2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

20 February 2022 (2022-02-20)

All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered21,499,804
Turnout72.15% ( 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 SAD+
Leader since 2022 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 72 59 12
Popular vote 6,538,783 3,576,684 2,861,286
Percentage 42.01% 22.98% 18.38%
Swing 18.29 pp 15.52 pp 6.86 pp


Structure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Charanjit Singh Channi
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Bhagwant Mann
AAP

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.[3]

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.[4] Mann ministry was formed with 10 cabinet ministers on 19 March 2022.[5]

Background and overview

The tenure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly was scheduled to end on 23 March 2022.[6] 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.[7]

Political developments

On 18 September 2021, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh resigned over differences with other members of Congress and was succeeded by Charanjit Singh Channi.[8][9] On 27 October 2021, Singh announced that he would be forming a new party to contest the election.[10] He officially resigned from Indian National Congress on 2 November 2021, and founded a new political party, Punjab Lok Congress.[11]

Between June and November 2021, five AAP MLAs joined Congress.[12][13]

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.[14]

As of January 2022, four Congress MLAs joined BJP, one of which returned.[15][16]

On 18 January 2022, AAP declared Bhagwant Mann as their Chief Ministerial candidate for the assembly election.[17]

On 6 February, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announced incumbent Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as their Chief Ministerial candidate.[18]

Farmers' protests

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.[19] The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, gave his assent on 27 September 2020.[20] 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.[21]

Election schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022.[22] However, the election date was postponed from 14 February 2022 to 20 February 2022 on account of Guru Ravidass Jayanti.[23]

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

According to Punjab Election Commission, 1,304 candidates contested the election and there were 21,499,804 registered voters in the state.[24]

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

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.[25] On 13 June 2021, SAD and BSP announced an alliance for the assembly election with 97-20 seat sharing.[26] On 28 December 2021, BJP, PLC and SAD(S) announced an alliance for the assembly elections.[27]

AAP contested on all the seats without any alliance.[28]

Indian National Congress

  Indian National Congress

Chief Ministerial candidate was Charanjit Singh Channi.[18]

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates
1. Indian National Congress Charanjit Singh Channi 117[29] 106 11

Aam Aadmi Party

  Aam Aadmi Party

Chief Ministerial candidate was Bhagwant Mann.[17]

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates
1. Aam Aadmi Party Bhagwant Mann 117[29] 105 12

Shiromani Akali Dal+

  Shiromani Akali Dal+

Chief Ministerial candidate was Sukhbir Singh Badal.[30]

No. Party[26] Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested[26][29] 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

National Democratic Alliance (India)

  National Democratic Alliance (India)

NDA contested the election without a Chief Ministerial face.[31]

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.[32] 4 Candidates of PLC contested on BJP symbol.[33]

No. Party[34] Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested[29] 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

Sanyukt Samaj Morcha+

  Sanyukt Samaj Morcha+

Chief Ministerial candidate was Balbir Singh Rajewal.[35]

No. Party[36] Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested[37] Male candidates Female candidates
1. Sanyukt Samaj Morcha
contesting as Independents[38]
Balbir Singh Rajewal 107 103 4
2. Sanyukt Sangharsh Party Gurnam Singh Charuni 10[29] 10 0
Total 117 113 4

Others

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Simranjit Singh Mann 81[29] 78 3
2. Lok Insaaf Party Simarjit Singh Bains 35[29] 34 1
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon 14[29] 14 0
4. Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Sukhdarshan Singh Natt 11[29] 11 0
5. Communist Party of India Bant Singh Brar 7[29] 7 0

Candidates

AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann contested from Dhuri.[39]

Congress leader and CM Charanjit Singh Channi contested from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur, and former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal contested from Lehragaga from INC.[40]

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.[41]

There were total 1304 candidates in fray. 2266 candidates filed their nominations and out of these, 1645 found valid. 341 withdrew their candidature.[42]

District Constituency AAP INC SAD+ NDA
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
Pathankot 1 Sujanpur AAP Amit Singh (Manto) INC Naresh Puri SAD Raj Kumar Gupta (Bittu) BJP Dinesh Singh
2 Bhoa AAP Lal Chand Kataruchakk INC Joginder Pal BSP Rakesh Kumar BJP Seema Kumari
3 Pathankot AAP Vibhuti Sharma INC Amit Vij BSP Advocate Jyoti Pal Bhim BJP Ashwani Kumar Sharma
Gurdaspur 4 Gurdaspur AAP Raman Bahl INC Barindermeet Singh Pahra SAD Gurbachan Singh Babbehali BJP Parminder Singh Gill
5 Dina Nagar AAP Shamsher Singh INC Aruna Chaudhary BSP Kamaljeet Chawla BJP Renu Kashyap
6 Qadian AAP Jagroop Singh Sekhwan INC Partap Singh Bajwa SAD Guriqbal Singh Mahal SAD(S) Master Johar Singh
7 Batala AAP Amansher Singh INC Ashwani Sekhri SAD Sucha Singh Chhotepur BJP Fatehjang Singh Bajwa
8 Sri Hargobindpur AAP Amarpal Singh INC Mandeep Singh SAD Rajanbir Singh BJP Baljinder Singh
9 Fatehgarh Churian AAP Balbir Singh INC Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa SAD Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal PLC Tajinder Singh
10 Dera Baba Nanak AAP Gurdeep Singh Randhawa INC Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa SAD Ravikaran Singh Kahlon BJP Kuldeep Singh
Amritsar 11 Ajnala AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal INC Harpartap Singh SAD Amarpal Singh Ajnala PLC Surjeet Singh
12 Raja Sansi AAP Baldev Singh Miadian INC Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria SAD Vir Singh Lopoke BJP Mukhwinder Singh
13 Majitha AAP Sukhjinder Raj Singh (Lalli) INC Jagwinder Pal Singh (Jagga Majithia) SAD Ganieve Kaur Majithia BJP Pardeep Singh
14 Jandiala AAP Harbhajan Singh ETO INC Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala SAD Satinderjit Singh Chhajjalwaddi PLC A. R. Gagandeep Singh
15 Amritsar North AAP Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh INC Sunil Dutti SAD Anil Joshi BJP Sukhminder Singh Pintu
16 Amritsar West AAP Jasbir Singh Sandhu INC Raj Kumar Verka SAD Dalbir Singh BJP Kumar Amit Advocate
17 Amritsar Central AAP Ajay Gupta INC Om Parkash Soni BSP Dalvir Kaur BJP Dr. Ram Chawla
18 Amritsar East AAP Jeevan Jyot Kaur INC Navjot Singh Sidhu SAD Bikram Singh Majithia BJP Jagmohan Singh Raju
19 Amritsar South AAP Inderbir Singh Nijjar INC Inderbir Singh Bolaria SAD Talbir Singh Gill PLC Harjinder Singh Thekedar
20 Attari AAP Jaswinder Singh Ramdas INC Gulzar Singh Ranike SAD Gulzar Singh Ranike BJP Balwinder Kaur
Tarn Taran 21 Tarn Taran AAP Kashmir Singh Sohal INC Dharambir Agnihotri SAD Harmeet Singh Sandhu BJP Navreet Singh Hundal
22 Khem Karan AAP Sarvan Singh Dhun INC Sukhpal Singh Bhullar SAD Virsa Singh Valtoha SAD(S) Daljit Singh Gill
23 Patti AAP Laljit Singh Bhullar INC Harminder Singh Gill SAD Adesh Partap Singh Kairon PLC Jaskaran Toot Gill
24 Khadoor Sahib AAP Manjinder Singh Lalpura INC Ramanjit Singh Sikki SAD Ranjit Singh Brahampura Did Not Contest
25 Baba Bakala AAP Dalbir Singh Tong INC Santokh Singh Bhalaipur SAD Baljit Singh Jalal Ushman BJP Manjit Singh Mianwind
Kapurthala 26 Bholath AAP Ranjit Singh Rana INC Sukhpal Singh Khaira SAD Jagir Kaur PLC Amandeep Singh Gora Gill
27 Kapurthala AAP Manju Rana INC Rana Gurjeet Singh BSP Devinder Singh Dhapai BJP Ranjit Singh Khojewal
28 Sultanpur Lodhi AAP Sajjan Singh Cheema INC Navtej Singh Cheema SAD Captain Harminder Singh SAD(S) Jugraj Pal Singh Sahi
29 Phagwara AAP Joginder Singh Mann INC Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal BSP Jasvir Singh Garhi BJP Vijay Sampla
Jalandhar 30 Phillaur AAP Prem Kumar INC Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary SAD Baldev Singh Khaira SAD(S) Damanvir Singh Phillaur
31 Nakodar AAP Inderjit Kaur Mann INC Dr. Navjot Singh Dahiya SAD Gurpartap Singh Wadala PLC Shammi Kumar
32 Shahkot AAP Rattan Singh INC Hardev Singh Laddi SAD Bachitar Singh Kohar BJP Narinder Pal Singh Chandi
33 Kartarpur AAP Balkar Singh INC Chaudhary Surinder Singh BSP Advocate Balwinder Kumar BJP Surinder Mahey
34 Jalandhar West AAP Sheetal Angural INC Sushil Kumar Rinku BSP Anil Meenia BJP Mohinder Bhagat
35 Jalandhar Central AAP Raman Arora INC Rajinder Beri SAD Chandan Kumar Grewal BJP Manoranjan Kalia
36 Jalandhar North AAP Dinesh Dhall INC Avtar Singh Junior BSP Kuldip Singh Lubana BJP K D Bhandari
37 Jalandhar Cantt. AAP Surinder Singh Sodhi INC Pargat Singh SAD Jagbir Singh Brar BJP Sarabjit Singh Makkar
38 Adampur AAP Jit Lal Bhatti INC Sukhwinder Singh Kotli SAD Pawan Kumar Tinu PLC Jagdish Kumar Jassal
Hoshiarpur 39 Mukerian AAP Prof. Gurdhian Singh Multani INC Indu Bala SAD Sarbjot Singh BJP Jangi Lal Mahajan
40 Dasuya AAP Karambir Singh Ghuman INC Arun Dogra BSP Susheel Kumar Sharma BJP Raghunath Singh Rana
41 Urmar AAP Jasvir Singh Raja Gill INC Sangat Singh Gilzian BSP Lakhwinder Singh SAD(S) Manjit Singh
42 Sham Chaurasi AAP Ravjot Singh INC Pawan Kumar Adia BSP Mohinder Singh Sandhar SAD(S) Des Raj Dhugga
43 Hoshiarpur AAP Brahm Shankar Jimpa INC Sunder Sham Arora BSP Virinder Singh Parhar BJP Tikshan Sud
44 Chabbewal AAP Harminder Singh INC Raj Kumar Chabbewal SAD Sohan Singh Thandal BJP Dr. Dilbag Rai
45 Garhshankar AAP Jai Krishan Singh INC Amarpreet Singh Lally SAD Surinder Singh Heer BJP Nimisha Mehta
S.B.S. Nagar 46 Banga AAP Kuljit Singh Sarhal INC Tarlochan Singh SAD Sukhwinder Kumar BJP Mohan Lal Behram
47 Nawan Shahr AAP Lalit Mohan Ballu INC Satvir Singh Palli Jhikki BSP Nachhatar Pal BJP Poonam Manik
48 Balachaur AAP Santosh Kumari Kataria INC Darshan Lal SAD Sunita Rani BJP Ashok Baath
Rupnagar 49 Anandpur Sahib AAP Harjot Singh Bains INC Kanwar Pal Singh BSP Nutan Kumar Alias Nitin Nanda BJP Dr. Parminder Sharma
50 Rupnagar AAP Dinesh Chadha INC Brinder Singh Dhillon SAD Daljit Singh Cheema BJP Iqbal Singh Lalpura
51 Chamkaur Sahib AAP Dr. Charanjit Singh INC Charanjit Singh Channi BSP Harmohan Singh BJP Darshan Singh Shivjot
Mohali 52 Kharar AAP Anmol Gagan Maan INC Vijay Sharma Tinku SAD Ranjit Singh Gill BJP Kamal Deep Singh Saini
53 S.A.S. Nagar AAP Kulwant Singh INC Balbir Singh Sidhu SAD Parvinder Singh Baidwan BJP Sanjeev Vashisht
Fatehgarh Sahib 54 Bassi Pathana AAP Rupinder Singh INC Gurpreet Singh BSP Shiv Kumar Kalyan PLC Deepak Jyoti
55 Fatehgarh Sahib AAP Lakhbir Singh Rai INC Kuljit Singh Nagra SAD Jagdeep Singh Cheema BJP Didar Singh Bhatti
56 Amloh AAP Gurinder Singh Garry Birring INC Randeep Singh Nabha SAD Gurpreet Singh Raju Khanna BJP Kanwarveer Singh Tohra
Ludhiana 57 Khanna AAP Tarunpreet Singh Sond INC Gurkirat Singh Kotli SAD Jasdeep Kaur Yadu BJP Gurpreet Singh Bhatti
58 Samrala AAP Jagtar Singh INC Rupinder Singh Raja Gill SAD Paramjit Singh Dhillon BJP Ranjit Singh Gahlewal
59 Sahnewal AAP Hardeep Singh Mundian INC Vikram Singh Bajwa SAD Sharanjit Singh Dhillon SAD(S) Harpreet Singh Garcha
60 Ludhiana East AAP Daljit Singh Grewal INC Sanjeev Talwar SAD Ranjit Singh Dhillon BJP Jagmohan Sharma
61 Ludhiana South AAP Rajinder Pal Kaur INC Ishwarjot Singh Cheema SAD Hira Singh Gabria BJP Satinderpal Singh Tajpuri
62 Atam Nagar AAP Kulwant Singh Sidhu INC Kamaljit Singh Karwal SAD Advocate Harish Rai Dhanda BJP Prem Mittal
63 Ludhiana Central AAP Ashok Parashar Pappi INC Surinder Kumar Dawar SAD Pritpal Singh Pali BJP Gurdev Sharma Debi
64 Ludhiana West AAP Gurpreet Gogi INC Bharat Bhushan Ashu SAD Maheshinder Singh Grewal BJP Advocate Bikram Singh Sidhu
65 Ludhiana North AAP Madan Lal Bagga INC Rakesh Pandey SAD R.d. Sharma BJP Parveen Bansal
66 Gill AAP Jiwan Singh Sangowal INC Kuldeep Singh Vaid SAD Darshan Singh Shivalik BJP Sucha Ram Ladhar
67 Payal AAP Manwinder Singh INC Lakhvir Singh BSP Doctor Jaspreet Singh Bija SAD(S) Harshit Kumar Sheetal
68 Dakha AAP Dr. K. N. S. Kang INC Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu SAD Manpreet Singh Ayali PLC Damanjit Singh Mohie
69 Raikot AAP Hakam Singh Thekedar INC Kamil Amar Singh BSP Balwinder Singh Sandhu SAD(S) Gurpal Singh Goldy
70 Jagraon AAP Saravjit Kaur Manuke INC Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal SAD Shiv Ram Kaler BJP Kanwar Narinder Singh
Moga 71 Nihal Singhwala AAP Manjit Singh Bilaspur INC Bhupinder Singh Sahoke SAD Baldev Singh Manuke PLC S. P. Mukhtiar Singh Sandhu
72 Bhagha Purana AAP Amritpal Singh Sukhanand INC Darshan Singh Brar SAD Tirath Singh Mahla SAD(S) Jagtar Singh Rajeana
73 Moga AAP Amandeep Kaur Arora INC Malvika Sood SAD Barjinder Singh Makhan Brar BJP Dr. Harjot Kamal
74 Dharamkot AAP Devinderjeet Singh Laddi Dhose INC Sukhjit Singh Kaka Lohgarh SAD Tota Singh PLC Ravinder Singh Ravi Grewal
Firozpur 75 Zira AAP Naresh Kataria INC Kulbir Singh Zira SAD Janmeja Singh Sekhon BJP Avtar Singh Zira
76 Firozpur City AAP Ranbir Singh INC Parminder Singh Pinki SAD Rohit Vohra BJP Gurmit Singh Sodhi
77 Firozpur Rural AAP Rajneesh Dahiya INC Ashu Banger SAD Joginder Singh Jindu PLC Jaswinder Singh
78 Guru Har Sahai AAP Fauja Singh Sarari INC Vijay Kumar SAD Vardev Singh BJP Gurpervez Singh
Fazilka 79 Jalalabad AAP Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy INC Mohan Singh SAD Sukhbir Singh Badal BJP Puran Chand
80 Fazilka AAP Narinder Pal Singh Sawna INC Davinder Singh Ghubaya SAD Hans Raj Josan BJP Surjit Kumar Jyani
81 Abohar AAP Kuldeep Kumar Alias Deep Kamboj INC Sandeep Jakhar SAD Mohinder Kumar Rinwa BJP Arun Narang
82 Balluana AAP Amandeep Singh Musafir INC Rajinder Kaur Rajpura SAD Prithi Ram Megh BJP Vandana Sangwal
Sri Muktsar Sahib 83 Lambi AAP Gurmeet Singh Khuddian INC Jagpal Singh Abulkhurana SAD Parkash Singh Badal BJP Rakesh Dhingra
84 Gidderbaha AAP Pritpal Sharma INC Amrinder Singh Raja Warring SAD Hardeep Singh Dhillon PLC Om Parkash
85 Malout AAP Baljit Kaur INC Prof. Rupinder Kaur Ruby SAD Harpreet Singh PLC Karanvir Singh
86 Muktsar AAP Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar INC Karan Kaur SAD Kanwarjit Singh Rozy Barkandi BJP Rajesh Pathela
Faridkot 87 Faridkot AAP Gurdit Singh Sekhon INC Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon SAD Parambans Singh 'Bunty Romana' BJP Gaurav Kakkar
88 Kotkapura AAP Kultar Singh Sandhwan INC Ajaipal Singh Sandhu SAD Mantar Singh Brar PLC Dargesh Kumar
89 Jaitu AAP Amolak Singh INC Darshan Singh SAD Manjit Singh Alias Suba Singh SAD(S) Paramjit Kaur Gulshan
Bathinda 90 Rampura Phul AAP Balkar Singh Sidhu INC Gurpreet Singh Kangar SAD Sikander Singh Maluka PLC Amarjit Singh Sharma
91 Bhucho Mandi AAP Jagsir Singh INC Pritam Singh Kotbhai SAD Darshan Singh Kotfatta BJP Rupinderjit Singh
92 Bathinda Urban AAP Jagroop Singh Gill INC Manpreet Singh Badal SAD Sarup Chand Singla BJP Raj Kumar
93 Bathinda Rural AAP Amit Rattan INC Harvinder Singh Laddi SAD Parkash Singh Bhatti PLC Savera Singh
94 Talwandi Sabo AAP Baljinder Kaur INC Khushbaz Singh Jattana SAD Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu BJP Ravi Preet Singh Sidhu
95 Maur AAP Sukhveer Singh Maiserkhana INC Dr. Manoj Bala Bansal SAD Jagmeet Singh Brar BJP Dayal Sodhi
Mansa 96 Mansa AAP Vijay Singla INC Sidhu Moose Wala SAD Prem Kumar Arora PLC Jiwan Dass Bawa
97 Sardulgarh AAP Gurpreet Singh Banawali INC Bikram Singh SAD Dilraj Singh Bhunder BJP Jagjit Singh Milkha
98 Budhlada AAP Budh Ram INC Dr. Ranvir Kaur Mian SAD Dr. Nishan Singh Hakamwala PLC Bhola Singh
Sangrur 99 Lehra AAP Barinder Kumar Goyal INC Rajinder Kaur Bhattal SAD Gobind Singh Longowal SAD(S) Parminder Singh Dhindsa
100 Dirba AAP Harpal Singh Cheema INC Ajaib Singh Ratolan SAD Gulzar Singh Moonak SAD(S) Soma Singh
101 Sunam AAP Aman Arora INC Jaswinder Singh Dhiman SAD Baldev Singh Maan SAD(S) Sanmukh Singh Mokha
Barnala 102 Bhadaur AAP Labh Singh Ugoke INC Charanjit Singh Channi SAD Satnam Singh Rahi PLC Dharam Singh Fouji
103 Barnala AAP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer INC Manish Bansal SAD Kulwant Singh Keetu BJP Dhiraj Kumar
104 Mehal Kalan AAP Kulwant Singh Pandori INC Harchand Kaur BSP Chamkaur Singh SAD(S) Sant Sukhwinder Singh Tibba
Malerkotla 105 Malerkotla AAP Mohammad Jamil Ur Rahman INC Razia Sultana SAD Nusrat Ali Khan PLC F. Nesara Khatton
106 Amargarh AAP Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra INC Smit Singh Mann SAD Iqbal Singh Jhundan PLC Sardar Ali
Sangrur 107 Dhuri AAP Bhagwant Mann INC Dalvir Singh Khangura SAD Parkash Chand Garg BJP Randeep Singh
108 Sangrur AAP Narinder Kaur Bharaj INC Vijay Inder Singla SAD Winnerjit Singh Goldy BJP Arvind Khanna
Patiala 109 Nabha AAP Gurdev Singh Mann INC Sadhu Singh Dharamsot SAD Kabir Dass BJP Gurpreet Singh Shahpur
110 Patiala Rural AAP Dr. Balbir Singh INC Mohit Mohindra SAD Jaspal Singh Bitu Chatha PLC Sanjeev Sharma Bittu
111 Rajpura AAP Neena Mittal INC Hardial Singh Kamboj SAD Charanjit Singh Brar BJP Jagdish Kumar Jagga
Mohali 112 Dera Bassi AAP Kuljit Singh Randhawa INC Deepinder Singh Dhillon SAD Narinder Kumar Sharma BJP Sanjiv Khanna
Patiala 113 Ghanaur AAP Gurlal Ghanaur INC Thekedar Madan Lal Jalalpur SAD Prem Singh Chandumajra BJP Vikas Sharma
114 Sanour AAP Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra INC Harinder Pal Singh Harry Mann SAD Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra PLC Bikramjit Inder Singh Chahal
115 Patiala AAP Ajit Pal Singh Kohli INC Vishnu Sharma SAD Harpal Juneja PLC Amarinder Singh
116 Samana AAP Chetan Singh Jauramajra INC Rajinder Singh SAD Surjit Singh Rakhra PLC Surinder Singh Kherki
117 Shutrana AAP Kulwant Singh Bazigar INC Darbara Singh SAD Vaninder Kaur Loomba PLC Naryan Singh

Campaigns

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.[43] 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.[43]

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.[44]

Policy positions

Farm Laws

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."[45]

The AAP is against the farm laws and had supported the farmers' unions during their year-long protest against the farm laws.[46]

Campaigning

Indian National Congress

Congress party started their campaign from Atamnagar, Ludhiana with CM Charanjit Singh Channi and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu.[47]

Shiromani Akali Dal

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.[48][49][50]

Aam Aadmi Party

In March 2021, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal held a Kisaan Mahapanchayat at Bagha Purana in Moga district and began campaigning for elections.[51] 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.[52] 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.[53] 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.[54]

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.[55]

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".[56]

Bahujan Samaj Party

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.[57]

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".[58]

Bharatiya Janata Party

After two years, In election year Modi came to Punjab for a public rally after repealing controversial Farm Laws for NDA.[59] However, rally was cancelled due to farmers protest at Ferozpur–Moga road.[60]

Campaign controversies

Election Commission of India

On 8 January 2022, Election Commission of India announced ban on physical rallies until 15 January, due to high positivity rate of COVID-19.[61] ECI further extended the ban until 22 January.[62] The ban was further extended to 31 January 2022.[63]

INC

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.[64] 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.[65]

Campaign finance

ECI increased the expenditure limit to ₹40 lakh.[66]

Dynasty politics

Shiromani Akali Dal

  1. Former Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, Son of Former CM Parkash Singh Badal is contesting from Jalalabad.[67]
  2. Former Punjab Minister Tota Singh is contesting from Dharamkot and his son Barjinder Singh Makhan Brar is contesting from Moga.[68]
  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.[69]

Indian National Congress

Congress has decided to follow 'one family, one ticket' norm while selecting party candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab.[70]

  1. Manish Bansal, son of Pawan Kumar Bansal, former Minister of Railways is contesting from Barnala.[71]
  2. Smit Singh, nephew of Navjot Singh Sidhu is contesting from Amargarh.[72]
  3. Vikram Bajwa, son-in-law of Rajinder Kaur Bhattal is contesting from Sahnewal.[73]

Poll predictions

Opinion polls

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[74] 30% 39.8% 20.2% 8% 2% 9.8%
23 January 2022 Polstrat-NewsX[75] 37.2% 39.7% 16.6% 2.7% 3.8% 2.5%
10 January 2022 ABP News – C-Voter[76] 35.9% 39.7% 17.7% 2.5% 4.2% 3.8%
21 December 2021 Polstrat-NewsX[77] 35.20% 38.83% 21.01% 2.33% 2.63% 3.63%
11 December 2021 ABP NewsC-Voter[78] 34.1% 38.4% 20.4% 2.6% 4.5% 4.3%
12 November 2021 ABP NewsC-Voter[79] 34.9% 36.5% 20.6% 2.2% 5.8% 1.6%
8 October 2021 ABP NewsC-Voter[80] 31.8% 35.9% 22.5% 3.8% 6.0% 5.1%
4 September 2021 ABP NewsC-Voter[81] 28.8% 35.1% 21.8% 7.3% 7.0% 6.3%
19 March 2021 ABP NewsC-Voter[82] 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[83] 24-30 55-63 20-26 3-11 0-2 25-39 Hung
23 January 2022 Polstrat-NewsX[75] 42-45 52-55 17-20 0-2 0-1 7-13 Hung
10 January 2022 ABP News – C-Voter[76] 37-43 52-58 17-23 1-3 0-1 9-21 Hung
21 December 2021 Polstrat-NewsX[77] 40-45 47-52 22-26 1-2 0-1 2-12 Hung
11 December 2021 ABP NewsC-Voter[78] 39-45 50-56 17-23 0-3 0-1 5-16 Hung
12 November 2021 ABP NewsC-Voter[79] 42-50 47-53 16-24 0-1 0-1 0-11 Hung
8 October 2021 ABP NewsC-Voter[80] 39-47 49-55 17-25 0-1 0-1 2-16 Hung
4 September 2021 ABP NewsC-Voter[81] 38-46 51-57 16-24 0-1 0-1 5-19 Hung
19 March 2021 ABP NewsC-Voter[82] 43-49 51-57 12-18 0-3 0-5 2-14 Hung

Exit polls

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.[84] Accordingly the exit polls below were published in the evening of 7 March.

Polling agency Lead Remarks
UPA AAP SAD+ NDA Others
ABP NewsC Voter[85] 22-28 51-61 20-26 7-13 1-5 23-39 Hung
Dainik Bhaskar[86] 26-32 38-44 30-39 7-10 1-2 1-14 Hung
NewsX – Polstrat[87] 24-29 56-61 22-26 1-6 0-3 27-37 Hung
India TodayAxis My India[88] 19-31 76-90 7-11 1-4 0-2 55-71 AAP Majority
India TV-Ground Zero[89] 49-59 27-37 20-30 2-6 1-3 12-32 Hung
News24-Today's Chanakya[90] 10 100 6 1 0-1 90 AAP Majority
Republic-P Marq[91] 23-31 62-70 16-24 1-3 1-3 31-47 AAP Majority
Times Now – VETO[92] 22 70 19 5 1 48 AAP Majority
TV 9 Marathi-Polstrat[93] 24-29 56-61 22-26 1-6 0-3 27-37 Hung
Zee News-DesignBoxed[94] 26-33 52-61 24-32 3-7 0 19-35 Hung
Election results 18 92 4 2 1 74 AAP Majority

Incidents

Voting Machine malfunction

Electronic Voter Machine (EVM) malfunction was reported at several places.[95] AAP reported these incidents to the Election Commission.[96]

Voter turnout and incidents

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

Voting Machine malfunction

Electronic Voter Machine (EVM) malfunction was reported at several places.[95] AAP reported these incidents to the Election Commission.[97]

Results

Map displaying constituencies won by parties
92 18 4 3
AAP UPA SAD+ Others
Seat Share by Alliance
  1. AAP – 92 (78.6%)
  2. UPA – 18 (15.4%)
  3. SAD+ – 4 (3.40%)
  4. NDA – 2 (1.70%)
  5. IND – 1 (0.90%)
Vote Share
  1. AAP (42.0%)
  2. INC (23.0%)
  3. SAD+ (20.1%)
  4. NDA (7.73%)
  5. IND (2.94%)
  6. SAD(A) (2.48%)
  7. LIP (0.28%)
  8. Others (1.00%)
  9. NOTA (0.71%)

Results by alliance and party

Alliance Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won [98] 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 15,563,720 72.0
Abstentions
Registered voters 21,608,701

Results by region

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

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

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

Constituency Turnout
(%)[2]
Winner[99] Runner-up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Pathankot District
1 Sujanpur 75.95 Naresh Puri INC 46,916 36.27 Dinesh Singh BJP 42,280 32.69 4636
2 Bhoa (SC) 73.60 Lal Chand Kataruchakk AAP 50,339 36.59 Joginder Pal INC 49,135 35.72 1204
3 Pathankot 73.82 Ashwani Kumar Sharma BJP 43,132 38.01 Amit Vij INC 35,373 31.17 7759
Gurdaspur District
4 Gurdaspur 72.36 Barindermeet Singh Pahra INC 43,743 35.23 Gurbachan Singh Babbehali SAD 36,408 29.33 7335
5 Dina Nagar (SC) 71.03 Aruna Chaudhary INC 51,133 36.60 Shamsher Singh AAP 50,002 35.79 1131
6 Qadian 72.16 Partap Singh Bajwa INC 48,679 36.55 Guriqbal Singh Mahal SAD 41,505 31.16 7174
7 Batala 67.22 Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi) AAP 55,570 43.57 Ashwani Sekhri INC 27,098 21.25 28472
8 Sri Hargobindpur (SC) 68.69 Amarpal Singh AAP 53,205 42.74 Rajanbir Singh SAD 36,242 29.12 16963
9 Fatehgarh Churian 72.43 Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa INC 46,311 35.95 Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal SAD 40,766 31.65 5545
10 Dera Baba Nanak 73.25 Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa INC 52,555 36.41 Ravikaran Singh Kahlon SAD 52,089 36.08 466
Amritsar District
11 Ajnala 76.9 Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal AAP 43555 35.69 Amarpal Singh Ajnala SAD 35712 29.26 7843
12 Rajasansi 74.72 Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria INC 46872 35.08 Veer Singh Lopoke SAD 41398 30.98 5474
13 Majitha 72.81 Ganieve Kaur Majithia SAD 57027 46.69 Sukhjinder Singh Lalli Majithia AAP 30965 25.35 26062
14 Jandiala (SC) 70.6 Harbhajan Singh E.T.O. AAP 59724 46.41 Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala INC 34341 26.69 25383
15 Amritsar North 61.15 Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh AAP 58133 46.98 Anil Joshi SAD 29815 24.09 28318
16 Amritsar West (SC) 55.28 Jasbir Singh Sandhu AAP 69251 58.39 Raj Kumar Verka INC 25338 21.36 43913
17 Amritsar Central 59.25 Ajay Gupta AAP 40837 46.83 Om Parkash Soni INC 26811 30.74 14026
18 Amritsar East 64.17 Jeevan Jyot Kaur AAP 39679 36.74 Navjot Singh Sidhu INC 32929 30.49 6750
19 Amritsar South 59.58 Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar AAP 53053 50.10 Talbir Singh Gill SAD 25550 24.13 27503
20 Attari (SC) 67.25 Jaswinder Singh AAP 56798 44.32 Gulzar Singh Ranike SAD 37004 28.88 19794
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
22 Khem Karan 71.08 Sarvan Singh Dhun AAP 64541 41.64 Virsa Singh Valtoha SAD 52659 33.98 11882
23 Patti 70.9 Laljit Singh Bhullar AAP 57323 39.55 Adesh Partap Singh Kairon SAD 46324 31.96 10999
24 Sri Khadoor Sahib 71.37 Manjinder Singh Lalpura AAP 55756 38.38 Ramanjit Singh Sikki INC 39265 27.03 16491
Amritsar District
25 Baba Bakala (SC) 65.02 Dalbir Singh Tong AAP 52468 39.98 Santokh Singh Bhalaipur INC 32916 25.08 19552
Kapurthala District
26 Bholath 66.14 Sukhpal Singh Khaira INC 37254 41.15 Jagir Kaur SAD 28029 30.96 9225
27 Kapurthala 68.41 Rana Gurjeet Singh INC 44096 42.94 Manju Rana AAP 36792 35.82 7304
28 Sultanpur Lodhi 72.8 Rana Inder Pratap Singh IND 41337 38.24 Sajjan Singh Cheema AAP 29903 27.66 11434
29 Phagwara (SC) 66.28 Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal INC 37217 29.08 Joginder Singh Mann AAP 34505 26.96 2712
Jalandhar District
30 Phillaur (SC) 67.5 Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary INC 48,288 34.52 Baldev Singh Khaira SAD 35,985 25.72 12,303
31 Nakodar 68.83 Inderjit Kaur Mann AAP 42,868 31.95 Gurpartap Singh Wadala SAD 39,999 29.81 2,869
32 Shahkot 72.77 Hardev Singh Laddi INC 51,661 38.99 Bachitar Singh Kohar SAD 39,582 29.87 12,079
33 Kartarpur (SC) 67.65 Balkar Singh AAP 41,830 33.47 Chaudhary Surinder Singh INC 37,256 29.81 4,574
34 Jalandhar West (SC) 67.71 Sheetal Angural AAP 39,213 33.73 Sushil Kumar Rinku INC 34,960 30.07 4,253
35 Jalandhar Central 61.14 Raman Arora AAP 33,011 30.98 Rajinder Beri INC 32,764 30.75 247
36 Jalandhar North 66.69 Avtar Singh Junior INC 47,338 36.94 K. D. Bhandari BJP 37,852 29.54 9,486
37 Jalandhar Cantonment 64.48 Pargat Singh INC 40,816 32.63 Surinder Singh Sodhi AAP 35,008 27.99 5,808
38 Adampur (SC) 67.74 Sukhwinder Singh Kotli INC 39,554 34.77 Pawan Kumar Tinu SAD 34,987 30.76 4,567
Hoshiarpur District
39 Mukerian 68.87 Jangi Lal Mahajan BJP 41044 28.64 Prof. Gurdhian Singh Multani AAP 38353 26.76 2691
40 Dasuya 66.27 Karambir Singh Ghuman AAP 43272 32.42 Arun Dogra INC 34685 25.99 8587
41 Urmar 68.39 Jasvir Singh Raja Gill AAP 42576 34.01 Sangat Singh Gilzian INC 38386 30.66 4190
42 Sham Chaurasi (SC) 69.32 Dr. Ravjot Singh AAP 60730 48.97 Pawan Kumar Adia INC 39374 31.75 21356
43 Hoshiarpur 66.19 Bram Shanker AAP 51112 39.96 Sunder Sham Arora INC 37253 29.13 13859
44 Chabbewal (SC) 71.22 Dr. Raj Kumar INC 47375 41.02 Harminder Singh Gill AAP 39729 34.40 7646
45 Garhshankar 69.47 Jai Krishan Singh AAP 32341 26.41 Amarpreet Singh Lally INC 28162 22.99 4179
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
47 Nawan Shahr 69.82 Dr. Nachhatar Pal BSP 37031 29.90 Lalit Mohan Ballu AAP 31655 25.56 5376
48 Balachaur 73.59 Santosh Kataria AAP 39633 34.47 Sunita Chaudhary SAD 35092 30.52 4541
Rupnagar District
49 Anandpur Sahib 73.19 Harjot Singh Bains AAP 82132 57.92 Rana K. P. Singh INC 36352 25.63 45780
50 Rupnagar 73.2 Dinesh Chadha AAP 59903 44.11 Barinder Singh Dhillon INC 36271 26.71 23632
51 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) 74.43 Dr Charanjit Singh AAP 70248 47.60 Charanjit Singh Channi INC 62306 42.22 7942
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
52 Kharar 66.12 Anmol Gagan Maan AAP 78273 44.30 Ranjit Singh Gill SAD 40388 22.86 37885
53 S.A.S. Nagar 64.84 Kulwant Singh AAP 77134 49.70 Balbir Singh Sidhu INC 43037 27.73 34097
Fatehgarh Sahib District
54 Bassi Pathana (SC) 74.84 Rupinder Singh AAP 54018 48.17 Gurpreet Singh INC 16177 14.43 37841
55 Fatehgarh Sahib 77.37 Lakhbir Singh Rai AAP 57706 45.98 Kuljit Singh Nagra INC 25507 20.32 32199
56 Amloh 78.74 Gurinder Singh Garry AAP 52912 46.43 Gurpreet Singh Khanna SAD 28249 24.49 24663
Ludhiana District
57 Khanna 74.74 Tarunpreet Singh Sond AAP 62425 48.55 Jasdeep Kaur SAD 26805 20.85 35620
58 Samrala 75.65 Jagtar Singh AAP 57557 43.11 Paramjit Singh Dhillon SAD 26667 19.97 30890
59 Sahnewal 67.52 Hardeep Singh Mundian AAP 61515 34.33 Vikram Bajwa INC 46322 25.85 15193
60 Ludhiana East 66.33 Daljit Singh Grewal AAP 68682 47.54 Sanjeev Talwar INC 32760 22.67 35922
61 Ludhiana South 59.13 Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina AAP 43811 41.56 Satinderpal Singh BJP 17673 16.76 26138
62 Atam Nagar 61.56 Kulwant Singh Sidhu AAP 44601 42.44 Kamaljit Singh Karwal INC 28247 26.88 16354
63 Ludhiana Central 61.91 Ashok Prashar Pappi AAP 32789 33.32 Gaurav Sharma BJP 27985 28.44 4804
64 Ludhiana West 64.29 Gurpreet Gogi AAP 40443 34.46 Bharat Bhushan INC 32931 28.06 7512
65 Ludhiana North 61.37 Madan Lal Bagga AAP 51104 40.59 Parveen Bansal BJP 35822 28.45 15282
66 Gill (SC) 67.32 Jiwan Singh Sangowal AAP 92696 50.33 Darshan Singh SAD 35052 19.03 57644
67 Payal (SC) 76.26 Manwinder Singh Gyaspura AAP 63633 50.18 Lakhvir Singh Lakha INC 30624 24.15 33009
68 Dakha 75.73 Manpreet Singh Ayali SAD 49909 34.97 Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu INC 44102 30.90 5807
69 Raikot (SC) 72.27 Hakam Singh Thekedar AAP 63659 56.04 Kamil Amar Singh INC 36015 31.70 27644
70 Jagraon (SC) 67.69 Saravjit Kaur Manuke AAP 65195 51.95 Shiv Ram Kaler SAD 25539 20.35 39656
Moga District
71 Nihal Singh Wala (SC) 71.07 Manjit Singh Bilaspur AAP 65156 46.11 Bhupendra Sahoke INC 27172 19.23 37984
72 Bhagha Purana 77.07 Amritpal Singh Sukhanand AAP 67143 50.40 Tirath Singh Mahla SAD 33384 25.06 33759
73 Moga 70.73 Dr. Amandeep Kaur Arora AAP 59149 41.01 Malika Sood INC 38234 26.51 20915
74 Dharamkot 78 Devinder Singh Laddi Dhos AAP 65378 45.97 Sukhjit Singh Lohgarh INC 35406 24.90 29972
Ferozpur District
75 Zira 80.3 Naresh Kataria AAP 64034 42.35 Janmeja Singh Sekhon SAD 41258 27.29 22776
76 Firozpur City 71.81 Ranveer Singh Bhullar AAP 48443 38.91 Parminder Singh Pinky INC 28874 23.19 19569
77 Firozpur Rural (SC) 77.19 Rajnish Dahiya AAP 75293 49.56 Joginder Singh SAD 47547 31.30 27746
78 Guru Har Sahai 80.46 Fauja Singh Srari AAP 68343 49.02 Vardev Singh Maan SAD 57769 41.44 10574
Fazilka District
79 Jalalabad 80.59 Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy AAP 91455 52.95 Sukhbir Singh Badal SAD 60525 35.04 30930
80 Fazilka 81.54 Narinderpal Singh Sawna AAP 63157 43.49 Surjit Kumar Jyani BJP 35437 24.40 27720
81 Abohar 74.47 Sandeep Jakhar INC 49124 37.51 Deep Kamboj AAP 44453 33.40 5471
82 Balluana (SC) 78.06 Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ Musafir AAP 58893 40.91 Vandana Sangwal BJP 39720 27.59 19173
Sri Muktsar Sahib District
83 Lambi 81.83 Gurmeet Singh Khudian AAP 66313 48.87 Parkash Singh Badal SAD 54917 40.47 11396
84 Gidderbaha 85.69 Amrinder Singh Raja Warring INC 50998 35.47 Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon SAD 49649 34.53 1349
85 Malout (SC) 78.66 Dr. Baljit Kaur AAP 77370 55.60 Harpreet Singh Kotbhai SAD 37109 25.67 40261
86 Muktsar 78.93 Jagdeep Singh Brar AAP 76321 51.09 Kanwarjit Singh SAD 42127 28.20 34194
Faridkot District
87 Faridkot 76.16 Gurdit Singh Sekhon AAP 53484 41.18 Parambans Singh Bunty Romana SAD 36687 26.25 16797
88 Kotkapura 76.93 Kultar Singh Sandhwan AAP 54009 43.81 Ajaipal Singh Sandhu INC 32879 26.67 21130
89 Jaitu (SC) 76.63 Amolak Singh AAP 60242 51.79 Suba Singh Badal SAD 27453 23.60 32789
Bathinda District
90 Rampura Phul 79.74 Balkar Singh Sidhu AAP 56155 41.26 Sikander Singh Maluka SAD 45745 33.61 10410
91 Bhucho Mandi (SC) 80.64 Master Jagsir Singh AAP 85778 57.29 Darshan Singh Kotfatta SAD 35566 23.75 50212
92 Bathinda Urban 70.78 Jagroop Singh Gill AAP 93057 57.20 Manpreet Singh Badal INC 29476 18.12 63581
93 Bathinda Rural (SC) 78.31 Amit Rattan Kotfatta AAP 66096 53.13 Parkash Singh Bhatti SAD 30617 24.61 35479
94 Talwandi Sabo 83.73 Baljinder Kaur AAP 48753 37.04 Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu SAD 33501 25.46 15252
95 Maur 80.56 Sukhvir Maiser Khana AAP 63099 46.37 Lakha Sidhana SSM 25091 20.64 35008
Mansa District
96 Mansa 79.25 Vijay Singla AAP 100023 57.57 Sidhu Moose Wala INC 36700 21.12 63323
97 Sardulgarh 83.6 Gurpreet Singh Banawali AAP 75817 49.61 Bikram Singh Mofar INC 34446 22.54 41731
98 Budhlada (SC) 81.64 Budhram Singh AAP 88282 55.04 Dr Nishan Singh SAD 36591 22.81 51691
Sangrur District
99 Lehra 79.63 Barinder Kumar Goyal AAP 60058 43.59 Parminder Singh Dhindsa SAD(S) 33540 24.34 26518
100 Dirba (SC) 79.03 Harpal Singh Cheema AAP 82360 56.89 Gulzar Singh Moonak SAD 31975 22.01 50655
101 Sunam 78.54 Aman Arora AAP 94794 61.28 Jaswinder Singh Dhiman INC 19517 12.62 75277
Barnala District
102 Bhadaur 78.98 Labh Singh Ugoke AAP 63967 51.07 Charanjit Singh Channi INC 26409 21.09 37558
103 Barnala 71.81 Meet Hayer AAP 64800 49.57 Kulwant Singh Keetu SAD 27178 20.66 37622
104 Mehal Kalan (SC) 71.54 Kulwant Singh Pandori AAP 53714 46.52 Gurjant Singh Kattu SAD(A) 23367 20.24 30347
Malerkotla District
105 Malerkotla 78.59 Mohammad Jamil Ur Rehman AAP 65948 52.32 Razia Sultana INC 44262 35.12 21686
106 Amargarh 77.95 Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra AAP 44523 34.28 Simranjit Singh Mann SAD(A) 38480 29.63 6043
Sangrur District
107 Dhuri 77.32 Bhagwant Mann AAP 82592 64.29 Dalvir Singh Khangura INC 24386 18.98 58,206
108 Sangrur 76.04 Narinder Kaur Bharaj AAP 74851 51.67 Vijay Inder Singla INC 38421 26.52 36430
Patiala District
109 Nabha (SC) 77.07 Gurdev Singh Dev Maan AAP 82053 57.45 Kabir Dass SAD 29453 20.62 52600
110 Patiala Rural 65.58 Balbir Singh AAP 77155 52.05 Mohit Mohindra INC 23681 15.97 53474
111 Rajpura 74.86 Neena Mittal AAP 54834 40.10 Jagdish Kumar Jagga BJP 32341 23.65 22493
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
112 Dera Bassi 69.18 Kuljit Singh Randhawa AAP 70032 35.10 Deepinder Singh Dhillon INC 48311 24.21 21721
Patiala District
113 Ghanaur 78.97 Gurlal Ghanaur AAP 62783 48.14 Madan Lal INC 31018 23.78 31765
114 Sanour 73.79 Harmit Singh Pathanmajra AAP 83893 50.84 Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra SAD 34771 21.07 49122
115 Patiala 64.02 Ajit Pal Singh Kohli AAP 48104 46.49 Amarinder Singh PLC 28231 27.28 19873
116 Samana 76.8 Chetan Singh Jaura Majra AAP 74375 50.14 Surjit Singh Rakhra SAD 34662 23.37 39713
117 Shutrana (SC) 75.54 Kulwant Singh Bazigar AAP 81751 59.35 Vaninder Kaur Loomba SAD 30197 21.92 51554

Government formation

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.[100]

On 11 March 2022, AAP Punjab convener and MP Bhagwant Mann was elected by the AAP legislative members as their leader in the assembly.[101] 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.[102] 10 cabinet ministers took oath on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[103][104] Eight ministers who took oath were greenhorn (first term) Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) while two were in their second term.[105]

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.[106]

Bypolls 2022–2026

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
34 Jalandhar West 10 July 2024 Mohinder Bhagat AAP 55,246 58.39 Sheetal Angural BJP 17,921 18.94 37,325
Sheetal Angural, the Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Jalandhar West, resigned on 28 March 2024 from the Punjab Assembly a day after joining the BJP which triggered by-election [107]
44 Chabbewal 20 November 2024 Ishank Kumar AAP 51,904 60.78 Ranjit Kumar INC 23,314 27.18 28,690
Punjab Congress MLA Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal resigned from the party and his legislative post and joined the Aam Aadmi Party and became MP from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat. (Resigned on 15 March 2024)[108]
10 Dera Baba Nanak 20 November 2024 Gurdeep Singh Randhawa AAP 59,104 47.68 Jatinder Kaur Randhawa INC 53,405 43.08 5,699
Elected to the Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024, the resignation from the Assembly seat subsequently triggered a by-election.
84 Gidderbaha 20 November 2024 Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon AAP 71,644 52.16 Amrita Warring INC 49,675 36.17 21,969
Elected to the Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024, the resignation from the Assembly seat subsequently triggered a by-election.
103 Barnala 20 November 2024 Kuldeep Singh Dhillon INC 28,254 28.24 Harinder Singh Dhaliwal AAP 26,097 26.09 2,157
Elected to the Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024, the resignation from the Assembly seat subsequently triggered a by-election.
64 Ludhiana West 19 June 2025 Sanjeev Arora AAP 35,179 39.01 Bharat Bhushan Ashu INC 24,542 27.22 10,637
AAP MLA from Ludhiana West, Gurpreet Gogi Bassi, 58, was declared dead from a gunshot wound after being rushed to hospital triggering by-poll [109]
21 Tarn Taran 11 November 2025 Harmeet Singh Sandhu AAP 42,649 36.23 Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa SAD 30,558 25.96 12,091
AAP MLA from Tarn Taran, Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal, died at 62 after battling esophageal cancer, triggering a forthcoming bypoll.[110]

See also

References

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