Election for the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly was held in the Indian state of Punjab. Polling was done on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes declaration of results was done on 10 March 2022.[2][3][4] The Fifteenth Punjab assembly was dissolved on 11 March 2022. The dissolution was necessitated after the results of the election was declared on 10 March.[5][6]
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Punjab | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Established | 11 March 2022 |
| Preceded by | 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Banwarilal Purohit since 31 August 2021 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 117 |
Political groups | Government (91)
Official Opposition (13)
Other opposition (9) Vacant (4)
|
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 20 February 2022 |
Next election | February 2027 or earlier |
| Meeting place | |
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| Website | |
| Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Constitution | |
| Constitution of India | |
In the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly, 92 members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party form the treasury benches. The main opposition party in the assembly is Indian National Congress with 18 seats. The other parties which are in opposition are the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and independents. AAP MLA, Kultar Singh Sandhwan was announced as the speaker of the assembly.[7]
History
editChief Minister Bhagwant Mann took the oath of office on 16 March at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of Bhagat Singh. Inderbir Singh Nijjar took the oath as Protem Speaker. On 17 March Nijjar administered the oath of office to all the 117 legislators of the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative assembly.[8] Other 10 cabinet ministers of the Mann ministry, took oath on 19 March.
On 22 June 2022, Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan announced that the legislators will get answers on all issues that they raise during the Assembly debates. The answers would be provided during the Zero Hour. This was done for the first time in the history of Punjab Assembly.[9]
Leaders
edit| Title | Name | Portrait | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutional Posts | |||
| Governor | Gulab Chand Kataria | 
|
30 July 2024
|
| Speaker | Kultar Singh Sandhwan[10] | 
|
21 March 2022 |
| Deputy speaker | Jai Krishan Singh[11] | 
|
30 June 2022 |
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) |
Bhagwant Mann | 
|
16 March 2022 |
| Leader of Opposition | Pratap Singh Bajwa | 
|
9 April 2022 |
| Political posts | |||
| Leader of AAP legislature party | Bhagwant Mann |
|
16 March 2022 |
| Leader of INC legislature party | Pratap Singh Bajwa |
|
9 April 2022 |
| Leader of SAD legislature party | Manpreet Singh Ayali | 
|
April 2022 |
| Leader of BJP legislature party | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | April 2022 | |
Committees
editList of committees and chairpersons for the term 2022-2023.[12]
Composition
editBy alliance and party
edit| Alliance | Party | Seats | Legislative
Party Leader |
Bench | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won [14] | Change | ||||||||
| Aam Aadmi Party | 92 |  72
|
Bhagwant Singh Mann[15] | 92 | Government | ||||
| Indian National Congress | 18 |  59
|
Partap Singh Bajwa | 19 | Opposition | ||||
| SAD+ | Shiromani Akali Dal | 3 | 12
|
Manpreet Singh Ayali[16] | 6 | Others | |||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 1 | 1
|
Nachhatar Pal | ||||||
| NDA | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 1
|
Ashwani Kumar Sharma | |||||
| Independents | 1 | 1
|
Rana Inder Partap Singh | ||||||
| Total | 117 | 117 | |||||||
By constituency
edit
Resolutions passed
editOn 22 March, the assembly unanimously passed a resolution to install the statues of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar and Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the assembly complex.[18]
On 1 April, the assembly unanimously passed a resolution to immediately transfer union territory of Chandigarh — the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, to Punjab.[19][20]
On 30 June, the assembly passed a resolution recommending the state government that it urges the Government of India to immediately rollback the Agnipath scheme. The resolution was opposed by BJP members of the assembly who were in minority. Punjab was the only state to pass such a resolution.[21]
On 30 June, the assembly passed a resolution recommending the state government that it urges the Government of India to not alter the nature and character of Panjab University. The resolution was opposed by BJP members of the assembly who were in minority.[22]
By-Elections
edit| Date | Constituency | Previous MLA | Reason | Elected MLA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 44 | Chabbewal | Raj Kumar Chabbewal | Indian National Congress | Resigned on 15 March 2024[23] | TBD | |||
| 10 July 2024[24] | 34 | Jalandhar West | Sheetal Angural | Aam Aadmi Party | Resigned on 28 March 2024[25] | Mohinder Pal Bhagat | |||
| TBD | 10 | Dera Baba Nanak | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | Indian National Congress | Elected to Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024 | TBD | |||
| 84 | Gidderbaha | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring | Indian National Congress | TBD | |||||
| 107 | Barnala | Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer | Aam Aadmi Party | TBD | |||||
References
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- ^ "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". News18. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Governor dissolves 15th Punjab Assembly". The Statesman. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Cabinet recommends Governor for dissolution of 15th Punjab Assembly". The Statesman. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Cabinet swearing-in Live Updates: From uprooting corruption to tackling drug addiction in Punjab — newly-inducted Ministers set targets". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "In Punjab Cabinet, Bhagwant Mann Keeps Home, Harpal Cheema Gets Finance". NDTV.com. 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Service, Tribune News (22 June 2022). "All Zero Hour questions to be answered: Punjab Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "AAP nominates party MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan as next Punjab assembly speaker". Hindustan Times. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is new Deputy Speaker of Punjab assembly". The Indian Express. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Punjab speaker appoints heads of House committees". Hindustan Times. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Committees". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Results Live". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ Bhagwant Mann elected leader of legislative party leader
- ^ SAD appoints its new leader of legislative party
- ^ "Congress suspends Phillaur MLA Vikramjit Chaudhary for anti-party activities". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Punjab assembly to have statues of Bhagat Singh, Dr Ambedkar, Maharaja Ranjit Singh". Hindustan Times. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Vasudeva, Vikas (1 April 2022). "Punjab assembly passes resolution; asks Centre to transfer Chandigarh to Punjab". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "Punjab Vidhan Sabha passes resolution asking for Chandigarh to be given to Punjab". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Amid opposition by BJP MLAs, Punjab Vidhan Sabha passes resolution against Agnipath scheme". Tribuneindia News Service. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Assembly passes resolution against any bid to change 'nature, character' of PU". The Indian Express. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Raj Kumar Chabbewal Resigns from Congress Primary Membership and MLA Position". Lokmat Times. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ “Assembly bypoll- Jalandhar West to vote on July 10, counting on July 13”. The Indian Express. 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-14
- ^ "Sheetal Angural resigns as Punjab MLA". Hindustan Times. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.