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- ↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1992 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB
- ↑ "Punjab Assembly Election 2002 Results". Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ Punjab Assembly Elections-2002 winners
- ↑ Punjab Assembly Election 2007 Results Archived 2013-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012 Archived 2013-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Badal allocates portfolios