bolaria AAP Inderbir Singh Nijjar SAD Talbir Singh Gill
20 Attari INC Tarsem Singh Sialka AAP Jaswinder Singh SAD Gulzar Singh Ranike
Tarn Taran District
21 Tarn Taran INC Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri AAP Kashmir Singh Sohal SAD Harmeet Singh Sandhu
22 Khem Karan INC Sukhpal Singh Bhullar AAP Sarvan Singh Dhun SAD Virsa Singh Valtoha
23 Patti INC Harminder Singh Gill AAP Laljit Singh Bhullar SAD Adesh Partap Singh Kairon
24 Khadoor Sahib INC Ramanjeet Singh Sikki AAP Manjinder Singh Lalpura SAD Ranjit Singh Brahmpura
Amritsar District
25 Baba Bakala INC Santokh Singh Bhalaipur AAP Dalbir Singh Tong SAD Baljit Singh
Kapurthala District
26 Bholath INC Sukhpal Singh Khaira AAP Ranjeet Singh Rana SAD Jagir Kaur
27 Kapurthala INC Rana Gurjeet Singh AAP Manju Rana BSP Davinder Singh Dhapai
28 Sultanpur Lodhi INC Navtej Singh Cheema AAP Sajjan Singh Cheema SAD Harminder Singh
29 Phagwara INC Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal AAP Joginder Singh Maan BSP Jasvir Singh Garhi
Jalandhar District
30 Phillaur INC Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary AAP Prem Kumar SAD Baldev Khaira
31 Nakodar INC Navjot Singh AAP Inderjit Kaur Mann SAD Gurpartap Singh Wadala
32 Shahkot INC Hardev Singh Ladi AAP Rattan Singh Kakarkalan SAD Bachittar Singh Kohar
33 Kartarpur INC Chaudhary Surinder Singh AAP DCP Balkar Singh BSP Advocate Balwinder Kumar
34 Jalandhar West INC Sushil Kumar Rinku AAP Sheetal Angural BSP Anil Kumar Meenia
35 Jalandhar Central INC Rajinder Beri AAP Raman Arora SAD Chandan Grewal
36 Jalandhar North INC Avtar Singh Junior AAP Dinesh Dhal BSP Kuldeep Singh Lubana
37 Jalandhar Cantonment INC Pargat Singh AAP Surinder Singh Sodhi SAD Jagbir Singh Brar
38 Adampur INC Sukhwinder Singh Kotli AAP Jeet Lal Bhaati SAD Pawan Kumar
Hoshiarpur District
39 Mukerian INC Indu Bala AAP Gurdhian Singh Multani SAD Sarabjit Singh Sabbi
40 Dasuya INC Arun Dogra AAP Karambir Singh Ghuman BSP Sushil Sharma Pinki
41 Urmar INC Sangat Singh Gilzian AAP Jasvir Singh Raja Gill BSP Lakhwinder Singh Lucky
42 Sham Chaurasi INC Pawan Kumar Adia AAP Dr. Ravjot Singh BSP Mohinder Singh Sandhar
43 Hoshiarpur INC Sunder Sham Arora AAP Pandit Brahm Shankar Jimpa BSP Varinder Parihar
44 Chabbewal INC Raj Kumar Chabbewal AAP Harminder Singh Sandhu SAD Sohan Singh Thandal
45 Garhshankar INC Amarpreet Lally AAP Jai Kishan Singh Rori SAD Surinder Singh Rathan
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (S.B.S Nagar)/Nawan Shahr District
46 Banga INC Tarlochan Singh Soondh AAP Kuljit Singh Sarghal SAD Sukhwinder Kumar
47. Nawan Shahr INC Satbir Singh Saini AAP Lalit Mohan Pathak BSP Nachhatar Pal
48. Balachaur INC Darshan Lal AAP Santosh Kataria SAD Sunita Chaudhary
Rupnagar District
49 Anandpur Sahib INC Kanwarpal Singh AAP Harjot Singh Bains BSP Nitin Nanda Tarkhan
50 Rupnagar INC Barinder Singh Dhillon AAP Dinesh Chadha SAD Diljeet Singh Cheema
51 Chamkaur sahib INC Charanjit Singh Channi AAP Dr Charanjit Singh BSP AIG Harmohan Singh Sandhu
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (S.A.S Nagar)/Mohali District
52. Kharar INC Vijay Sharma Tinku AAP Anmol Gagan Maan SAD Ranjit Singh Gill
53. S.A.S. Nagar INC Balbir Singh Sidhu AAP Kulwant Singh SAD Parvinder Singh Sohana
Fatehgarh Sahib District
54. Bassi Pathana INC Gurpreet Singh GP AAP Rupinder Singh Happy BSP Shiv Kumar Kalyan
55. Fatehgarh Sahib INC Kuljit Singh Nagra AAP Lakhbir Singh Rai SAD Jagdeep Singh Cheema
56. Amloh INC Randeep Singh Nabha AAP Gurinder Singh SAD Gurpreet Singh Khanna
Ludhiana District
57. Khanna INC Gurkirat Singh Kotli AAP Tarunpreet Singh Sond SAD Jasdeep Kaur
58. Samrala INC Raja Gill AAP Jagtar Singh SAD Paramjit Singh Dhillon
59. Sahnewal INC Vikram Bajwa AAP Hardeep Singh Mundian SAD Sharanjit Singh Dhillon
60. Ludhiana East INC Sanjeev Talwar AAP Daljit Singh Grewal SAD Ranjit Singh Gill
61. Ludhiana South INC Ishwarjot Singh Cheema AAP Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina SAD Hira Singh Gabria
62. Atam Nagar INC Kamaljit Singh Karwal AAP Kulwant Singh Sidhu SAD Harish Rai
63. Ludhiana Central INC Surinder Kumar Dawar AAP Ashok 'Pappi' Prashar SAD Pritpal Singh Palli[45]
64. Ludhiana West INC Bharat Bhushan AAP Gurpreet Singh Gogi SAD Maheshindar Singh Grewal
65. Ludhiana North INC Rakesh Pandey AAP Madan Lal Bagga SAD R. D. Sharma
66. Gill INC Kuldeep Singh Vaid AAP Jiwan Singh Sangowal SAD Darshan Singh
67. Payal INC Lakhvir Singh Lakha AAP Manwinder Singh Gyaspura BSP Dr. Jaspreet Singh Beeja
68. Dakha INC Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu AAP KNS Kang SAD Manpreet Singh Ayali
69. Raikot INC Kamil Amar Singh AAP Hakam Singh Thekedar BSP Balwinder Singh Sandhu
70. Jagraon INC Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal AAP Saravjit Kaur Manuke SAD Shiv Ram Kaler
Moga District
71. Nihal Singh Wala INC Bhupendra Sahoke AAP Manjit Singh Bilaspur SAD Baldev Singh Manuke
72. Bhagha Purana INC Darshan Singh Brar AAP Amritpal Singh Sukhanand SAD Tirath Singh Mahla
73. Moga INC Malvika Sood AAP Dr. Amandeep Kaur Arora SAD Barjinder Singh Brar
74. Dharamkot INC Sukhjit Singh Lohgarh AAP Devinder Singh Laddi Dhos SAD Totta Singh
Ferozpur District
75. Zira INC Kulbir Singh Zira AAP Naresh Kataria SAD Janmeja Singh Sekhon
76. Firozpur City INC Parminder Singh Pinky AAP Ranveer Singh Bhullar SAD Rohit Vohra
77. Firozpur Rural INC Ashu Bangar AAP Rajnish Dahiya SAD Joginder Singh
78. Guru Har Sahai INC Vijay Kalra AAP Fauja Singh Srari SAD Vardev Singh Maan
Fazilka District
79. Jalalabad INC Mohan Singh Phalianwala AAP Jagdeep 'Goldy' Kamboj SAD Sukhbir Singh Badal
80. Fazilka INC Davinder Gubaya AAP Narinderpal Singh Sawna SAD Hansraj Josan
81. Abohar INC Sandeep Jakhar AAP Deep Kamboj SAD Mahinderpal Rinwa
82. Balluana INC Rajinder Kaur AAP Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ Musafir SAD Prithi Ram Meghwal
Sri Muktsar Sahib District
83. Lambi INC Jagpal Singh Abulkhurana AAP Gurmeet Singh Khudian SAD Parkash Singh Badal
84. Gidderbaha INC Amarinder Singh Raja Warring AAP Preetpal Sharma SAD Hardeep Singh Dhillon
85. Malout INC Rupinder Ruby AAP Dr. Baljit Kaur SAD Harpreet Singh Kotbhai
86. Muktsar INC Karan Kaur Brar AAP Jagdeep Singh Brar SAD Kanwarjit Singh
Faridkot District
87. Faridkot INC Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon AAP Gurdit Singh Sekhon SAD Parambans Singh Romana
88. Kotkapura INC Ajaipal Singh Sandhu AAP Kultar Singh Sandhwan SAD Mantar Singh Brar
89. Jaitu INC Darshan Singh Dilwan AAP Amolak Singh SAD Suba Singh Badal
Bathinda District
90. Rampura Phul INC Gurpreet Singh Kangar AAP Balkar Singh Sidhu SAD Sikander Singh Maluka
91. Bhucho Mandi INC Pritam Singh Kotbhai AAP Master Jagsir Singh SAD Darshan Singh Kotfatta
92. Bathinda Urban INC Manpreet Singh Badal AAP Jagroop Singh Gill SAD Sarup Chand Singla
93. Bathinda Rural INC Harvinder Singh Gill Laddi AAP Amit Rattan Kotfatta SAD Parkash Singh Bhatti
94. Talwandi Sabo INC Khushbaz Singh Jatana AAP Baljinder Kaur SAD Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu
95. Maur INC Dr. Manoj Bala Bansal AAP Sukhvir Maiser Khana SAD Jagmeet Singh Brar
Mansa District
96. Mansa INC Sidhu Moosewala AAP Dr Vijay Singla SAD Prem Arora
97. Sardulgarh INC Bikram Singh Mofar AAP Gurpreet Singh Banawali SAD Dilraj Singh Bhunder
98. Budhlada INC Ranvir Kaur Meya AAP Budhram Singh SAD Dr Nishan Singh
Sangrur District
99. Lehragaga INC Rajinder Kaur Bhattal AAP Barinder Kumar Goyal SAD Gobind Singh Longowal
100. Dirba INC Ajaib Singh Rataul AAP Harpal Singh Cheema SAD Gulzar Singh
101. Sunam INC Jaswinder Singh Dhiman AAP Aman Arora SAD Baldev Singh Mann
Barnala District
102. Bhadaur INC Charanjit Singh Channi AAP Labh Singh Ugoke SAD Satnam Singh
103. Barnala INC Manish Bansal AAP Gurmeet Singh Hayer SAD Kulwant Singh
104. Mehal Kalan INC Harchand Kaur AAP Kulwant Singh Pandori BSP Chamkaur Singh
Malerkotla district
105. Malerkotla INC Razia Sultana AAP Dr Mohd. Zamil-Ur-Rehman SAD Uneus Mohammad
106. Amargarh INC Smit Singh AAP Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra SAD Iqbal Singh Jhundan
Sangrur District
107. Dhuri INC Dalvir Singh Goldy AAP Bhagwant Singh Mann SAD Parkash Chand Garg
108. Sangrur INC Vijay Inder Singla AAP Narinder Kaur Bharaj SAD Winnerjit Singh Goldy
Patiala District
109. Nabha INC Sadhu Singh Dharamsot AAP Gurdev Singh Dev Mann SAD Kabir Dass
110. Patiala Rural INC Mohit Mohindra AAP Dr. Balbir Singh SAD Jaspal Singh Chatha
111. Rajpura INC Hardial Singh Kamboj AAP Neena Mittal SAD Charanjit Singh Brar
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (S.A.S Nagar)/Mohali District
112. Dera Bassi INC Deepinder Singh Dhillon AAP Kuljit Singh Randhawa SAD Narinder Kumar Sharma
Patiala District
113. Ghanaur INC Madan Lal Jalalpur AAP Gurlal Ghanaur SAD Prem Singh Chandumajra
114. Sanour INC Harinder Pal Singh Mann AAP Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra SAD Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra
115. Patiala INC Vishnu Sharma AAP Ajitpal Singh Kohli SAD Harpal Juneja
116. Samana INC Rajinder Singh AAP Chetan Singh Jormajra SAD Surjit Singh Rakhra
117. Shutrana INC Darbara Singh AAP Kulwant Singh Bazigar SAD Vaninder Kaur

Campaigns

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Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella body of farmers, campaigned against the ruling BJP by organising public meetings and rallies asking farmers to not vote for BJP.[46] SKM had organised the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest against the controversial three farm acts which were passed by the BJP-led Union Government in the BJP controlled Parliament of India in September 2020. These laws were eventually withdrawn by the Union government.[46]

On 31 January 2022, the farmer leaders observed "Vishwasghat Diwas" (treachery day) across India after the Union government failed to fulfill promises that were made to the farmers during the withdrawal of agitation against three farm laws. SKM leaders have warned that the farm laws may be re-introduced if BJP wins the elections.[47]

Policy positions

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Farm Laws

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BJP's Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in December 2021, had said that BJP brought the 3 agriculture amendment laws (repealed in 2021). "But the government is not disappointed. We moved a step back and we will move forward again because farmers are India’s backbone."[48]

The AAP is against the farm laws and had supported the farmers' unions during their year-long protest against the farm laws.[49]

Campaigning

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Indian National Congress

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Congress party started their campaign from Atamnagar, Ludhiana with CM Charanjit Singh Channi and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu.[50]

Shiromani Akali Dal

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In March 2021, Shiromani Akali Dal began holding rallies and protests under slogan "Punjab Mangda Jawaab" led by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal that criticised Amarinder Singh over issues including a power tariff hike, the value-added tax (VAT) on fuel and his loan waiver promise.[51][52][53]

Aam Aadmi Party

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In March 2021, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal held a Kisaan Mahapanchayat at Bagha Purana in Moga district and began campaigning for elections.[54] On 28 June 2021, Kejriwal announced in a speech in Chandigarh that 300 units of free electricity would be provided to all Punjabis if the party wins the election.[55] On 30 September 2021, Kejriwal also announced that if AAP wins the election, his government would build Mohalla Clinics in Punjab that would provide free healthcare facilities.[56] On 22 November 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that if AAP wins Punjab then 1,000 rupees will be given to every women above 18 years of age.[57]

On 9 February, Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate and MP, Bhagwant Mann raised issues about farmers in the Lok Sabha. The payment to sugarcane farmers for the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 had been pending. He appealed for clearing the due early along with interest. He asked for compensation for the losses in cotton farmers due to the pest attack. he asked that the Union government should recognise the farmers who died during the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest.[58]

Anmol Gagan Maan sang the campaign song for AAP, "Bhagat Singh, Kartar Sarabha saare hi ban challe, bhai hun jaago aaiyaan, sarkaar badlan challey, bhai hun jaago aaiyaan". Indian Express called the song a "huge hit during campaigning".[59]

Bahujan Samaj Party

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On 31 December 2020, Bahujan Samaj Party cadres, led by state president Jasbir Singh Garhi, first gathered at Shambhu border and then left in a cavalcade of 100 cars to join the protest and show solidarity to the farmers. They also waved banners in support of farmers and on unity of farmers and labourers, as most number of labourers come from the Scheduled Castes. It was the first time that a political party was part of the farmers protest in such large numbers.[60]

Garhi has also criticised what he argues are lies and corruption of the incumbent government on the subject of the implementation of Post Metric Scholarship Scheme, calling it the "Scholarship Scheme Scam".[61]

Bharatiya Janata Party

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After two years, In election year Modi came to Punjab for a public rally after repealing controversial Farm Laws for NDA.[62] However, rally was cancelled due to farmers protest at Ferozpur–Moga road.[63]

Campaign controversies

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Election Commission of India

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On 8 January 2022, Election Commission of India announced ban on physical rallies until 15 January, due to high positivity rate of COVID-19.[64] ECI further extended the ban until 22 January.[65] The ban was further extended to 31 January 2022.[66]

Manish Tewari, the only MP from Congress in Punjab was not included in the list of start campaigners. Senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was also left out. The two leaders had written to Congress president asking for reforms in Congress party.[67] Sunil Jakhar claimed he wasn't made Chief Minister despite having the support of the most 42 MLAs, and quit from active politics few days later.[68]

Campaign finance

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ECI increased the expenditure limit to ₹40 lakh.[69]

Dynasty politics

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Shiromani Akali Dal

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  1. Former Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, Son of Former CM Parkash Singh Badal is contesting from Jalalabad.[70]
  2. Former Punjab Minister Tota Singh is contesting from Dharamkot and his son Barjinder Singh Makhan Brar is contesting from Moga.[71]
  3. Former Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha MP Prem Singh Chandumajra is contesting from Ghanaur and his son Harinderpal Singh Chandumajra (incumbent MLA) is contesting from Sanour.[72]

Indian National Congress

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Congress has decided to follow 'one family, one ticket' norm while selecting party candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab.[73]

  1. Manish Bansal, son of Pawan Kumar Bansal, former Minister of Railways is contesting from Barnala.[74]
  2. Smit Singh, nephew of Navjot Singh Sidhu is contesting from Amargarh.[75]
  3. Vikram Bajwa, son-in-law of Rajinder Kaur Bhattal is contesting from Sahnewal.[76]

Poll predictions

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Opinion polls

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Polling aggregates
Active Parties
  Indian National Congress
  Aam Aadmi Party
  Shiromani Akali Dal+
  Others
Date published Polling agency Lead
UPA AAP SAD+ NDA Others
7 February 2022 ABP News - C-Voter[77] 30% 39.8% 20.2% 8% 2% 9.8%
23 January 2022 Polstrat-NewsX[78] 37.2% 39.7% 16.6% 2.7% 3.8% 2.5%
10 January 2022 ABP News - C-Voter[79] 35.9% 39.7% 17.7% 2.5% 4.2% 3.8%
21 December 2021 Polstrat-NewsX[80] 35.20% 38.83% 21.01% 2.33% 2.63% 3.63%
11 December 2021 ABP News - C-Voter[81] 34.1% 38.4% 20.4% 2.6% 4.5% 4.3%
12 November 2021 ABP News - C-Voter[82] 34.9% 36.5% 20.6% 2.2% 5.8% 1.6%
8 October 2021 ABP News - C-Voter[83] 31.8% 35.9% 22.5% 3.8% 6.0% 5.1%
4 September 2021 ABP News - C-Voter[84] 28.8% 35.1% 21.8% 7.3% 7.0% 6.3%
19 March 2021 ABP News - C-Voter[85] 31.5% 36.5% 21.3% 5.0% 5.7% 5.0%
Date published Polling agency Lead Remarks
UPA AAP SAD+ NDA Others
7 February 2022 ABP News - C-Voter[86] 24-30 55-63 20-26 3-11 0-2 25-39 Hung
23 January 2022 Polstrat-NewsX[78] 42-45 52-55 17-20 0-2 0-1 7-13 Hung
10 January 2022 ABP News - C-Voter[79] 37-43 52-58 17-23 1-3 0-1 9-21 Hung
21 December 2021 Polstrat-NewsX[80] 40-45 47-52 22-26 1-2 0-1 2-12 Hung
11 December 2021 ABP News - C-Voter[81] 39-45 50-56 17-23 0-3 0-1 5-16 Hung
12 November 2021 ABP News - C-Voter[82] 42-50 47-53 16-24 0-1 0-1 0-11 Hung
8 October 2021 ABP News - C-Voter[83] 39-47 49-55 17-25 0-1 0-1 2-16 Hung
4 September 2021 ABP News - C-Voter[84] 38-46 51-57 16-24 0-1 0-1 5-19 Hung
19 March 2021 ABP News - C-Voter[85] 43-49 51-57 12-18 0-3 0-5 2-14 Hung

Exit polls

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The Election Commission banned the media from publishing exit polls between 7 AM on 10 February 2022 and 6:30 PM on 7 March 2022. Violation of the directive would be punishable with two years of imprisonment.[87] Accordingly the exit polls below were published in the evening of 7 March.

Polling agency Lead Remarks
UPA AAP SAD+ NDA Others
ABP News - C Voter[88] 22-28 51-61 20-26 7-13 1-5 23-39 Hung
Dainik Bhaskar[89] 26-32 38-44 30-39 7-10 1-2 1-14 Hung
NewsX - Polstrat[90] 24-29 56-61 22-26 1-6 0-3 27-37 Hung
India today - Axis My India[91] 19-31 76-90 7-11 1-4 0-2 55-71 AAP Majority
India TV-Ground Zero[92] 49-59 27-37 20-30 2-6 1-3 12-32 Hung
News24-Today's Chanakya[93] 10 100 6 1 0-1 90 AAP Majority
Republic-P Marq[94] 23-31 62-70 16-24 1-3 1-3 31-47 AAP Majority
Times Now - VETO[95] 22 70 19 5 1 48 AAP Majority
TV 9 Marathi-Polstrat[96] 24-29 56-61 22-26 1-6 0-3 27-37 Hung
Zee News-DesignBoxed[97] 26-33 52-61 24-32 3-7 0 19-35 Hung
Election results 18 92 4 2 1 74 AAP Majority

Incidents

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Voting Machine malfunction

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Electronic Voter Machine (EVM) malfunction was reported at several places.[98] AAP reported these incidents to the Election Commission.[99]

Voter turnout

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Source:[2]

District Seats Turnout (%)
Amritsar 11 65.87
Barnala 3 73.84
Bathinda 6 78.19
Faridkot 3 76.31
Fatehgarh Sahib 3 76.87
Fazilka 4 78.18
Firozpur 4 77.59
Gurdaspur 7 71.28
Hoshiarpur 7 68.66
Jalandhar 9 66.95
Kapurthala 4 68.07
Ludhiana 14 67.67
Malerkotla 2 78.28
Mansa 3 81.24
Moga 4 73.95
Pathankot 3 74.69
Patiala 8 73.11
Rupnagar 3 73.99
S. A. S. Nagar 3 66.87
Sangrur 5 78.04
S. B. S. Nagar 3 70.75
Sri Muktsar Sahib 4 80.49
Tarn Taran 4 70.09
Total 117 71.95

Results

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92 18 4 3
AAP UPA SAD+ Others


Seat Share by Alliance

  AAP - 92 (78.6%)
  UPA - 18 (15.4%)
  SAD+ - 4 (3.4%)
  NDA - 2 (1.7%)
  IND - 1 (0.9%)

Vote Share

  AAP (42.01%)
  INC (22.98%)
  SAD+ (20.15%)
  NDA (7.73%)
  IND (2.94%)
  SAD(A) (2.48%)
  Others (1.00%)
  NOTA (0.71%)

Results by alliance and party

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Alliance Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won [100] Change
None Aam Aadmi Party
92 / 117 (79%)
6,538,783 42.01%  18.31 117 92   72
UPA Indian National Congress
18 / 117 (15%)
3,576,684 22.98%  15.52 117 18   59
SAD+ Shiromani Akali Dal
3 / 117 (3%)
2,861,286 18.38%  6.82 97 3   12
Bahujan Samaj Party
1 / 117 (0.9%)
275,232 1.77%  0.27 20 1   1
Total 3,136,518 20.15% 117 4   11
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party
2 / 117 (2%)
1,027,143 6.6%  1.2 73 2   1
Punjab Lok Congress 84,697 0.54%  0.54 28 0 New
Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) 91,995 0.59% 15 0 New
Total 1,203,835 7.73% 116 2   1
None Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 386,176 2.48%  2.18 0
Lok Insaaf Party 43,229 0.28%  0.92
Independents 457,410 2.94% 0 1   1
Others 0.72% 0   2
NOTA 110,308 0.71%
Total
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast/ turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

Results by region

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Region Seats AAP UPA SAD+ NDA Others
Malwa 69 66 2 1 0 0
Majha 25 16 7 1 1 0
Doaba 23 10 9 2 1 1
Total 117 92 18 4 2 1

Results by division

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Division Seats AAP UPA SAD+ NDA Others
Jalandhar 45 25 16 1 2 1
Patiala 35 34 0 1 0 0
Firozpur 16 14 2 0 0 0
Faridkot 12 12 0 0 0 0
Rupnagar 9 7 0 2 0 0
Total 117 92 18 4 2 1

Results by district

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District Seats AAP UPA SAD+ NDA Others
Jalandhar Division
Amritsar Sahib 11 9 1 1 0 0
Gurdaspur 7 2 5 0 0 0
Tarn Taran Sahib 4 4 0 0 0 0
Pathankot 3 1 1 0 1 0
Jalandhar 9 4 5 0 0 0
Hoshiarpur 7 5 1 0 1 0
Kapurthala 4 0 3 0 0 1
Patiala Division
Ludhiana 14 13 0 1 0 0
Patiala 8 8 0 0 0 0
Sangrur 5 5 0 0 0 0
Barnala 3 3 0 0 0 0
Fatehgarh Sahib 3 3 0 0 0 0
Malerkotla 2 2 0 0 0 0
Firozpur Division
Fazilka 4 3 1 0 0 0
Firozpur 4 4 0 0 0 0
Moga 4 4 0 0 0 0
Sri Muktsar Sahib 4 3 1 0 0 0
Rupnagar Division
S.B.S. Nagar 3 1 0 2 0 0
S.A.S. Nagar 3 3 0 0 0 0
Rupnagar 3 3 0 0 0 0
Faridkot Division
Bathinda 6 6 0 0 0 0
Faridkot 3 3 0 0 0 0
Mansa 3 3 0 0 0 0
Total 117 92 18 4 2 1

Results by constituency

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Constituency Turnout
(%)[2]
Winner[101] Runner Up Margin 2017
Winner
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Pathankot District
1 Sujanpur 75.95 Naresh Puri INC 46916 36.27 Dinesh Singh BJP 42280 32.69 4636 BJP
2 Bhoa (SC) 73.60 Lal Chand Kataruchakk AAP 50339 36.59 Joginder Pal INC 49135 35.72 1204 INC
3 Pathankot 73.82 Ashwani Kumar Sharma BJP 43132 38.01 Amit Vij INC 35373 31.17 7759 INC
Gurdaspur District
4 Gurdaspur 72.36 Barindermeet Singh Pahra INC 43743 35.23 Gurbachan Singh Babbehali SAD 36408 29.33 7335 INC
5 Dina Nagar (SC) 71.03 Aruna Chaudhary INC 51133 36.60 Shamsher Singh AAP 50002 35.79 1131 INC
6 Qadian 72.16 Partap Singh Bajwa INC 48679 36.55 Guriqbal Singh Mahal SAD 41505 31.16 7174 INC
7 Batala 67.22 Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi) AAP 55570 43.57 Ashwani Sekhri INC 27098 21.25 28472 SAD
8 Sri Hargobindpur (SC) 68.69 Amarpal Singh AAP 53205 42.74 Rajanbir Singh SAD 36242 29.12 16963 INC
9 Fatehgarh Churian 72.43 Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa INC 46311 35.95 Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal SAD 40766 31.65 5545 INC
10 Dera Baba Nanak 73.25 Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa INC 52555 36.41 Ravikaran Singh Kahlon SAD 52089 36.08 466 INC
Amritsar District
11 Ajnala 76.9 Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal AAP 43555 35.69 Amarpal Singh Ajnala SAD 35712 29.26 7843 INC
12 Rajasansi 74.72 Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria INC 46872 35.08 Veer Singh Lopoke SAD 41398 30.98 5474 INC
13 Majitha 72.81 Ganieve Kaur Majithia SAD 57027 46.69 Sukhjinder Singh Lalli Majithia AAP 30965 25.35 26062 SAD
14 Jandiala (SC) 70.6 Harbhajan Singh E.T.O. AAP 59724 46.41 Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala INC 34341 26.69 25383 INC
15 Amritsar North 61.15 Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh AAP 58133 46.98 Anil Joshi SAD 29815 24.09 28318 INC
16 Amritsar West (SC) 55.28 Jasbir Singh Sandhu AAP 69251 58.39 Raj Kumar Verka INC 25338 21.36 43913 INC
17 Amritsar Central 59.25 Ajay Gupta AAP 40837 46.83 Om Parkash Soni INC 26811 30.74 14026 INC
18 Amritsar East 64.17 Jeevan Jyot Kaur AAP 39679 36.74 Navjot Singh Sidhu INC 32929 30.49 6750 INC
19 Amritsar South 59.58 Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar AAP 53053 50.1 Talbir Singh Gill SAD 25550 24.13 27503 INC
20 Attari (SC) 67.25 Jaswinder Singh AAP 56798 44.32 Gulzar Singh Ranike SAD 37004 28.88 19794 INC
Tarn Taran District
21 Sri Tarn Taran Sahib 65.95 Dr. Kashmir Singh Sohal AAP 52935 40.45 Harmeet Singh Sandhu SAD 39347 30.06 13588 INC
22 Khem Karan 71.08 Sarvan Singh Dhun AAP 64541 41.64 Virsa Singh Valtoha SAD 52659 33.98 11882 INC
23 Patti 70.9 Laljit Singh Bhullar AAP 57323 39.55 Adesh Partap Singh Kairon SAD 46324 31.96 10999 INC
24 Sri Khadoor Sahib 71.37 Manjinder Singh Lalpura AAP 55756 38.38 Ramanjit Singh Sikki INC 39265 27.03 16491 INC
Amritsar District
25 Baba Bakala (SC) 65.02 Dalbir Singh Tong AAP 52468 39.98 Santokh Singh Bhalaipur INC 32916 25.08 19552 INC
Kapurthala District
26 Bholath 66.14 Sukhpal Singh Khaira INC 37254 41.15 Jagir Kaur SAD 28029 30.96 9225 AAP
27 Kapurthala 68.41 Rana Gurjeet Singh INC 44096 42.94 Manju Rana AAP 36792 35.82 7304 INC
28 Sultanpur Lodhi 72.8 Rana Inder Pratap Singh Independent 41337 38.24 Sajjan Singh Cheema AAP 29903 27.66 11434 INC
29 Phagwara (SC) 66.28 Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal INC 37217 29.08 Joginder Singh Mann AAP 34505 26.96 2712 BJP
Jalandhar District
30 Phillaur (SC) 67.5 Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary INC 48288 34.52 Baldev Singh Khaira SAD 35985 25.72 12303 SAD
31 Nakodar 68.83 Inderjit Kaur Mann AAP 42868 31.95 Gurpartap Singh Wadala SAD 39999 29.81 2869 SAD
32 Shahkot 72.77 Hardev Singh Laddi INC 51661 38.99 Bachitar Singh Kohar SAD 39582 29.87 12079 SAD
33 Kartarpur (SC) 67.65 Balkar Singh AAP 41830 33.47 Chaudhary Surinder Singh INC 37256 29.81 4574 INC
34 Jalandhar West (SC) 67.71 Sheetal Angural AAP 39213 33.73 Sushil Kumar Rinku INC 34960 30.07 4253 INC
35 Jalandhar Central 61.14 Raman Arora AAP 33011 30.98 Rajinder Beri INC 32764 30.75 247 INC
36 Jalandhar North 66.69 Avtar Singh Junior INC 47338 36.94 K. D. Bhandari BJP 37852 29.54 9486 INC
37 Jalandhar Cantonment 64.48 Pargat Singh INC 40816 32.63 Surinder Singh Sodhi AAP 35008 27.99 5808 INC
38 Adampur (SC) 67.74 Sukhwinder Singh Kotli INC 39554 34.77 Pawan Kumar Tinu SAD 34987 30.76 4567 SAD
Hoshiarpur District
39 Mukerian 68.87 Jangi Lal Mahajan BJP 41044 28.64 Prof. Gurdhian Singh Multani AAP 38353 26.76 2691 INC
40 Dasuya 66.27 Karambir Singh Ghuman AAP 43272 32.42 Arun Dogra INC 34685 25.99 8587 INC
41 Urmar 68.39 Jasvir Singh Raja Gill AAP 42576 34.01 Sangat Singh Gilzian INC 38386 30.66 4190 INC
42 Sham Chaurasi (SC) 69.32 Dr. Ravjot Singh AAP 60730 48.97 Pawan Kumar Adia INC 39374 31.75 21356 INC
43 Hoshiarpur 66.19 Bram Shanker AAP 51112 39.96 Sunder Sham Arora INC 37253 29.13 13859 INC
44 Chabbewal (SC) 71.22 Dr. Raj Kumar INC 47375 41.02 Harminder Singh Gill AAP 39729 34.4 7646 INC
45 Garhshankar 69.47 Jai Krishan Singh AAP 32341 26.41 Amarpreet Singh Lally INC 28162 22.99 4179 AAP
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar District
46 Banga (SC) 69.71 Dr. Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi SAD 37338 32.38 Tarlochan Singh INC 32269 27.99 5099 SAD
47 Nawan Shahr 69.82 Dr. Nachhatar Pal BSP 37031 29.9 Lalit Mohan Ballu AAP 31655 25.56 5376 INC
48 Balachaur 73.59 Santosh Kataria AAP 39633 34.47 Sunita Chaudhary SAD 35092 30.52 4541 INC
Rupnagar District
49 Anandpur Sahib 73.19 Harjot Singh Bains AAP 82132 57.92 Rana K. P. Singh INC 36352 25.63 45780 INC
50 Rupnagar 73.2 Dinesh Chadha AAP 59903 44.11 Barinder Singh Dhillon INC 36271 26.71 23632 AAP
51 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) 74.43 Dr Charanjit Singh AAP 70248 47.60 Charanjit Singh Channi INC 62306 42.22 7942 INC
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
52 Kharar 66.12 Anmol Gagan Maan AAP 78273 44.30 Ranjit Singh Gill SAD 40388 22.86 37885 AAP
53 S.A.S. Nagar 64.84 Kulwant Singh AAP 77134 49.70 Balbir Singh Sidhu INC 43037 27.73 34097 INC
Fatehgarh Sahib District
54 Bassi Pathana (SC) 74.84 Rupinder Singh AAP 54018 48.17 Gurpreet Singh INC 16177 14.43 37841 INC
55 Fatehgarh Sahib 77.37 Lakhbir Singh Rai AAP 57706 45.98 Kuljit Singh Nagra INC 25507 20.32 32199 INC
56 Amloh 78.74 Gurinder Singh Garry AAP 52912 46.43 Gurpreet Singh Khanna SAD 28249 24.49 24663 INC
Ludhiana District
57 Khanna 74.74 Tarunpreet Singh Sond AAP 62425 48.55 Jasdeep Kaur SAD 26805 20.85 35620 INC
58 Samrala 75.65 Jagtar Singh AAP 57557 43.11 Paramjit Singh Dhillon SAD 26667 19.97 30890 INC
59 Sahnewal 67.52 Hardeep Singh Mundian AAP 61515 34.33 Vikram Bajwa INC 46322 25.85 15193 SAD
60 Ludhiana East 66.33 Daljit Singh Grewal AAP 68682 47.54 Sanjeev Talwar INC 32760 22.67 35922 INC
61 Ludhiana South 59.13 Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina AAP 43811 41.56 Satinderpal Singh BJP 17673 16.76 26138 LIP
62 Atam Nagar 61.56 Kulwant Singh Sidhu AAP 44601 42.44 Kamaljit Singh Karwal INC 28247 26.88 16354 LIP
63 Ludhiana Central 61.91 Ashok Prashar Pappi AAP 32789 33.32 Gaurav Sharma BJP 27985 28.44 4804 INC
64 Ludhiana West 64.29 Gurpreet Gogi AAP 40443 34.46 Bharat Bhushan INC 32931 28.06 7512 INC
65 Ludhiana North 61.37 Madan Lal Bagga AAP 51104 40.59 Parveen Bansal BJP 35822 28.45 15282 INC
66 Gill (SC) 67.32 Jiwan Singh Sangowal AAP 92696 50.33 Darshan Singh SAD 35052 19.03 57644 INC
67 Payal (SC) 76.26 Manwinder Singh Gyaspura AAP 63633 50.18 Lakhvir Singh Lakha INC 30624 24.15 33009 INC
68 Dakha 75.73 Manpreet Singh Ayali SAD 49909 34.97 Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu INC 44102 30.90 5807 AAP
69 Raikot (SC) 72.27 Hakam Singh Thekedar AAP 63659 56.04 Kamil Amar Singh INC 36015 31.70 27644 AAP
70 Jagraon (SC) 67.69 Saravjit Kaur Manuke AAP 65195 51.95 Shiv Ram Kaler SAD 25539 20.35 39656 AAP
Moga District
71 Nihal Singh Wala (SC) 71.07 Manjit Singh Bilaspur AAP 65156 46.11 Bhupendra Sahoke INC 27172 19.23 37984 AAP
72 Bhagha Purana 77.07 Amritpal Singh Sukhanand AAP 67143 50.40 Tirath Singh Mahla SAD 33384 25.06 33759 INC
73 Moga 70.73 Dr. Amandeep Kaur Arora AAP 59149 41.01 Malika Sood INC 38234 26.51 20915 INC
74 Dharamkot 78 Devinder Singh Laddi Dhos AAP 65378 45.97 Sukhjit Singh Lohgarh INC 35406 24.90 29972 INC
Ferozpur District
75 Zira 80.3 Naresh Kataria AAP 64034 42.35 Janmeja Singh Sekhon SAD 41258 27.29 22776 INC
76 Firozpur City 71.81 Ranveer Singh Bhullar AAP 48443 38.91 Parminder Singh Pinky INC 28874 23.19 19569 INC
77 Firozpur Rural (SC) 77.19 Rajnish Dahiya AAP 75293 49.56 Joginder Singh SAD 47547 31.30 27746 INC
78 Guru Har Sahai 80.46 Fauja Singh Srari AAP 68343 49.02 Vardev Singh Maan SAD 57769 41.44 10574 INC
Fazilka District
79 Jalalabad 80.59 Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy AAP 91455 52.95 Sukhbir Singh Badal SAD 60525 35.04 30930 SAD
80 Fazilka 81.54 Narinderpal Singh Sawna AAP 63157 43.49 Surjit Kumar Jyani BJP 35437 24.40 27720 INC
81 Abohar 74.47 Sandeep Jakhar INC 49124 37.51 Deep Kamboj AAP 44453 33.40 5471 BJP
82 Balluana (SC) 78.06 Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ Musafir AAP 58893 40.91 Vandana Sangwal BJP 39720 27.59 19173 INC
Sri Muktsar Sahib District
83 Lambi 81.83 Gurmeet Singh Khudian AAP 66313 48.87 Parkash Singh Badal SAD 54917 40.47 11396 SAD
84 Gidderbaha 85.69 Amrinder Singh Raja Warring INC 50998 35.47 Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon SAD 49649 34.53 1349 INC
85 Malout (SC) 78.66 Dr. Baljit Kaur AAP 77370 55.60 Harpreet Singh Kotbhai SAD 37109 25.67 40261 INC
86 Muktsar 78.93 Jagdeep Singh Brar AAP 76321 51.09 Kanwarjit Singh SAD 42127 28.20 34194 SAD
Faridkot District
87 Faridkot 76.16 Gurdit Singh Sekhon AAP 53484 41.18 Parambans Singh Bunty Romana SAD 36687 26.25 16797 INC
88 Kotkapura 76.93 Kultar Singh Sandhwan AAP 54009 43.81 Ajaipal Singh Sandhu INC 32879 26.67 21130 AAP
89 Jaitu (SC) 76.63 Amolak Singh AAP 60242 51.79 Suba Singh Badal SAD 27453 23.60 32789 AAP
Bathinda District
90 Rampura Phul 79.74 Balkar Singh Sidhu AAP 56155 41.26 Sikander Singh Maluka SAD 45745 33.61 10410 INC
91 Bhucho Mandi (SC) 80.64 Master Jagsir Singh AAP 85778 57.29 Darshan Singh Kotfatta SAD 35566 23.75 50212 INC
92 Bathinda Urban 70.78 Jagroop Singh Gill AAP 93057 57.20 Manpreet Singh Badal INC 29476 18.12 63581 INC
93 Bathinda Rural (SC) 78.31 Amit Rattan Kotfatta AAP 66096 53.13 Parkash Singh Bhatti SAD 30617 24.61 35479 AAP
94 Talwandi Sabo 83.73 Baljinder Kaur AAP 48753 37.04 Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu SAD 33501 25.46 15252 AAP
95 Maur 80.56 Sukhvir Maiser Khana AAP 63099 46.37 Lakha Sidhana SSM 25091 20.64 35008 AAP
Mansa District
96 Mansa 79.25 Vijay Singla AAP 100023 57.57 Sidhu Moose Wala INC 36700 21.12 63323 AAP
97 Sardulgarh 83.6 Gurpreet Singh Banawali AAP 75817 49.61 Bikram Singh Mofar INC 34446 22.54 41731 SAD
98 Budhlada (SC) 81.64 Budhram Singh AAP 88282 55.04 Dr Nishan Singh SAD 36591 22.81 51691 AAP
Sangrur District
99 Lehra 79.63 Barinder Kumar Goyal AAP 60058 43.59 Parminder Singh Dhindsa SAD(S) 33540 24.34 26518 SAD
100 Dirba (SC) 79.03 Harpal Singh Cheema AAP 82360 56.89 Gulzar Singh Moonak SAD 31975 22.01 50655 AAP
101 Sunam 78.54 Aman Arora AAP 94794 61.28 Jaswinder Singh Dhiman INC 19517 12.62 75277 AAP
Barnala District
102 Bhadaur 78.98 Labh Singh Ugoke AAP 63967 51.07 Charanjit Singh Channi INC 26409 21.09 37558 AAP
103 Barnala 71.81 Meet Hayer AAP 64800 49.57 Kulwant Singh Keetu SAD 27178 20.66 37622 AAP
104 Mehal Kalan (SC) 71.54 Kulwant Singh Pandori AAP 53714 46.52 Gurjant Singh Kattu SAD(A) 23367 20.24 30347 AAP
Malerkotla District
105 Malerkotla (SC) 78.59 Mohammad Jamil Ur Rehman AAP 65948 52.32 Razia Sultana INC 44262 35.12 21686 INC
106 Amargarh 77.95 Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra AAP 44523 34.28 Simranjit Singh Mann SAD(A) 38480 29.63 6043 INC
Sangrur District
107 Dhuri 77.32 Bhagwant Mann AAP 82592 64.29 Dalvir Singh Khangura INC 24386 18.98 58,206 INC
108 Sangrur 76.04 Narinder Kaur Bharaj AAP 74851 51.67 Vijay Inder Singla INC 38421 26.52 36430 INC
Patiala District
109 Nabha (SC) 77.07 Gurdev Singh Dev Maan AAP 82053 57.45 Kabir Dass SAD 29453 20.62 52600 INC
110 Patiala Rural 65.58 Balbir Singh AAP 77155 52.05 Mohit Mohindra INC 23681 15.97 53474 INC
111 Rajpura 74.86 Neena Mittal AAP 54834 40.1 Jagdish Kumar Jagga BJP 32341 23.65 22493 INC
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
112 Dera Bassi 69.18 Kuljit Singh Randhawa AAP 70032 35.1 Deepinder Singh Dhillon INC 48311 24.21 21721 SAD
Patiala District
113 Ghanaur 78.97 Gurlal Ghanaur AAP 62783 48.14 Madan Lal INC 31018 23.78 31765 INC
114 Sanour 73.79 Harmit Singh Pathanmajra AAP 83893 50.84 Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra SAD 34771 21.07 49122 SAD
115. Patiala 64.02 Ajit Pal Singh Kohli AAP 48104 46.49 Amarinder Singh PLC 28231 27.28 19873 INC
116 Samana 76.8 Chetan Singh Jaura Majra AAP 74375 50.14 Surjit Singh Rakhra SAD 34662 23.37 39713 INC
117 Shutrana (SC) 75.54 Kulwant Singh Bazigar AAP 81751 59.35 Vaninder Kaur Loomba SAD 30197 21.92 51554 INC

Government formation

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On 10 March, the election results were announced. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a full majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 seats out of 117 total. The opposition parties are the Indian National Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiromani Akali Dal, and the Bahujan Samaj Party.[4]

On 11 March 2022, AAP Punjab convener and MP Bhagwant Mann was elected by the AAP legislative members as their leader in the assembly.[102] Mann took oath as the Chief Minister in the Punjab government in a public ceremony at Khatkar Kalan village on 16 March, when the term of the incumbent Fifteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly expired.[103] 10 cabinet ministers took oath on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[104][105] Eight ministers who took oath were greenhorn (first term) Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) while two were in their second term.[106]

The cabinet can have at most 18 ministers, but Mann decided to appoint a smaller cabinet. Mann has set targets for every minister to achieve, saying people "can demand that the minister be removed" if the targets are not met.[107]

Party Seats Retained Seats Lost Seats Gained Final Count
Aam Aadmi Party 18   2   74 92
Indian National Congress 11   65   7 18
Shiromani Akali Dal 2   13   1 3

See also

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