2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
4 February 2017 (2017-02-04)
All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered20,029,646
Turnout77.20% ( 1.10%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Amarinder Singh Gurpreet Ghuggi Parkash Singh Badal
Party INC AAP SAD
Alliance UPA AAP Alliance NDA
Leader since 2015[1] 2016[2] 2007
Leader's seat Patiala (won)
Lambi (lost) 		Batala (lost) Lambi
Last election 40.09%, 46 seats New 34.73, 56 seats
Seats won 77 20 15
Seat change 31 New 41
Popular vote 5,945,899 3,662,665 3,898,161
Percentage 38.64% 23.70% 25.24%
Swing 1.47% New 9.49 pp
Structure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election

Prakash Singh Badal
SAD

Elected Chief Minister

Charanjit Singh Channi
INC

A Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Punjab[3] on 4 February 2017 to elect the 117 members of the Fifteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 11 March 2017.[4] The ruling pre-election coalition was the alliance[5][6] comprising the political parties Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party and led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The voter turnout for the Punjab Assembly election was 77.2% The Indian National Congress led by former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh defeated the ruling alliance and the newcomer Aam Aadmi Party.[7]

Background

Electoral process changes

In April 2016, the Election Commission of India revealed about 8 lakh bogus votes of state being cancelled in the past one year and over 7 lakh youngsters who have attained the age of 18 this year were yet to get registered. One constituency in every district will be chosen for trial run of Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines used along with EVMs.[8] Election Commission also decided to set up new polling stations if the number of voters was more than 1200 in rural areas and 1400 in urban areas.[9]

33 constituencies of all district headquarters in Punjab had VVPAT machines installed with EVMs,[10][11][12][13] [14][15] including 22 district headquarters besides 11 high-profile constituencies.[16]

Assembly constituencies of Punjab having VVPAT facility with EVMs[17]
Lambi Jalalabad Majitha Patiala
Atam Nagar Chabbewal Guruharsahai Ferozpur
Barnala Sanour Lehragaga Jalandhar (central)
Bathinda (urban) Raikot Moga Anandpur Sahib
Bholath Qadian Chabbewal Rampura Phul

As per the special summary revision of electoral rolls, there are a total of 1.9 crore voters in Punjab as of August 2016.[18]

Final voters list for Punjab Legislative Assembly election 2017
S.No Group of voters Voters population
1 Male 1.05 crore
2 Female 94 lakhs
Total Voters 1.9 crore

Political developments

The 2014 general election was held in Punjab for 13 parliamentary constituencies. Shiromani Akali Dal and Aam Aadmi Party won 4 seats each, Congress won 3 while 2 constituencies elected Bharatiya Janata Party candidates. The first-time contesting Aam Aadmi Party won from 34 of the total 117 assembly segments, coming second in 7, third in 73 and fourth in the rest 3 segments.[19] Wherever it trailed the major parties, its vote share was mostly bigger than the margin of victory of the winning candidate, turning forthcoming elections into three-cornered contests.[20]

Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party

The previous election, held in 2012, resulted in a majority of seats being won by ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party and Parkash Singh Badal became Chief Minister of Punjab.

Aam Aadmi Party

In December 2015, Aam Aadmi Party declared that it would contest the Legislative Assembly elections in 2017.[21] AAP which did not participate in the previous assembly election, had fought 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Their 2014 performance translates to 33 assembly seats out of 117.[22] In the election, the party formed a coalition with the Lok Insaaf Party and gave it five seats.[23] No CM candidate was declared before the elections.[24] According to AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, the CM candidate would be selected from Punjab.[25] AAP won 20 seats in the Punjab Assembly in its debut in the 2017 Punjab elections. The performance of AAP was below expectations and 25 candidates of the party lost their deposit amounts.

Indian National Congress

The Congress took part in the elections under the leadership of Amarinder Singh, and the party hired poll strategist Prashant Kishor for campaigning.[26][27]

Bahujan Samaj Party

BSP is the fourth largest party in Punjab after improving its vote share in 2012 elections[28] started preparations for 2017 early by launching Punjab Bachao Abhiyaan from 1 November 2014.[29] In 2012, the BSP came second from Balachaur Vidhan Sabha seat with 21,943 votes.[30] On 15 March 2016, Mayawati during a mega-rally in Nawanshahr on the birth anniversary of BSP founder Kanshi Ram in Punjab attacked SAD-BJP government as "anti-Dalit" and Arvind Kejriwal as a "baniya" who had "always worked against Dalit and Scheduled Caste people" before he became Delhi CM.[31] Mayawati also declared that the BSP will contest Punjab 2017 elections on its own in all 117 seats.[32][33] The BSP declared that it will root out the drug menace from the state within a month of coming to power in Punjab.[34] On 9 June 2016, BSP national president Mayawati supported the film on Punjab drug abuse Udta Punjab, saying there is 'nothing wrong' in it.[35] In May 2016, the BSP launched the Pind Pind Chalo, Ghar Ghar Chalo campaign, a door-to-door drive to cover 29 million people across 550,000 households with Punjab Bachao, BSP laao (Save Punjab, elect BSP) as its main slogan as well as the overall theme of the campaign.[36] The BSP formed 65 teams for around 15,000 big and small rallies as well as seminars to be conducted in the state. The party also announced a 10% reservation for the poor upper castes if the BSP government comes to power in Punjab.[37] BSP Punjab unit started social media campaigning[38] and also visited NRIs for support in Vienna,[39] Europe and North America.[40] On 16 May 2016, the Ambedkar Sena Punjab merged with BSP.[41] Gurmel Chander, former president of the SC & BC teachers employees union, joined the BSP on 25 August.[42] On 25 September 2016, the BSP announced a list of nine candidates for 2017 Punjab assembly elections.[43] On 25 September 2016, Avtar Singh Karimpuri was replaced with Rashpal Singh Raju as BSP Punjab state president as the former was declared a Vidhan Sabha candidate from Phillaur.[44][45] Karimpuri's entry in Phillaur constituency spiced up the political battle in the seat.[46] Karimpuri said that the Punjab Congress does not want an alliance with the BSP, rather its agenda was to wipe out BSP from Punjab in the 2017 assembly elections.[47] New BSP president Rashpal Raju announced a mega rally in Phagwara on 9 October Parinirvana divas of BSP founder Kanshi Ram.[48] At this rally, Avtar Singh Karimpuri and Dr. Megh Raj attacked Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress as anti-Sikh parties.[49]

Election issues

First and foremost issue was drug peddling. There were several election issues like unemployment & lack of skills, farmers' crises, continually failing economy, sifarish (patronage & influence peddling & nepotism), unbridled crime and the role of goons in day-to-day matters of the citizen,[50] road rage & accidents.[51] Atrocities against Dalits[52][53][54] and Dalit land issues in Sangrur area,[55] the 1984 anti-Sikh riots[56] and the supply of drugs & addiction to them.[57][58][59] Punjabi Non-resident Indians (NRIs) play a major role in elections.[60]

Caste and religion data

As per the 2011 census, 57.69% of the state's population follows Sikhism, making Punjab the only Sikh majority state in India.[61] Hindus form 38.5% of the population, while Muslims, 1.93%; Christians, 1.3%; Buddhists, 0.12%; and Jains, 0.16%.[62] Dalits (Scheduled Castes) constitute 31.94% of the population, the highest percentage amongst all the states.[63] Other Backward Classes (OBCs) like Sainis, Sunar,[64] Kambojs, Tarkhans/Ramgarhias, Gurjars, Kumhars/Prajapatis, Telis, Banjaras, Lohars[65][66] constitute 31.3% of the population.[67] Jat-Sikhs comprise 21% of the population[68] while other forward castes (general category) - Brahmins, Khatris/Bhapas, Bania, Thakurs/Rajputs constitute around rest. As of 2016, Government of India did not publicly release Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 caste population data for every single non-SC/ST castes (General castes, OBC/EBCs) in India.[69][70][71][72]

Population by faith in Punjab, India (2011)
  1. Sikh (58.0%)
  2. Hindu (38.5%)
  3. Muslim (1.90%)
  4. Christian (1.30%)
  5. Others and non-religious (0.60%)
Caste Population data of Punjab
Constitutional categories Population (%) Castes
Other Backward Classes (OBC) 31.3%[67] includes Sikh Rajputs,[73] Saini (Sainis added to OBC list in 2016[74]), Sunar, Kamboj, Labana, Tarkhan/Ramgarhia, Kumhar/Prajapati, Arain, Gurjar, Teli, Banjara, Lohar, Bhat,[66] Others
Scheduled Castes (Dalits) 31.9%[75] includes Mazhabi Sikh - 10%, Ramdasia Sikh/Ravidassia (Chamar)/Ad-Dharmi - 13.1%, Balmiki/Bhanghi - 3.5%, Bazigar - 1.05%, Others - 4%[76]
Unreserved (mostly Upper castes) 33% includes Jat Sikh - 21%,[77] (Brahmin, Rajput, Bania, Khatri-Arora-Sood[78]) - 12%
Others (religious minorities) 3.8%[79] includes Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jains

Schedule

Election Commission of India Announced poll dates on Jan 4, 2017 [1]

Event Date Day
Date of Notification 11 Jan 2017 Wednesday
Last date for nominations 18 Jan 2017 Wednesday
Scrutiny of nominations 19 Jan 2017 Thursday
Withdrawal of candidature 21 Jan 2017 Saturday
Date of poll 4 Feb 2017 Saturday
Date of counting 11 Mar 2017 Saturday
Date before which the election shall be completed 15 Mar 2017 Wednesday

Counting of vote in assembly elections in Punjab took place on 11 March. The Punjab state witnessed a tough fight between the major four political parties in the assembly election held on 4 February 2017.[80] The term of the current assembly will end on 18 March 2017.[81]

Districts and constituencies

Parties and Alliances

  United Progressive Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Indian National Congress Captain Amarinder Singh 117 77

   Aam Aadmi Party +

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Aam Aadmi Party Gurpreet Singh Waraich[2] 112 20
2. Lok Insaaf Party Simarjit Singh Bains 5 2

  National Democratic Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Sukhbir Singh Badal 94 15
2. Bharatiya Janata Party 23 3

Others

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Bahujan Samaj Party Jasvir Singh Garhi 111 0
2. Aapna Punjab Party Sucha Singh Chhotepur 77 0
3. Shiromani Akali Dal (A) Simranjit Singh Mann 54 0
4. Communist Party of India Bant Singh Brar 23 0
5. All India Trinamool Congress 20 0
6. Revolutionary Marxist Party of India Mangat Ram Pasla 13 0

Opinion polls

Polling firm/Link Date SAD-BJP INC AAP
HuffPost-CVoter[82] Feb 2017 11 43 63
AajTak Axis My India[83] Jan 2017 11-15 (13) 60-65 (63) 41-44 (43)
ABP News-CSDS[84] Jan 2017 28-36 (32) 47-55 (51) 26-34 (30)
TV24 News[85] Jan 2017 20-25(22) 27-35(31) 70-80(75)
VDP Associates[86] Jan 2017 7 44 62
The Week-Hansa Research[87] Jan 2017 28-30 (29) 49-51 (50) 33-35 (34)
India Today Axis My India[88] Jan 2017 18-22 (20) 56-62 (59) 36-41 (39)
Lokniti-ABP-CSDS[89] Jan 2017 50-58 (54) 41-49 (45) 12-18 (15)
VDP Associates[90][91] Oct 2016 6 15 93
India Today Axis My India[92] Oct 2016 17-21 (19) 49-55 (52) 42-46 (44)
TV24 India[93][94] Aug 2016 20-25 (23) 27-35 (31) 70-80 (75)
HuffPost-C Voter[95] Mar 2016 06-12(9) 08-14(11) 94-100(97)
Election results Mar 2017 18 77 20

Exit polls

All the exit polls other than India Today Axis My India, wrongly predicted the winner of the election.[96] The exit polls were published on the day of the election in March 2017.

Polling firm/Link SAD-BJP INC AAP
News24 Today's Chanakya[97] 9 ± 5 54 ± 9 54 ± 9
India Today Axis My India[98] 4-7 62-71 42-51
India TV CVoter[99] 5-13 41-49 59-67
Election results 18 77 20

Incidents

Voting Machine malfunction

Several reports of the Electronic Voting Machine malfunctioning was reported from multiple locations in the state. AAP said that it had received more than 406 complaints of EVM malfunction.[100]

Results

Seat Share
  1. INC - 77 (65.8%)
  2. AAP - 20 (17.1%)
  3. SAD - 15 (12.8%)
  4. BJP - 3 (2.60%)
  5. LIP - 2 (1.70%)
Vote Share
  1. INC (38.5%)
  2. SAD (25.2%)
  3. BSP (1.50%)
  4. AAP (23.7%)
  5. BJP (5.40%)
  6. LIP (1.20%)
  7. Others (4.70%)
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 59,45,899 38.5 1.4 117 77 31
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 36,62,665 23.7 23.7 112 20 20
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 38,98,161 25.2 9.4 94 15 41
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 8,33,092 5.4 1.8 23 3 9
Independents (IND) 3,23,243 2.1 5.0 303 0 3
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 2,34,400 1.5 2.8 117 0
Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) 1,89,228 1.2 1.2 5 2 2
Shiromani Akali Dal (A) SAD(A) 49,260 0.3 54 0
Aapna Punjab Party (APPA) 37,476 0.2 78 0
Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPOI) 37,243 0.2 13 0
Communist Party of India (CPI) 34,074 0.2 0.6 23 0
None of the above (NOTA) 108,471 0.7 0.7 N/a
Total 1,54,43,466 100.00 117 ±0
Valid votes 1,54,43,466 99.87
Invalid votes 19,337 0.13
Votes cast / turnout 1,54,62,803 77.20
Abstentions 45,66,843 22.80
Registered voters 2,00,29,646
Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 2017 (pdf)

Results By region

Region Seats INC AAP SAD BJP LIP
Malwa 69 40 18 8 1 2
Majha 25 22 0 2 1 0
Doaba 23 15 2 5 1 0
Sum 117 77 20 15 3 2

Results By district

S. No. District Seats INC AAP SAD BJP LIP
1 Ludhiana 14 8 3 1 0 2
2 Amritsar 11 10 0 1 0 0
3 Jalandhar 9 5 0 4 0 0
4 Patiala 8 7 0 1 0 0
5 Gurdaspur 7 6 0 1 0 0
6 Hoshiarpur 7 6 1 0 0 0
7 Sangrur 7 4 2 1 0 0
8 Bathinda 6 3 3 0 0 0
9 Fazilka 4 2 0 1 1 0
10 Firozpur 4 4 0 0 0 0
11 Kapurthala 4 2 1 0 1 0
12 Moga 4 3 1 0 0 0
13 Sri Muktsar Sahib 4 2 0 2 0 0
14 Tarn Taran 4 4 0 0 0 0
15 Barnala 3 0 3 0 0 0
16 Faridkot 3 1 2 0 0 0
17 Fatehgarh Sahib 3 3 0 0 0 0
18 Mansa 3 0 2 1 0 0
19 Nawanshahr 3 2 0 1 0 0
20 Pathankot 3 2 0 0 1 0
21 Rup Nagar 3 2 1 0 0 0
22 S.A.S. Nagar 3 1 1 1 0 0
Sum 117 77 20 15 3 2

Results by constituency

Constituency Turnout
(%) 		Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Sujanpur 78.85 Dinesh Singh BJP 48,910 39.33 Amit Singh INC 30,209 24.29 18,701 15.04
2 Bhoa (SC) 75.20 Joginder Pal INC 67,865 51.95 Seema Kumari BJP 40,369 30.90 27,496 21.05
3 Pathankot 76.13 Amit Vij INC 56,383 51.28 Ashwani Kumar Sharma BJP 45,213 41.12 11,170 10.16
4 Gurdaspur 75.60 Barindermeet Singh Pahra INC 67,709 57.97 Gurbachan Singh Babehali SAD 38,753 33.18 28,956 24.79
5 Dina Nagar (SC) 71.80 Aruna Chaudhary INC 72,176 55.82 Bishan Dass BJP 40,259 31.14 31,917 24.68
6 Qadian 74.77 Fatehjang Singh Bajwa INC 62,596 47.83 Sewa Singh SAD 50,859 38.86 11,737 8.97
7 Batala 69.83 Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal SAD 42,517 34.65 Ashwani Sekhri INC 42,032 34.26 485 0.39
8 Sri Hargobindpur (SC) 73.05 Balwinder Singh INC 57,489 46.48 Manjit Singh SAD 39,424 31.87 18,065 14.61
9 Fatehgarh Churian 75.04 Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa INC 54,348 43.99 Nirmal Singh Kahlon SAD 52,349 42.37 1,999 1.62
10 Dera Baba Nanak 77.01 Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa INC 60,385 43.12 Sucha Singh Langah SAD 59,191 42.27 1,194 0.85
11 Ajnala 82.38 Harpartap Singh INC 61,378 50.79 Amarpal Singh Bony Ajnala SAD 42,665 35.31 18,713 15.48
12 Raja Sansi 78.95 Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria INC 59,628 45.49 Vir Singh Lopoke SAD 53,901 41.12 5,727 4.37
13 Majitha 77.14 Bikram Singh Majithia SAD 65,803 54.08 Sukhjinder Raj Singh (Lalli) INC 42,919 35.27 22,884 18.81
14 Jandiala (SC) 74.08 Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala INC 53,042 42.50 Dalbir Singh SAD 34,620 27.74 18,422 14.76
15 Amritsar North 67.13 Sunil Dutti INC 59,212 50.56 Anil Joshi BJP 44,976 38.40 14,236 12.16
16 Amritsar West (SC) 59.83 Raj Kumar Verka INC 52,271 48.97 Rakesh Gill BJP 25,424 23.82 26,847 25.15
17 Amritsar Central 66.72 Om Parkash Soni INC 51,242 57.07 Tarun Chugh BJP 30,126 33.55 21,116 23.52
18 Amritsar East 64.87 Navjot Singh Sidhu INC 60,477 61.01 Rajesh Kumar Honey BJP 17,668 17.82 42,809 43.19
19 Amritsar South 62.74 Inderbir Singh Bolaria INC 47,581 51.36 Inderbir Singh Nijjar AAP 24,923 26.90 22,658 24.46
20 Attari (SC) 74.98 D.C. Tarsem Singh INC 55,335 42.82 Gulzar Singh Ranike SAD 45,133 34.93 10,202 7.89
21 Tarn Taran 72.22 Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri INC 59,794 45.39 Harmeet Singh Sandhu SAD 45,165 34.28 14,629 11.11
22 Khem Karan 77.56 Sukhpal Singh Bhullar INC 81,897 53.52 Virsa Singh SAD 62,295 40.71 19,602 12.81
23 Patti 75.54 Harminder Singh Gill INC 64,617 45.30 Adesh Partap Singh Kairon SAD 56,254 39.43 8,363 5.87
24 Khadoor Sahib 75.30 Ramanjeet Singh Sahota Sikki INC 64,666 44.43 Ravinder Singh Brahampura SAD 47,611 32.71 17,055 11.72
25 Baba Bakala (SC) 69.41 Santokh Singh INC 45,965 35.43 Dalbir Singh Tong AAP 39,378 30.35 6,587 5.08
26 Bholath 74.87 Sukhpal Singh Khaira AAP 48,873 50.09 Yuvraj Bhupinder Singh SAD 40,671 41.69 8,202 8.40
27 Kapurthala 74.69 Rana Gurjit Singh INC 56,378 53.75 Advocate Paramjit Singh SAD 27,561 26.28 28,817 27.47
28 Sultanpur Lodhi 76.93 Navtej Singh Cheema INC 41,843 38.79 Upinderjit Kaur SAD 33,681 31.22 8,162 7.57
29 Phagwara (SC) 72.80 Som Parkash BJP 45,479 35.32 Joginder Singh Mann INC 43,470 33.76 2,009 1.56
30 Phillaur (SC) 75.78 Baldev Singh Khaira SAD 41,336 28.31 Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary INC 37,859 25.93 3,477 2.38
31 Nakodar 77.44 Gurpratap Singh Wadala SAD 56,241 39.53 Sarwan Singh Hayer AAP 37,834 26.59 18,407 12.94
32 Shahkot 78.58 Ajit Singh Kohar SAD 46,913 34.88 Hardev Singh Ladi INC 42,008 31.23 4,905 3.65
33 Kartarpur (SC) 73.95 Chaudhary Surinder Singh INC 46,729 37.30 Seth Sat Paul SAD 40,709 32.50 6,020 4.80
34 Jalandhar West (SC) 72.81 Sushil Kumar Rinku INC 53,983 49.33 Mahinder Pal Bhagat BJP 36,649 33.49 17,334 15.84
35 Jalandhar Central 68.21 Rajinder Beri INC 55,518 52.72 Manoranjan Kalia BJP 31,440 29.86 24,078 22.86
36 Jalandhar North 72.20 Avtar Singh Junior INC 69,715 56.54 K D Bhandari BJP 37,424 30.35 32,291 26.19
37 Jalandhar Cantt. 68.74 Pargat Singh Powar INC 59,349 47.34 Sarabjit Singh Makkar SAD 30,225 24.11 29,124 23.23
38 Adampur (SC) 73.38 Pawan Kumar Tinu SAD 45,229 39.12 Mohinder Singh Kaypee INC 37,530 32.46 7,699 6.66
39 Mukerian 70.70 Rajnish Kumar Babbi INC 56,787 42.10 Arunesh Kumar BJP 33,661 24.96 23,126 17.14
40 Dasuya 69.04 Arun Dogra INC 56,527 43.61 Sukhjit Kaur BJP 38,889 30.00 17,638 13.61
41 Urmar 71.53 Sangat Singh Gilzian INC 51,477 41.10 Arbinder Singh Rasulpur SAD 36,523 29.16 14,954 11.94
42 Sham Chaurasi (SC) 74.30 Pawan Kumar Adia INC 46,612 37.90 Dr. Ravjot Singh AAP 42,797 34.80 3,815 3.10
43 Hoshiarpur 69.92 Sunder Sham Arora INC 49,951 40.88 Tikshan Sud BJP 38,718 31.69 11,233 9.19
44 Chabbewal (SC) 74.18 Dr. Raj Kumar INC 57,857 50.32 Sohan Singh Thandal SAD 28,596 24.87 29,261 25.45
45 Garhshankar 74.09 Jai Krishan AAP 41,720 33.50 Surinder Singh Heer SAD 40,070 32.18 1,650 1.32
46 Banga (SC) 77.06 Sukhwinder Kumar SAD 45,256 37.16 Harjot AAP 43,363 35.61 1,893 1.55
47 Nawanshahr 76.49 Angad Singh INC 38,197 29.89 Jarnail Singh Wahid SAD 34,874 27.29 3,323 2.60
48 Balachaur 79.18 Darshan Lal INC 49,558 42.52 Nand Lal SAD 29,918 25.67 19,640 16.85
49 Anandpur Sahib 74.95 Kanwar Pal Singh INC 60,800 45.30 Dr. Parminder Sharma BJP 36,919 27.51 23,881 17.79
50 Rupnagar 76.70 Amarjit Singh Sandoa AAP 58,994 45.67 Brinder Singh Dhillon INC 35,287 27.32 23,707 18.35
51 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) 77.78 Charanjit Singh Channi INC 61,060 42.26 Charanjit Singh AAP 48,752 33.74 12,308 8.52
52 Kharar 71.81 Kanwar Sandhu AAP 54,171 34.19 Jagmohan Singh Kang INC 52,159 32.92 2,012 1.27
53 S.A.S. Nagar 67.22 Balbir Singh Sidhu INC 66,844 47.86 Narinder Singh AAP 38,971 27.90 27,873 19.96
54 Bassi Pathana (SC) 79.68 Gurpreet Singh INC 47,319 41.82 Santokh Singh AAP 37,273 32.94 10,046 8.88
55 Fatehgarh Sahib 83.34 Kuljit Singh Nagra INC 58,205 46.95 Didar Singh Bhatti SAD 34,338 27.70 23,867 19.25
56 Amloh 83.71 Randeep Singh INC 39,669 35.23 Gurpreet Singh Raju Khanna SAD 35,723 31.72 3,946 3.51
57 Khanna 78.95 Gurkirat Singh Kotli INC 55,690 44.29 Anil Dutt Phally AAP 35,099 27.92 20,591 16.37
58 Samrala 80.63 Amrik Singh Dhillon INC 51,930 38.77 Sarbans Singh Manki AAP 40,925 30.55 11,005 8.22
59 Sahnewal 76.18 Sharanjit Singh Dhillon SAD 63,184 38.07 Satwinder Kaur Bitti INC 58,633 35.33 4,551 2.74
60 Ludhiana East 71.46 Sanjeev Talwar INC 43,010 33.30 Daljit Singh Grewal (Bhola) AAP 41,429 32.08 1,581 1.22
61 Ludhiana South 68.00 Balvinder Singh Bains LIP 53,955 53.54 Bhupinder Singh Sidhu INC 23,038 22.86 30,917 30.68
62 Atam Nagar 67.98 Simarjeet Singh Bains LIP 53,421 50.32 Kamal Jit Singh Karwal INC 36,508 34.39 16,913 15.93
63 Ludhiana Central 69.77 Surinder Kumar Dawar INC 47,871 46.96 Gurdev Sharma Debi BJP 27,391 26.87 20,480 20.09
64 Ludhiana West 69.25 Bharat Bhushan (Ashu) INC 66,627 54.86 Ahbaab Singh Grewal AAP 30,106 24.79 36,521 30.07
65 Ludhiana North 68.46 Rakesh Pandey INC 44,864 36.40 Parveen Bansal BJP 39,732 32.24 5,132 4.16
66 Gill (SC) 75.78 Kuldeep Singh Vaid (Bulara) INC 67,927 37.83 Jiwan Singh Sangowal AAP 59,286 33.01 8,641 4.82
67 Payal (SC) 82.33 Lakhvir Singh Lakha INC 57,776 44.19 Gurpreet Singh Lapran AAP 36,280 27.75 21,496 16.44
68 Dakha 81.47 Harvinder Singh Phoolka AAP 58,923 40.55 Manpreet Singh Ayali SAD 54,754 37.68 4,169 2.87
69 Raikot (SC) 78.36 Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal AAP 48,245 41.22 Amar Singh INC 37,631 32.15 10,614 9.07
70 Jagraon (SC) 77.19 Saravjit Kaur Manuke AAP 61,521 45.69 Malkit Singh Dakha INC 35,945 26.69 25,576 19.00
71 Nihal Singhwala (SC) 78.69 Manjit Singh AAP 67,313 44.77 Rajwinder Kaur INC 39,739 26.43 27,574 18.34
72 Bhagha Purana 81.98 Darshan Singh Brar INC 48,668 35.48 Gurbinder Singh Kang AAP 41,418 30.20 7,250 5.28
73 Moga 75.17 Harjot Kamal Singh INC 52,357 36.19 Ramesh Grover AAP 50,593 34.97 1,764 1.22
74 Dharamkot 82.69 Sukhjit Singh INC 63,238 44.23 Tota Singh SAD 41,020 28.69 22,218 15.54
75 Zira 85.04 Kulbir Singh INC 69,899 46.37 Hari Singh Zira SAD 46,828 31.06 23,071 15.31
76 Firozpur City 70.46 Parminder Singh Pinki INC 67,559 54.26 Sukhpal Singh BJP 37,972 30.50 29,587 23.76
77 Firozpur Rural (SC) 84.37 Satkar Kaur INC 71,037 45.60 Joginder Singh Jindu SAD 49,657 31.87 21,380 13.73
78 Guru Har Sahai 87.07 Gurmeet Singh Sodhi INC 62,787 45.97 Vardev Singh SAD 56,991 41.73 5,796 4.24
79 Jalalabad 86.91 Sukhbir Singh Badal SAD 75,271 44.82 Bhagwant Mann AAP 56,771 33.80 18,500 11.02
80 Fazilka 87.07 Davinder Singh Ghubaya INC 39,276 27.58 Surjit Kumar Jyani BJP 39,011 27.39 265 0.19
81 Abohar 78.37 Arun Narang BJP 55,091 44.46 Sunil Jakhar INC 51,812 41.81 3,279 2.65
82 Balluana (SC) 83.43 Nathu Ram INC 65,607 46.35 Parkash Singh Bhatti SAD 50,158 35.43 15,449 10.92
83 Lambi 85.71 Parkash Singh SAD 66,375 49.95 Amarinder Singh INC 43,605 32.81 22,770 17.14
84 Gidderbaha 88.99 Amrinder Singh @ Raja Warring INC 63,500 45.90 Hardeep Singh @ Dimpy Dhillon SAD 47,288 34.18 16,212 11.72
85 Malout (SC) 82.62 Ajaib Singh Bhatti INC 49,098 36.29 Darshan Singh SAD 44,109 32.60 4,989 3.69
86 Muktsar 83.52 Kanwarjit Singh SAD 44,894 30.70 Karan Kaur INC 36,914 25.24 7,980 5.46
87 Faridkot 82.01 Kusaldeep Singh Kiki Dhillon INC 51,026 40.61 Gurdit Singh Sekhon AAP 39,367 31.33 11,659 9.28
88 Kotkapura 80.49 Kultar Singh Sandhwan AAP 47,401 38.97 Bhai Harnirpal Singh Kukku INC 37,326 30.69 10,075 8.28
89 Jaitu (SC) 83.63 Baldev Singh AAP 45,344 38.05 Mohammad Sadique INC 35,351 29.67 9,993 8.38
90 Rampura Phul 86.19 Gurpreet Singh Kangar INC 55,269 40.59 Sikander Singh Maluka SAD 44,884 32.96 10,385 7.63
91 Bhucho Mandi (SC) 84.33 Pritam Singh Kotbhai INC 51,605 34.20 Jagsir Singh AAP 50,960 33.77 645 0.43
92 Bathinda Urban 73.64 Manpreet Singh Badal INC 63,942 42.58 Deepak Bansal AAP 45,462 30.27 18,480 12.31
93 Bathinda Rural (SC) 81.93 Rupinder Kaur Ruby AAP 51,572 40.98 Er. Amit Rattan Kotfatta SAD 40,794 32.41 10,778 8.57
94 Talwandi Sabo 85.99 Prof. Baljinder Kaur AAP 54,553 42.67 Khushbaz Singh Jatana INC 35,260 27.58 19,293 15.09
95 Maur 84.50 Jagdev Singh AAP 62,282 45.55 Janmeja Singh Sekhon SAD 47,605 34.81 14,677 10.74
96 Mansa 84.30 Nazar Singh Manshahia AAP 70,586 40.78 Manoj Bala INC 50,117 28.96 20,469 11.82
97 Sardulgarh 88.79 Dilraj Singh SAD 59,420 38.94 Ajit Inder Singh INC 50,563 33.13 8,857 5.81
98 Budhlada (SC) 87.59 Budh Ram AAP 52,265 32.37 Ranjit Kaur Bhatti INC 50,989 31.58 1,276 0.79
99 Lehra 85.25 Parminder Singh Dhindsa SAD 65,550 47.76 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal INC 38,735 28.22 26,815 19.54
100 Dirba (SC) 83.62 Harpal Singh Cheema AAP 46,434 32.13 Ajaib Singh Ratolan INC 44,789 30.99 1,645 1.14
101 Sunam 83.87 Aman Arora AAP 72,815 47.38 Gobind Singh Longowal SAD 42,508 27.66 30,307 19.72
102 Bhadaur (SC) 83.10 Pirmal Singh Dhaula AAP 57,095 45.15 Sant Balvir Singh Ghunas SAD 36,311 28.71 20,784 16.44
103 Barnala 78.01 Gurmeet Singh Meet Haher AAP 47,606 35.72 Kewal Singh Dhillon INC 45,174 33.90 2,432 1.82
104 Mehal Kalan (SC) 80.84 Kulwant Singh Pandori AAP 57,551 46.12 Ajit Singh Shant SAD 30,487 24.43 27,064 21.69
105 Malerkotla 84.56 Razia Sultana INC 58,982 46.94 Mohammad Owais SAD 46,280 36.83 12,702 10.11
106 Amargarh 84.19 Surjit Singh Dhiman INC 50,994 39.02 Iqbal Singh Jhundan SAD 39,115 29.93 11,879 9.09
107 Dhuri 81.04 Dalvir Singh Goldy INC 49,347 38.62 Jasvir Singh Jassi Sekhon AAP 46,536 36.42 2,811 2.20
108 Sangrur 80.61 Vijay Inder Singla INC 67,310 47.40 Dinesh Bansal AAP 36,498 25.70 30,812 21.70
109 Nabha (SC) 81.08 Sadhu Singh INC 60,861 43.12 Gurdev Singh Dev Mann AAP 41,866 29.66 18,995 13.46
110 Patiala Rural 71.34 Brahm Mohindra INC 68,891 47.30 Karanvir Singh Tiwana AAP 41,662 28.60 27,229 18.70
111 Rajpura 76.86 Hardial Singh Kamboj INC 59,107 46.52 Ashutosh Joshi AAP 26,542 20.89 32,565 25.63
112 Dera Bassi 74.26 Narinder Kumar Sharma SAD 70,792 40.04 Deepinder Singh INC 68,871 38.96 1,921 1.08
113 Ghanaur 80.47 Thekedar Madan Lal Jalalpur INC 65,965 52.92 Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpur SAD 29,408 23.59 36,557 29.33
114 Sanour 80.41 Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra SAD 58,867 35.89 Harinder Pal Singh Mann INC 53,997 32.92 4,870 2.97
115 Patiala 66.92 Amarinder Singh INC 72,586 68.99 Dr. Balbir Singh AAP 20,179 19.18 52,407 49.81
116 Samana 83.57 Rajinder Singh INC 62,551 42.21 Surjit Singh Rakhra SAD 52,702 35.57 9,849 6.64
117 Shutrana (SC) 83.53 Nirmal Singh INC 58,008 42.11 Vaninder Kaur Loomba SAD 39,488 28.66 18,520 13.45

Government Formation

On March 11, 2017, the results of the Punjab Assembly elections were declared and the Akali-BJP coalition was defeated. Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal resigned in next 12 days.[101]

On March 16, 2017, Capt. Amarinder Singh was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab, along with nine of his cabinet ministers.[102]

Bypolls 2017-2021

No. Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Reason
1.
28 May 2018[103] Shahkot Ajit Singh Kohar Shiromani Akali Dal Hardev Singh Ladi Indian National Congress Death
2. 21 October 2019[104] Phagwara (SC) Som Parkash Bharatiya Janata Party Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal Elected to Lok Sabha
3. Mukerian Rajnish Kumar Indian National Congress Indu Bala Death
4. Jalalabad Sukhbir Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal Raminder Singh Awla Elected to Lok Sabha
5. Dakha H. S. Phoolka Aam Aadmi Party Manpreet Singh Ayali Shiromani Akali Dal Resigned

See also

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