2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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2017 Punjab legislative assembly election
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All 117 seats of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.20% (Decrease2.svg1.10%)
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Amarinder Singh.jpg Gurpreet Ghuggi 2019 Interview.jpg ParkashSinghBadal.JPG
Leader Captain Amarinder Singh Gurpreet Ghuggi Parkash Singh Badal
Party INC AAP SAD
Alliance UPA AAP+ NDA
Leader since2015 [1] 2016 [2] 2007
Leader's seat Patiala (won)
Lambi (lost)		 Batala (lost) [3] Lambi
Last election46New68
Seats after772018
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 31NewDecrease2.svg 50
Popular vote5,945,8993,662,6654,731,253
Percentage38.64%23.70%30.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.47%NewDecrease2.svg 11.20%
2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election map.svg
Chief Minister before election

Prakash Singh Badal
SAD

Elected Chief Minister

Amarinder Singh
INC

A Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Punjab [4] 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. [5] The ruling pre-election coalition was the alliance [6] [7] 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. [8]

Contents

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. [9] 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. [10]

33 constituencies of all district headquarters in Punjab had VVPAT machines installed with EVMs, [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] including 22 district headquarters besides 11 high-profile constituencies. [17]

Assembly constituencies of Punjab having VVPAT facility with EVMs [18]
Lambi Jalalabad Majitha Patiala
Atam NagarChabbewalGuruharsahaiFerozpur
BarnalaSanour Lehragaga Jalandhar (central)
Bathinda (urban)RaikotMogaAnandpur Sahib
Bholath Qadian ChabbewalRampura 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. [19]

Final voters list for Punjab Legislative Assembly election 2017
S.NoGroup of votersVoters population
1Male1.05 crore
2Female94 lakhs
Total Voters1.9 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. [20] 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. [21]

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. [22] 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. [23] In the election, the party formed a coalition with the Lok Insaaf Party and gave it five seats. [24] No CM candidate was declared before the elections. [25] According to AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, the CM candidate would be selected from Punjab. [26] 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. [27] [28]

Bahujan Samaj Party

BSP is the fourth largest party in Punjab after improving its vote share in 2012 elections [29] started preparations for 2017 early by launching Punjab Bachao Abhiyaan from 1 November 2014. [30] In 2012, the BSP came second from Balachaur Vidhan Sabha seat with 21,943 votes. [31] 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. [32] Mayawati also declared that the BSP will contest Punjab 2017 elections on its own in all 117 seats. [33] [34] The BSP declared that it will root out the drug menace from the state within a month of coming to power in Punjab. [35] On 9 June 2016, BSP national president Mayawati supported the film on Punjab drug abuse Udta Punjab , saying there is 'nothing wrong' in it. [36] 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. [37] 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. [38] BSP Punjab unit started social media campaigning [39] and also visited NRIs for support in Vienna, [40] Europe and North America. [41] On 16 May 2016, the Ambedkar Sena Punjab merged with BSP. [42] Gurmel Chander, former president of the SC & BC teachers employees union, joined the BSP on 25 August. [43] On 25 September 2016, the BSP announced a list of nine candidates for 2017 Punjab assembly elections. [44] 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. [45] [46] Karimpuri's entry in Phillaur constituency spiced up the political battle in the seat. [47] 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. [48] New BSP president Rashpal Raju announced a mega rally in Phagwara on 9 October Parinirvana divas of BSP founder Kanshi Ram. [49] At this rally, Avtar Singh Karimpuri and Dr. Megh Raj attacked Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress as anti-Sikh parties. [50]

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, [51] road rage & accidents. [52] Atrocities against Dalits [53] [54] [55] and Dalit land issues in Sangrur area, [56] the 1984 anti-Sikh riots [57] and the supply of drugs & addiction to them. [58] [59] [60] Punjabi Non-resident Indians (NRIs) play a major role in elections. [61]

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. [62] Hindus form 38.5% of the population, while Muslims, 1.93%; Christians, 1.3%; Buddhists, 0.12%; and Jains, 0.16%. [63] Dalits (Scheduled Castes) constitute 31.94% of the population, the highest percentage amongst all the states. [64] Other Backward Classes (OBCs) like Sainis, Sunar, [65] Kambojs, Tarkhans/Ramgarhias, Gurjars, Kumhars/Prajapatis, Telis, Banjaras, Lohars [66] [67] constitute 31.3% of the population. [68] Jat-Sikhs comprise 21% of the population [69] while other forward castes (general category) - Brahmins, Khatris/Bhapas, Bania, Thakurs/Rajputs constitute around rest. As of 2016, Government of India did not publicly released Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 caste population data for every single non-SC/ST castes (General castes, OBC/EBCs) in India. [70] [71] [72] [73]

Population by faith in Punjab, India (2011)

   Sikh (58%)
   Hindu (38.5%)
   Muslim (1.9%)
   Christian (1.3%)
  Others and non-religious (0.60%)
Caste Population data of Punjab
Constitutional categories Population (%) Castes
Other Backward Classes (OBC)31.3% [68] includes Sikh Rajputs, [74] Saini (Sainis added to OBC list in 2016 [75] ), Sunar, Kamboj, Labana, Tarkhan/Ramgarhia, Kumhar/Prajapati, Arain, Gurjar, Teli, Banjara, Lohar, Bhat, [67] Others
Scheduled Castes (Dalits)31.9% [76] includes Mazhabi Sikh - 10%, Ramdasia Sikh/Ravidassia (Chamar)/Ad-Dharmi - 13.1%, Balmiki/Bhanghi - 3.5%, Bazigar - 1.05%, Others - 4% [77]
Unreserved (mostly Upper castes )33%includes Jat Sikh - 21%, [78] (Brahmin, Rajput, Bania, Khatri-Arora-Sood [79] ) - 12%
Others ( religious minorities )3.8% [80] includes Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jains

Schedule

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

EventDateDay
Date of Notification11 Jan 2017Wednesday
Last date for nominations18 Jan 2017Wednesday
Scrutiny of nominations19 Jan 2017Thursday
Withdrawal of candidature21 Jan 2017Saturday
Date of poll4 Feb 2017Saturday
Date of counting11 Mar 2017Saturday
Date before which the election shall be completed15 Mar 2017Wednesday

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. [81] The term of the current assembly will end on 18 March 2017. [82]

Districts and constituencies

Distribution of seats

Distribution per district

DistrictSeats INC AAP SAD BJPLIP
Ludhiana1483102
Amritsar11100100
Jalandhar950400
Patiala870100
Gurdaspur760100
Hoshiarpur761000
Sangrur742100
Bathinda633000
Fazilka420110
Firozpur440000
Kapurthala421010
Moga431000
Muktsar420200
Tarn Taran440000
Barnala303000
Faridkot312000
Fatehgarh Sahib330000
Mansa302100
Nawanshahr320100
Pathankot320010
Rup Nagar321000
S.A.S. Nagar311100
Sum11777201532

Distribution per region

RegionSeatsINCAAPSADOthersLIP
Malwa694018812
Majha25220210
Doaba23152510
Sum11777201532

Parties and Alliances

   United Progressive Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedSeats Won
1. Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Indian National Congress symbol.svg Amarinder Singh.jpg Captain Amarinder Singh 11777

   Aam Aadmi Party +

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedSeats Won
1. Aam Aadmi Party Aam Aadmi Party logo (English).svg AAP Symbol.png Gurpreet Ghuggi 2019 Interview.jpg Gurpreet Ghuggi [2] 11220
2. Lok Insaaf Party Simarjit Singh Bains 52

   National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedSeats Won
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) SAD flag.svg Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg Sukhbir Singh Badal.jpg Sukhbir Singh Badal 9415
2. Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotos flower symbol.svg 233

Others

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedSeats Won
1. Bahujan Samaj Party Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png Jasvir Singh Garhi1110
2. Aapna Punjab Party Sucha Singh Chhotepur 770
3. Shiromani Akali Dal (M) Simranjit Singh Mann 540
4. Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg CPI symbol.svg Bant Singh Brar230
5. All India Trinamool Congress All India Trinamool Congress flag (2).svg All India Trinamool Congress symbol 2021.svg 200
6. Revolutionary Marxist Party of India RMPI flag.jpg Mangat Ram Pasla.jpg Mangat Ram Pasla 130

Opinion polls

Polling firm/LinkDate SAD-BJP INC AAP
HuffPost-CVoter [83] Feb 2017114363
AajTak Axis My India [84] Jan 201711-15 (13)60-65 (63)41-44 (43)
ABP News-CSDS [85] Jan 201728-36 (32)47-55 (51)26-34 (30)
TV24 News [86] Jan 201720-25(22)27-35(31)70-80(75)
VDP Associates [87] Jan 201774462
The Week-Hansa Research [88] Jan 201728-30 (29)49-51 (50)33-35 (34)
India Today Axis My India [89] Jan 201718-22 (20)56-62 (59)36-41 (39)
Lokniti-ABP-CSDS [90] Jan 201750-58 (54)41-49 (45)12-18 (15)
VDP Associates [91] [92] Oct 201661593
India Today Axis My India [93] Oct 201617-21 (19)49-55 (52)42-46 (44)
TV24 India [94] [95] Aug 201620-25 (23)27-35 (31)70-80 (75)
HuffPost-C Voter [96] Mar 201606-12(9)08-14(11)94-100(97)
Election resultsMar 2017187720

Exit polls

All the exit polls other than India Today Axis My India, wrongly predicted the winner of the election. [97] 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 [98] 9 ± 554 ± 954 ± 9
India Today Axis My India [99] 4-762-7142-51
India TV CVoter [100] 5-1341-4959-67
Election results187720

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. [101]

Results

Seat Share

   INC - 77 (65.8%)
   AAP - 20 (17.1%)
   SAD - 15 (12.8%)
   BJP - 3 (2.6%)
   LIP - 2 (1.7%)

Vote Share

   INC (38.5%)
   SAD (25.2%)
   BSP (1.5%)
   AAP (23.7%)
   BJP (5.4%)
   LIP (1.2%)
  Others (4.7%)
India Punjab Legislative Assembly 2017.svg
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%± pp ContestedWon+/−
Indian National Congress (INC)59,45,89938.5Decrease2.svg1.411777Increase2.svg31
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)36,62,66523.7Increase2.svg23.711220Increase2.svg20
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)38,98,16125.2Decrease2.svg9.49415Decrease2.svg41
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)8,33,0925.4Decrease2.svg1.8233Decrease2.svg9
Independents (IND)3,23,2432.1Decrease2.svg5.03030Decrease2.svg3
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)2,34,4001.5Decrease2.svg2.81170Steady2.svg
Lok Insaaf Party (LIP)1,89,2281.2Increase2.svg1.252Increase2.svg2
Shiromani Akali Dal (A) SAD(A)49,2600.3Steady2.svg540Steady2.svg
Aapna Punjab Party (APPA)37,4760.2Steady2.svg780Steady2.svg
Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPOI)37,2430.2Steady2.svg130Steady2.svg
Communist Party of India (CPI)34,0740.2Decrease2.svg0.6230Steady2.svg
None of the above (NOTA)108,4710.7Increase2.svg0.7—Steady2.svg
Total1,54,43,466100.00117±0
Valid votes1,54,43,46699.87
Invalid votes19,3370.13
Votes cast / turnout1,54,62,80377.20
Abstentions45,66,84322.80
Registered voters2,00,29,646
Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 2017 (pdf)

Results By region

RegionSeatsINCAAPSADBJPLIP
Malwa694018812
Majha25220210
Doaba23152510
Sum11777201532

Results By district

S. No.DistrictSeatsINCAAPSADBJPLIP
1Ludhiana1483102
2Amritsar11100100
3Jalandhar950400
4Patiala870100
5Gurdaspur760100
6Hoshiarpur761000
7Sangrur742100
8Bathinda633000
9Fazilka420110
10Firozpur440000
11Kapurthala421010
12Moga431000
13Sri Muktsar Sahib420200
14Tarn Taran440000
15Barnala303000
16Faridkot312000
17Fatehgarh Sahib330000
18Mansa302100
19Nawanshahr320100
20Pathankot320010
21Rup Nagar321000
22S.A.S. Nagar311100
Sum11777201532

Results by constituency

ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
Pathankot district
1 Sujanpur Dinesh Singh BJP 48910Amit Singh INC 3020918701
2 Bhoa (SC) Joginder Pal INC 67865Seema Kumari BJP 4036927496
3 Pathankot Amit Vij INC 56383Ashwani Kumar Sharma BJP 4521311170
Gurdaspur district
4 Gurdaspur Barindermeet Singh Pahra INC 67709Gurbachan Singh Babehali SAD 3875328956
5 Dina Nagar (SC) Aruna Chaudhary INC 72176Bishan Dass BJP 4025931917
6 Qadian Fatehjang Singh Bajwa INC 62596 Sewa Singh SAD 5085911737
7 Batala Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal SAD 42517 Ashwani Sekhri INC 42032485
8 Sri Hargobindpur (SC) Balwinder Singh INC 57489Manjit Singh SAD 3942418065
9 Fatehgarh Churian Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa INC 54348 Nirmal Singh Kahlon SAD 523491999
10 Dera Baba Nanak Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa INC 60385 Sucha Singh Langah SAD 591911194
Amritsar district
11 Ajnala Harpartap Singh INC 61378 Amarpal Singh Bony Ajnala SAD 4266518713
12 Raja Sansi Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria INC 59628Vir Singh Lopoke SAD 539015727
13 Majitha Bikram Singh Majithia SAD 65803Sukhjinder Raj Singh (Lalli) INC 4291922884
14 Jandiala (SC)Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala INC 53042Dalbir Singh SAD 3462018422
15 Amritsar North Sunil Dutti INC 59212 Anil Joshi BJP 4497614236
16 Amritsar West (SC) Raj Kumar Verka INC 52271Rakesh Gill BJP 2542426847
17 Amritsar Central Om Parkash Soni INC 51242Tarun Chugh BJP 3012621116
18 Amritsar East Navjot Singh Sidhu INC 60477Rajesh Kumar Honey BJP 1766842809
19 Amritsar South Inderbir Singh Bolaria INC 47581 Inderbir Singh Nijjar AAP 2492322658
20 Attari (SC)Tarsem Singh D.C. INC 55335 Gulzar Singh Ranike SAD 4513310202
Tarn Taran district
21 Tarn Taran Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri INC 59794 Harmeet Singh Sandhu SAD 4516514629
22 Khem Karan Sukhpal Singh Bhullar INC 81897 Virsa Singh SAD 6229519602
23 Patti Harminder Singh Gill INC 64617 Adesh Partap Singh Kairon SAD 562548363
24 Khadoor Sahib Ramanjeet Singh Sahota Sikki INC 64666 Ravinder Singh Brahampura SAD 4761117055
Amritsar district
25 Baba Bakala (SC)Santokh Singh INC 45965Dalbir Singh Tong AAP 393786587
Kapurthala district
26 Bholath Sukhpal Singh Khaira AAP 48873Yuvraj Bhupinder Singh SAD 406718202
27 Kapurthala Rana Gurjit Singh INC 56378Advocate Paramjit Singh SAD 2756128817
28 Sultanpur Lodhi Navtej Singh Cheema INC 41843 Upinderjit Kaur SAD 336818162
29 Phagwara (SC) Som Parkash BJP 45479 Joginder Singh Mann INC 434702009
Jalandhar district
30 Phillaur (SC) Baldev Singh Khaira SAD 41336Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary INC 378593477
31 Nakodar Gurpratap Singh Wadala SAD 56241Sarwan Singh Hayer AAP 3783418407
32 Shahkot Ajit Singh Kohar SAD 46913Hardev Singh Ladi INC 420084905
33 Kartarpur (SC) Chaudhary Surinder Singh INC 46729Seth Sat Paul SAD 407096020
34 Jalandhar West (SC) Sushil Kumar Rinku INC 53983Mahinder Pal Bhagat BJP 3664917334
35 Jalandhar Central Rajinder Beri INC 55518 Manoranjan Kalia BJP 3144024078
36 Jalandhar North Avtar Singh Junior INC 69715 K. D. Bhandari BJP 3742432291
37 Jalandhar Cantonment Pargat Singh Powar INC 59349Sarabjit Singh Makkar SAD 3022529124
38 Adampur (SC) Pawan Kumar Tinu SAD 45229 Mohinder Singh Kaypee INC 375307699
Hoshiarpur district
39 Mukerian Rajnish Kumar Babbi INC 56787Arunesh Kumar BJP 3366123126
40 Dasuya Arun Dogra INC 56527 Sukhjit Kaur BJP 3888917638
41 Urmar Sangat Singh Gilzian INC 51477Arbinder Singh Rasulpur SAD 3652314954
42 Sham Chaurasi (SC)Pawan Kumar Adia INC 46612Dr. Ravjot Singh AAP 427973815
43 Hoshiarpur Sunder Sham Arora INC 49951 Tikshan Sud BJP 3871811233
44 Chabbewal (SC)Dr. Raj Kumar INC 57857 Sohan Singh Thandal SAD 2859629261
45 Garhshankar Jai Krishan Singh AAP 41720Surinder Singh Heer SAD 400701650
Nawanshahr District
46 Banga (SC)Sukhwinder Kumar SAD 45256 Harjot Singh Bains AAP 433631893
47 Nawanshahr Angad Singh INC 38197Jarnail Singh Wahid SAD 348743323
48 Balachaur Darshan Lal INC 49558 Nand Lal SAD 2991819640
Rupnagar district
49 Anandpur Sahib Kanwar Pal Singh INC 60800Dr. Parminder Sharma BJP 3691923881
50 Rupnagar Amarjit Singh Sandoa AAP 58994Brinder Singh Dhillon INC 3528723707
51 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) Charanjit Singh Channi INC 61060 Charanjit Singh AAP 4875212308
Mohali district
52 Kharar Kanwar Sandhu AAP 54171 Jagmohan Singh Kang INC 521592012
53 S.A.S.Nagar Balbir Singh Sidhu INC 66844Narinder Singh AAP 3897127873
Fatehgarh Sahib district
54 Bassi Pathana (SC)Gurpreet Singh INC 47319Santokh Singh AAP 3727310046
55 Fatehgarh Sahib Kuljit Singh Nagra INC 58205Didar Singh Bhatti SAD 3433823867
56 Amloh Randeep Singh INC 39669Gurpreet Singh Raju Khanna SAD 357233946
Ludhiana district
57 Khanna Gurkirat Singh Kotli INC 55690Anil Dutt Phally AAP 3509920591
58 Samrala Amrik Singh Dhillon INC 51930Sarbans Singh Manki AAP 4092511005
59 Sahnewal Sharanjit Singh Dhillon SAD 63184Satwinder Kaur Bitti INC 586334551
60 Ludhiana East Sanjeev Talwar INC 43010Daljit Singh Grewal (Bhola) AAP 414291581
61 Ludhiana South Balvinder Singh Bains LIP 53955Bhupinder Singh Sidhu INC 2303830917
62 Atam Nagar Simarjeet Singh Bains LIP 53421Kamal Jit Singh Karwal INC 3650816913
63 Ludhiana Central Surinder Kumar Dawar INC 47871Gurdev Sharma Debi BJP 2739120480
64 Ludhiana West Bharat Bhushan Ashu INC 66627Ahbaab Singh Grewal AAP 3010636521
65 Ludhiana North Rakesh Pandey INC 44864Parveen Bansal BJP 397325132
66 Gill (SC) Kuldeep Singh Vaid INC 67927Jiwan Singh Sangowal AAP 592868641
67 Payal (SC)Lakhvir Singh Lakha INC 57776Gurpreet Singh Lapran AAP 3628021496
68 Dakha Harvinder Singh Phoolka AAP 58923 Manpreet Singh Ayali SAD 547544169
69 Raikot (SC) Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal AAP 48245 Amar Singh INC 3763110614
70 Jagraon (SC) Saravjit Kaur Manuke AAP 61521Malkit Singh Dakha INC 3594525576
Moga district
71 Nihal Singhwala (SC)Manjit Singh AAP 67313Rajwinder Kaur INC 3973927574
72 Bhagha Purana Darshan Singh Brar INC 48668Gurbinder Singh Kang AAP 414187250
73 Moga Harjot Kamal Singh INC 52357Ramesh Grover AAP 505931764
74 Dharamkot Sukhjit Singh INC 63238 Tota Singh SAD 4102022218
Firozpur district
75 Zira Kulbir Singh INC 69899 Hari Singh Zira SAD 4682823071
76 Firozpur City Parminder Singh Pinki INC 67559Sukhpal Singh BJP 3797229587
77 Firozpur Rural (SC)Satkar Kaur INC 71037Joginder Singh Jindu SAD 4965721380
78 Guru Har Sahai Gurmeet Singh Sodhi INC 62787Vardev Singh SAD 569915796
Fazilka district
79 Jalalabad Sukhbir Singh Badal SAD 75271 Bhagwant Mann AAP 5677118500
80 Fazilka Davinder Singh Ghubaya INC 39276 Surjit Kumar Jyani BJP 39011265
81 Abohar Arun Narang BJP 55091 Sunil Jakhar INC 518123279
82 Balluana (SC)Nathu Ram INC 65607Parkash Singh Bhatti SAD 5015815449
Sri Muktsar Sahib district
83 Lambi Parkash Singh Badal SAD 66375 Amarinder Singh INC 4360522770
84 Gidderbaha Amrinder Singh Raja Warring INC 63500Hardeep Singh @ Dimpy Dhillon SAD 4728816212
85 Malout (SC) Ajaib Singh Bhatti INC 49098Darshan Singh SAD 441094989
86 Muktsar Kanwarjit Singh SAD 44894Karan Kaur INC 369147980
Faridkot district
87 Faridkot Kusaldeep Singh Kiki Dhillon INC 51026Gurdit Singh Sekhon AAP 3936711659
88 Kotkapura Kultar Singh Sandhwan AAP 47401Bhai Harnirpal Singh Kukku INC 3732610075
89 Jaitu (SC)Baldev Singh AAP 45344Mohammad Sadique INC 353519993
Bathinda district
90 Rampura Phul Gurpreet Singh Kangar INC 55269 Sikander Singh Maluka SAD 4488410385
91 Bhucho Mandi (SC)Pritam Singh Kotbhai INC 51605Jagsir Singh AAP 50960645
92 Bathinda Urban Manpreet Singh Badal INC 63942Deepak Bansal AAP 4546218480
93 Bathinda Rural (SC)Rupinder Kaur Ruby AAP 51572Er. Amit Rattan Kotfatta SAD 4079410778
94 Talwandi Sabo Prof. Baljinder Kaur AAP 54553Khushbaz Singh Jatana INC 3526019293
95 Maur Jagdev Singh AAP 62282 Janmeja Singh Sekhon SAD 4760514677
Mansa district
96 Mansa Nazar Singh Manshahia AAP 70586Manoj Bala INC 5011720469
97 Sardulgarh Dilraj Singh SAD 59420Ajit Inder Singh INC 505638857
98 Budhalada (SC)Budh Ram AAP 52265Ranjit Kaur Bhatti INC 509891276
Sangrur district
99 Lehra Parminder Singh Dhindsa SAD 65550 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal INC 3873526815
100 Dirba (SC) Harpal Singh Cheema AAP 46434Ajaib Singh Ratolan INC 447891645
101 Sunam Aman Arora AAP 72815 Gobind Singh Longowal SAD 4250830307
Barnala district
102 Bhadaur (SC)Pirmal Singh Dhaula AAP 57095Sant Balvir Singh Ghunas SAD 3631120784
103 Barnala Gurmeet Singh (Meet Hayer) AAP 47606 Kewal Singh Dhillon INC 451742432
104 Mehal Kalan (SC) Kulwant Singh Pandori AAP 57551Ajit Singh Shant SAD 3048727064
Sangrur district
105 Malerkotla Razia Sultana INC 58982Mohammad Owais SAD 4628012702
106 Amargarh Surjit Singh Dhiman INC 50994Iqbal Singh Jhundan SAD 3911511879
107 Dhuri Dalvir Singh Goldy INC 49347Jasvir Singh Jassi Sekhon AAP 465362811
108 Sangrur Vijay Inder Singla INC 67310Dinesh Bansal AAP 3649830812
Patiala district
109 Nabha (SC) Sadhu Singh Dharamsot INC 60861Gurdev Singh Dev Mann AAP 4186618995
110 Patiala Rural Brahm Mohindra INC 68891Karanvir Singh Tiwana AAP 4166227229
111 Rajpura Hardial Singh Kamboj INC 59107Ashutosh Joshi AAP 2654232565
Mohali district
112 Dera Bassi Narinder Kumar Sharma SAD 70792Deepinder Singh INC 688711921
Patiala district
113 Ghanaur Thekedar Madan Lal Jalalpur INC 65965Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpur SAD 2940836557
114 Sanour Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra SAD 58867Harinder Pal Singh Mann INC 539974870
115 Patiala Amarinder Singh INC 72586 Dr. Balbir Singh AAP 2017952407
116 Samana Rajinder Singh INC 62551 Surjit Singh Rakhra SAD 527029849
117 Shutrana (SC) Nirmal Singh INC 58008 Vaninder Kaur Loomba SAD 3948818520
Source: Election Commission of India Archived 18 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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. [102]

On March 16, 2017, Capt. Amarinder Singh was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab, along with nine of his cabinet ministers. [103]

Bypolls 2017-2021

No.DateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after electionReason
1.
28 May 2018 [104] Shahkot Ajit Singh Kohar Shiromani Akali Dal Hardev Singh Ladi Indian National Congress Death
2.21 October 2019 [105] Phagwara (SC) Som Parkash Bharatiya Janata Party Balwinder Singh DhaliwalElected to Lok Sabha
3. Mukerian Rajnish Kumar Indian National Congress Indu BalaDeath
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

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