Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties –Indian National Congress,Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). Since 1967,Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from Jat Sikh community despite its 21 percent state population. Exceptions are Giani Zail Singh,the Chief Minister of Punjab from 17 March 1972 to 30 April 1977 belonging to Ramgarhia community that has population of 6 percent and is a part of significant OBC community having population of 31.3 percent in the state and Charanjit Singh Channi who held the position for 111 days from 20 September 2021 to 16 March 2022 and was from Scheduled Caste(Dalit) who have 32 percent population in the state. Other prominent party is Bahujan Samaj Party especially in Doaba region founded by Kanshi Ram of Rupnagar district. In 1992 BSP won 9 seats Vidhan Sabha elections. Also BSP won 3 lok sabha seats from Punjab in 1996 general elections and only Garhshanker seat in 1997 Vidhan Sabha elections. Communist parties too have some influence in the Malwa area. In the 2014 general elections,the first-time contesting Aam Aadmi Party got 4 out of 13 seats in Punjab by winning 34 of the total 117 assembly segments,coming second in 7,third in 73 and fourth in the rest 3 segments. The support for the Aam Aadmi Party increased later in Punjab. The current Government was elected in the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections and the AAP won 92 out of 117 Assembly seats with Bhagwant Mann as the Chief Minister. The Congress flows down to get only 18 seats.
Venod Sharma is an Indian politician,father of Manu Sharma and the founder of the Jan Chetna Party. He was a student leader and associated with INC student outfit NSUI. He made it into the political mainstream when he was elected as MLA from Banur in the 1980 Punjab assembly election. In the next assembly elections he lost to Kanwaljit Singh. He was formerly a member of the Indian National Congress,which he represented as a Member of Legislative Assembly (1980) from Banur,Punjab then Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (1992–1998) and as a Member of Legislative Assembly (2005–2014) from Ambala,Haryana.
Pargat Singh is a hockey player turned politician in India and belongs to the Indian National Congress in Punjab. He is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was full back. He captained Indian men's hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He has worked as an SP with Punjab police before taking a plunge into politics.
Amarinder Singh,popularly known as Amarinder Singh Raja Warring,or Raja Warring is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha and president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.
Abhay Singh Chautala is an Indian politician. He was a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Ellenabad. He served as Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2019. He has been elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly for four terms since 2010. He served as the 10th president of Indian Olympic Association. He also served as president of the Boxing Federation of India. He is grandson of Devi Lal,former deputy prime minister of India. He is a member of the Indian National Lok Dal.
This is the alphabetical categorised list of statewide,regional and local political families involved in the politics and various elections of Haryana state of India at state and national level.
Anil Vij is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party formerly served as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana.
Aseem Goel is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Ambala city in the 2014 and 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,and also get ticket from Bharatiya Janata Party for 2024 Haryana legislative Assembly election. and lost Ambala city seat to Indian National Congress Candidate Nirmal Singh Mohora.
Chaudhary Zakir Hussain is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He serves as administrator of the Haryana Waqf Board and is the National Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party Minority Morcha from Haryana. He is a three term former member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Nuh and Taoru.
Chitra Sarwara is daughter of Chaudhary Nirmal Singh Mohra and a second generation politician. She was a former member of Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal and was appointed as State Vice President,Haryana since April 2023. She joined Indian National Congress in January 2024.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
Virendar Singh Kadian is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a member of Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi from Delhi Cantt. He works as Municipal Counsel in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) New Delhi.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022.
Jagdeep Singh,also known by the name Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar or Kaka Brar,is an Indian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Muktsar Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.
Gurmeet Singh Khuddian is an Indian politician and member of Aam Aadmi Party. He is currently serving as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Lambi. He defeated SAD Veteran and Patron of Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal from Lambi in 2022 Punjab Assembly Elections. He is the son of former Member of Parliament Jagdev Singh Khuddian.
Jagroop Singh Gill is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Bathinda Urban Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.
Nirmal Singh is an Indian politician who represented the Shutrana Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly between 2017 and 2022. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He was elected as the MLA in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.
Varun Chaudhary is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament of the 18th Lok Sabha representing Ambala. He was member of 14th Haryana Legislative Assembly representing Mulana. He is a member of the Indian National Congress.
Nayab Singh Saini is an Indian politician serving as the 11th and current Chief Minister of Haryana since 12th March 2024. Previously,he was the president of the Haryana state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party since 2023. In October 2024,Saini won from Ladwa constituency of Kurukshetra district in the 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election and also led the BJP party to secure a third term victory in the state.
Shamsher Singh Gogi is an Indian politician from Haryana. He is an MLA from Assandh Assembly constituency in Karnal district. He won the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election representing the Indian National Congress. He is nominated again by the Congress party to contest the Assandh seat in the 2024 election.
