List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly

Punjab Legislative Assembly
16th Legislative Assembly of Punjab
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Established	1952
Preceded by	Interim East Punjab Assembly
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	20 February 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India
Website
Homepage
Constitution
Constitution of India

Location of Punjab (highlighted in red) within India

The Punjab Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Punjab state in North India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. It is housed within the Chandigarh Capitol Complex, a World Heritage Site designed by Le Corbusier. ^[1] The term of the assembly is five years, unless it is dissolved earlier. ^{[2] : 72} Since 1977, it has had 117 members who are directly elected, from single-seat constituencies.

Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs. ^{[2] : 35, 137  [3]} The 2011 census of India stated that there were no people of any Scheduled Tribes in Punjab, while the Scheduled Castes constituted a significant portion of the population of the state, at 31.9%. ^[4] The Scheduled Castes have been granted a reservation of 34 seats in the assembly. ^{[5] [6]}

History

Changes in the constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly over time

Year	Act/Order	Explanation	Total seats	SC-reserved seats	Election(s)
1950, 1951	Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951 [7]	The Indian Constitution came into effect and new constituencies were created.	105	0	1952 [8]
1956	States Reorganisation Act, 1956	Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was merged with Punjab and the number of constituencies of the enlarged state was increased.	121	33	1957 [9]
1961	Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961 [10]	There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies. Two-member constituencies were abolished.	154	33	1962 [11]
1966	Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966	The new state of Haryana was created from the south-east parts of Punjab. Some districts of Punjab were also merged with Himachal Pradesh.	104	23	1969, [12] 1972 [13]
1976	Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 [14]	There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies.	117	29	1977, [15] 1980, [16] 1985, [17] 1992, [18] 1997, [19] 2002, [20] 2007 [21]
2008	Delimitation Commission Order, 2007 [6]	There were changes in the reservation status and area covered by constituencies.	117	34	2012, [22] 2017, [23] 2022 [24]

Constituencies

Constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly

The following is a list of the constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly since the delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008. ^[6]

Reservation

   Scheduled Castes

Constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly

#	Constituency name	Reserved for (SC/None)	District [25]	Lok Sabha constituency	Electors (2022) [26]
1	Sujanpur	None	Pathankot	Gurdaspur	167,230
2	Bhoa	SC			182,915
3	Pathankot	None			152,519
4	Gurdaspur	None	Gurdaspur		169,628
5	Dina Nagar	SC			192,562
6	Qadian	None			181,907
7	Batala	None			188,862
8	Sri Hargobindpur	SC		Hoshiarpur	178,734
9	Fatehgarh Churian	None		Gurdaspur	175,730
10	Dera Baba Nanak	None			194,613
11	Ajnala	None	Amritsar	Amritsar	157,161
12	Raja Sansi	None			177,713
13	Majitha	None			166,136
14	Jandiala	SC		Khadoor Sahib	180,674
15	Amritsar North	None		Amritsar	202,095
16	Amritsar West	SC			214,073
17	Amritsar Central	None			147,058
18	Amritsar East	None			168,013
19	Amritsar South	None			177,605
20	Attari	SC			189,475
21	Tarn Taran	None	Tarn Taran	Khadoor Sahib	196,866
22	Khem Karan	None			216,090
23	Patti	None			202,155
24	Khadoor Sahib	None			201,328
25	Baba Bakala	SC			199,929
26	Bholath	None	Kapurthala	Hoshiarpur	136,413
27	Kapurthala	None		Khadoor Sahib	149,885
28	Sultanpur Lodhi	None			148,094
29	Phagwara	SC		Hoshiarpur	192,867
30	Phillaur	SC	Jalandhar	Jalandhar	207,149
31	Nakodar	None			194,824
32	Shahkot	None			181,946
33	Kartarpur	SC			184,515
34	Jalandhar West	SC			171,632
35	Jalandhar Central	None			174,003
36	Jalandhar North	None			192,058
37	Jalandhar Cantt	None			193,666
38	Adampur	SC			167,424
39	Mukerian	None	Hoshiarpur	Hoshiarpur	202,924
40	Dasuya	None			197,021
41	Urmar	None			181,007
42	Sham Chaurasi	SC			177,269
43	Hoshiarpur	None			192,794
44	Chabbewal	SC			161,535
45	Garhshankar	None		Anandpur Sahib	175,287
46	Banga	SC	S.B.S. Nagar		165,283
47	Nawan Shahr	None			177,231
48	Balachaur	None			155,145
49	Anandpur Sahib	None	Rupnagar		191,727
50	Rupnagar	None			183,115
51	Chamkaur Sahib	SC			197,330
52	Kharar	None	Mohali		266,514
53	S.A.S. Nagar	None			238,998
54	Bassi Pathana	SC	Fatehgarh Sahib	Fatehgarh Sahib	149,248
55	Fatehgarh Sahib	None			161,754
56	Amloh	None			144,482
57	Khanna	None	Ludhiana		171,622
58	Samrala	None			175,822
59	Sahnewal	None			265,097
60	Ludhiana East	None		Ludhiana	217,728
61	Ludhiana South	None			178,167
62	Atam Nagar	None			170,654
63	Ludhiana Central	None			158,931
64	Ludhiana West	None			182,455
65	Ludhiana North	None			205,063
66	Gill	SC			273,104
67	Payal	SC		Fatehgarh Sahib	165,608
68	Dakha	None		Ludhiana	187,760
69	Raikot	SC		Fatehgarh Sahib	156,301
70	Jagraon	SC		Ludhiana	184,819
71	Nihal Singhwala	SC	Moga	Faridkot	197,869
72	Bhagha Purana	None			172,120
73	Moga	None			203,541
74	Dharamkot	None			181,612
75	Zira	None	Firozpur	Khadoor Sahib	187,300
76	Firozpur City	None		Firozpur	172,957
77	Firozpur Rural	SC			195,975
78	Guru Har Sahai	None			172,641
79	Jalalabad	None	Fazilka		213,416
80	Fazilka	None			177,520
81	Abohar	None			178,416
82	Balluana	SC			183,929
83	Lambi	None	Sri Muktsar Sahib	Bathinda	165,263
84	Gidderbaha	None		Faridkot	167,228
85	Malout	SC		Firozpur	176,573
86	Muktsar	None			188,889
87	Faridkot	None	Faridkot	Faridkot	169,823
88	Kotkapura	None			159,646
89	Jaitu	SC			151,056
90	Rampura Phul	None	Bathinda		169,859
91	Bhucho Mandi	SC		Bathinda	184,785
92	Bathinda Urban	None			229,525
93	Bathinda Rural	SC			158,082
94	Talwandi Sabo	None			156,336
95	Maur	None			167,547
96	Mansa	None	Mansa		218,339
97	Sardulgarh	None			181,679
98	Budhlada	SC			195,170
99	Lehra	None	Sangrur	Sangrur	172,109
100	Dirba	SC			182,695
101	Sunam	None			196,136
102	Bhadaur	SC	Barnala		157,809
103	Barnala	None			182,502
104	Mehal Kalan	SC			160,348
105	Malerkotla	None	Malerkotla		159,900
106	Amargarh	None		Fatehgarh Sahib	165,909
107	Dhuri	None	Sangrur	Sangrur	165,053
108	Sangrur	None			189,838
109	Nabha	SC	Patiala	Patiala	184,623
110	Patiala Rural	None			225,639
111	Rajpura	None			182,228
112	Dera Bassi	None	Mohali		287,622
113	Ghanaur	None	Patiala		164,546
114	Sanour	None			222,969
115	Patiala	None			161,399
116	Samana	None			192,473
117	Shutrana	SC			181,568

See also

• 16th Punjab Assembly
• List of constituencies of the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Pakistan)
• List of constituencies of the Haryana Legislative Assembly

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