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Punjab Legislative Assembly ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
| History | |
| Preceded by | 13th Punjab Assembly |
| Succeeded by | 15th Punjab Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Leader of the House | |
Charanjit Singh Channi, INC | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 117 |
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Political groups | SAD (60) Independent (3) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 30 January 2012 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Vidhan Bhavan, Chandigarh, India | |
| Website | |
| Homepage | |
| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Cont. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) | 94 | 56 | 59.57 | 42.19 |
| 3 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 23 | 12 | 7.15 | 39.73 |
| 2 | Indian National Congress | 117 | 48 | 41.02 | 41.02 |
| 4 | Independent | - | 3 | 7.13 | |
| Total | 117 |
There were 13 committees for the years 2013-17. [1]
The following is the list of the members elected in 2012 to the Punjab assembly: [4]
| No. | Constituency | Name of Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sujanpur | Dinesh Singh | BJP | |
| 2 | Bhoa (SC) | Seema Kumari | BJP | |
| 3 | Pathankot | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | BJP | |
| 4 | Gurdaspur | Gurbachan Singh Babbehali | SAD | |
| 5 | Dina Nagar (SC) | Aruna Chaudhary | INC | |
| 6 | Qadian | Charanjit Kaur Bajwa | INC | |
| 7 | Batala | Ashwani Sekhri | INC | |
| 8 | Sri Hargobindpur (SC) | Des Raj Dhugga | SAD | |
| 9 | Fatehgarh Churian | Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa | INC | |
| 10 | Dera baba nanak | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | INC | |
| 11 | Ajnala | Bonny Amarpal Singh Ajnala | SAD | |
| 12 | Raja sansi | Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria | INC | |
| 13 | Majitha | Bikram Singh Majithia (E) | SAD | |
| 14 | Jandiala (SC) | Baljit Singh Jalal Usma | SAD | |
| 15 | Amritsar North | Anil Joshi | BJP | |
| 16 | Amritsar West (SC) | Raj Kumar Verka (E) | INC | |
| 17 | Amritsar Central | Om Parkash Soni (E) | INC | |
| 18 | Amritsar East | Navjot Kaur Sidhu (E/W) | AWAAZ E PUNJAB | |
| 19 | Amritsar South | Inderbir Singh Bolaria (E) | INC | |
| 20 | Attari (SC) | Gulzar Singh Ranike (E) | SAD | |
| 21 | Tarn taran | Harmeet Singh Sandhu | SAD | |
| 22 | Khem karan | Virsa Singh Valtoha | SAD | |
| 23 | Patti | Adesh Partap Singh Kairon | SAD | |
| 24 | Khadoor Sahib | Ravinder Singh Brahmpura replaced Ramanjit Singh Sikki on 16.02.2016 | SAD | |
| 25 | Baba bakala (SC) | Manjit Singh Manna Mianwind (E) | SAD | |
| 26 | Bholath | Bibi Jagir Kaur | SAD | |
| 27 | Kapurthala | Rana Gurjit Singh | INC | |
| 28 | Sultanpur lodhi | Navtej Singh | INC | |
| 29 | Phagwara (SC) | Som Parkash | BJP | |
| 30 | Phillaur (SC) | Avinash Chander | SAD | |
| 31 | Nakodar | Gurpartap Singh Wadala | SAD | |
| 32 | Shahkot | Ajit Singh Kohar | SAD | |
| 33 | Kartarpur (SC) | Sarwan Singh | SAD | |
| 34 | Jalandhar West (SC) | Chuni Lal Bhagat | BJP | |
| 35 | Jalandhar central | Manoranjan Kalia | BJP | |
| 36 | Jalandhar North | K.D.Bhandari | BJP | |
| 37 | Jalandhar Cantt | Pargat Singh | INC | |
| 38 | Adampur (SC) | Sh. Pawan Kumar Tinu | SAD | |
| 39 | Mukerian | Rajnish Kumar | Independent | |
| 40 | Dasuya | Amarjit Singh | BJP | |
| 41 | Urmar | Sangat Singh | INC | |
| 42 | Sham chaurasi (SC) | Mohinder Kaur Josh | SAD | |
| 43 | Hoshiarpur | Sunder Sham Arora | INC | |
| 44 | Chabbewal (SC) | Sohan Singh Thandal | SAD | |
| 45 | Garhshankar | Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan | SAD | |
| 46 | Banga (SC) | Tarlochan Singh | INC | |
| 47 | Nawan shahr | Guriqbal Kaur | INC | |
| 48 | Balachaur | Chaudhary Nand Lal | SAD | |
| 49 | Anandpur Sahib | Madan Mohan Mittal | BJP | |
| 50 | Rupnagar | Dr Daljeet Singh Cheema | SAD | |
| 51 | Chamkaur Sahib (SC) | Charanjit Singh Channi | INC | |
| 52 | Kharar | Jagmohan Singh | INC | |
| 53 | S.A.S.Nagar | Balbir Singh Sidhu | INC | |
| 54 | Bassi Pathana (SC) | Justice Nirmal Singh | SAD | |
| 55 | Fatehgarh Sahib | Kuljit Singh Nagra | INC | |
| 56 | Amloh | Randeep Singh | INC | |
| 57 | Khanna | Gurkirat Singh | INC | |
| 58 | Samrala | Amrik Singh | INC | |
| 59 | Sahnewal | Sharanjit Singh Dhillon | SAD | |
| 60 | Ludhiana East | Ranjit Singh Dhillon | SAD | |
| 61 | Ludhiana South | Balwinder Singh Bains | INC | |
| 62 | Atam Nagar | Simarjit Singh Bains | INC | |
| 63 | Ludhiana central | Surinder Kumar Dawar | INC | |
| 64 | Ludhiana West | Bharat Bhushan Ashu | INC | |
| 65 | Ludhiana North | Rakesh Panday | INC | |
| 66 | Gill (SC) | Darshan Singh Shivalik | SAD | |
| 67 | Payal (SC) | Charanjit Singh Atwal | SAD | |
| 68 | Dakha | Manpreet Singh Ayali | SAD | |
| 69 | Raikot (SC) | Gurcharan Singh | INC | |
| 70 | Jagraon (SC) | S R Kaler | SAD | |
| 71 | Nihal Singh Wala (SC) | Rajwinder Kaur | SAD | |
| 72 | Bhagha Purana | Maheshinder Singh | SAD | |
| 73 | Moga | Joginder Pal Jain | INC | |
| 74 | Dharamkot | Tota Singh | SAD | |
| 75 | Zira | Hari Singh | SAD | |
| 76 | Firozpur City | Parminder Singh Pinki | INC | |
| 77 | Firozpur Rural (SC) | Joginder Singh Alias Jindu | SAD | |
| 78 | Guru har sahai | Gurmeet Singh Sodhi | INC | |
| 79 | Jalalabad | Sukhbir Singh Badal | SAD | |
| 80 | Fazilka | Surjit Kumar Jyani | BJP | |
| 81 | Abohar | Sunil Kumar Jakhar | INC | |
| 82 | Balluana (SC) | Gurtej Singh | SAD | |
| 83 | Lambi | Parkash Singh Badal | SAD | |
| 84 | Gidderbaha | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring | INC | |
| 85 | Malout (SC) | Harpreet Singh | SAD | |
| 86 | Muktsar | Karan Kaur | INC | |
| 87 | Faridkot | Deep Malhotra | SAD | |
| 88 | Kotkapura | Mantar Singh Brar | SAD | |
| 89 | Jaitu (SC) | Joginder Singh | INC | |
| 90 | Rampura Phul | Sikander Singh Maluka | SAD | |
| 91 | Bhucho Mandi (SC) | Ajaib Singh Bhatti | INC | |
| 92 | Bathinda Urban | Sarup Chand Singla | SAD | |
| 93 | Bathinda Rural (SC) | Darshan Singh Kotfatta | SAD | |
| 94 | Talwandi Sabo | Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu | SAD | |
| 95 | Maur | Janmeja Singh | SAD | |
| 96 | Mansa | Prem Mittal | SAD | |
| 97 | Sardulgarh | Ajit Inder Singh | INC | |
| 98 | Budhlada (SC) | Chatin Singh | SAD | |
| 99 | Lehra | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | INC | |
| 100 | Dirba (SC) | Sant Balvir Singh Ghunas | SAD | |
| 101 | Sunam | Parminder Singh Dhindsa | SAD | |
| 102 | Bhadaur (SC) | Mohammed Sadique | INC | |
| 103 | Barnala | Kewal Singh Dhillon | INC | |
| 104 | Mehal kalan (SC) | Harchand Kaur | INC | |
| 105 | Malerkotla | F. Nesara Khatoon (Farzana Alam) | SAD | |
| 106 | Amargarh | Iqbal Singh Jhundan | SAD | |
| 107 | Dhuri | Gobind Singh Longowal | SAD | |
| 108 | Sangrur | Parkash Chand Garg | SAD | |
| 109 | Nabha (SC) | Sadhu Singh | INC | |
| 110 | Patiala Rural | Brahm Mohindra | INC | |
| 111 | Rajpura | Hardyal Singh Kamboj | INC | |
| 112 | Dera bassi | N.K. Sharma | SAD | |
| 113 | Ghanaur | Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpura | SAD | |
| 114 | Sanour | Lal Singh | INC | |
| 115 | Patiala | Preneet Kaur | INC | |
| 116 | Samana | Surjit Singh Rakhra | SAD | |
| 117 | Shutrana (SC) | Vaninder Kaur Loomba | SAD | |
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