2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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]

2017 Punjab legislative assembly election
4 February 2017
All 117 seats of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.20% (Decrease1.10%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Captain Amarinder Singh Gurpreet Ghuggi Parkash Singh Badal
Party INC AAP SAD
Alliance UPA AAP+ NDA
Leader since 2015[1] 2016[2] 2007
Leader's seat Patiala (won)
Lambi (lost)		 Batala (lost)[3] Lambi
Last election 46 New 68
Seats after 77 20 18
Seat change Increase 31 New Decrease 50
Popular vote 5,945,899 3,662,665 4,731,253
Percentage 38.64% 23.70% 30.6%
Swing Decrease 1.47% New Decrease 11.20%
Chief Minister before election

Prakash Singh Badal
SAD

 Elected Chief Minister

Amarinder Singh
INC

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]
LambiJalalabadMajithaPatiala
Atam NagarChabbewalGuruharsahaiFerozpur
BarnalaSanourLehragagaJalandhar (central)
Bathinda (urban)RaikotMogaAnandpur Sahib
BholathQadianChabbewalRampura 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 categoriesPopulation (%)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

Event Date Day
Date of Notification 11 Jan 2017 Wednesday
Last date for nominations 18 Jan 2017 Wednesday
Scrutiny of nominations 19 Jan 2017 Thursday
Withdrawal of candidature 21 Jan 2017 Saturday
Date of poll 4 Feb 2017 Saturday
Date of counting 11 Mar 2017 Saturday
Date before which the election shall be completed 15 Mar 2017 Wednesday

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 BJP LIP
Ludhiana14 8 3 1 0 2
Amritsar11 10 0 1 0 0
Jalandhar9 5 0 4 0 0
Patiala8 7 0 1 0 0
Gurdaspur7 6 0 1 0 0
Hoshiarpur7 6 1 0 0 0
Sangrur7 4 2 1 0 0
Bathinda6 3 3 0 0 0
Fazilka4 2 0 1 1 0
Firozpur4 4 0 0 0 0
Kapurthala4 2 1 0 1 0
Moga4 3 1 0 0 0
Muktsar4 2 0 2 0 0
Tarn Taran4 4 0 0 0 0
Barnala3 0 3 0 0 0
Faridkot3 1 2 0 0 0
Fatehgarh Sahib3 3 0 0 0 0
Mansa3 0 2 1 0 0
Nawanshahr3 2 0 1 0 0
Pathankot3 2 0 0 1 0
Rup Nagar3 2 1 0 0 0
S.A.S. Nagar3 1 1 1 0 0
Sum117 77 20 15 3 2

Distribution per region
RegionSeats INC AAP SAD Others LIP
Malwa69 40 18 8 1 2
Majha25 22 0 2 1 0
Doaba23 15 2 5 1 0
Sum117 77 20 15 3 2

Parties and Alliances

  United Progressive Alliance
No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Indian National Congress Hand Captain Amarinder Singh 117 77

   Aam Aadmi Party +
No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Aam Aadmi Party Gurpreet Ghuggi[2] 112 20
2. Lok Insaaf Party Simarjit Singh Bains 5 2

  National Democratic Alliance
No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Sukhbir Singh Badal 94 15
2. Bharatiya Janata Party 23 3

Others
No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Bahujan Samaj Party Jasvir Singh Garhi 111 0
2. Aapna Punjab Party Sucha Singh Chhotepur 77 0
3. Shiromani Akali Dal (M) Simranjit Singh Mann 54 0
4. Communist Party of India Bant Singh Brar 23 0
5. All India Trinamool Congress 20 0
6. Revolutionary Marxist Party of India Mangat Ram Pasla 13 0

Opinion polls
Polling firm/Link Date SAD-BJP INC AAP
HuffPost-CVoter[83] Feb 2017 11 43 63
AajTak Axis My India[84] Jan 2017 11-15 (13) 60-65 (63) 41-44 (43)
ABP News-CSDS[85] Jan 2017 28-36 (32) 47-55 (51) 26-34 (30)
TV24 News[86] Jan 2017 20-25(22) 27-35(31) 70-80(75)
VDP Associates[87] Jan 2017 7 44 62
The Week-Hansa Research[88] Jan 2017 28-30 (29) 49-51 (50) 33-35 (34)
India Today Axis My India[89] Jan 2017 18-22 (20) 56-62 (59) 36-41 (39)
Lokniti-ABP-CSDS[90] Jan 2017 50-58 (54) 41-49 (45) 12-18 (15)
VDP Associates[91][92] Oct 2016 6 15 93
India Today Axis My India[93] Oct 2016 17-21 (19) 49-55 (52) 42-46 (44)
TV24 India[94][95] Aug 2016 20-25 (23) 27-35 (31) 70-80 (75)
HuffPost-C Voter[96] Mar 2016 06-12(9) 08-14(11) 94-100(97)
Election results Mar 2017 18 77 20

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 ± 5 54 ± 9 54 ± 9
India Today Axis My India[99] 4-7 62-71 42-51
India TV CVoter[100] 5-13 41-49 59-67
Election results 18 77 20

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%)
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 59,45,899 38.5 Decrease1.4 117 77 Increase31
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP)		 36,62,665 23.7 Increase23.7 112 20 Increase20
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 38,98,161 25.2 Decrease9.4 94 15 Decrease41
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 8,33,092 5.4 Decrease1.8 23 3 Decrease9
Independents (IND) 3,23,243 2.1 Decrease5.0 303 0 Decrease3
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 2,34,400 1.5 Decrease2.8 117 0 Steady
Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) 1,89,228 1.2 Increase1.2 5 2 Increase2
Shiromani Akali Dal (A) SAD(A) 49,260 0.3 Steady 54 0 Steady
Aapna Punjab Party (APPA) 37,476 0.2 Steady 78 0 Steady
Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPOI) 37,243 0.2 Steady 13 0 Steady
Communist Party of India (CPI) 34,074 0.2 Decrease0.6 23 0 Steady
None of the above (NOTA) 108,471 0.7 Increase0.7 — Steady
Total 1,54,43,466100.00 117±0
Valid votes 1,54,43,466 99.87
Invalid votes 19,337 0.13
Votes cast / turnout 1,54,62,803 77.20
Abstentions 45,66,843 22.80
Registered voters 2,00,29,646
Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 2017 (pdf)

Results By region
Region Seats INC AAP SAD BJP LIP
Malwa 69 40 18 8 1 2
Majha 25 22 0 2 1 0
Doaba 23 15 2 5 1 0
Sum 117 77 20 15 3 2

Results By district
S. No. District Seats INC AAP SAD BJP LIP
1 Ludhiana 14 8 3 1 0 2
2 Amritsar 11 10 0 1 0 0
3 Jalandhar 9 5 0 4 0 0
4 Patiala 8 7 0 1 0 0
5 Gurdaspur 7 6 0 1 0 0
6 Hoshiarpur 7 6 1 0 0 0
7 Sangrur 7 4 2 1 0 0
8 Bathinda 6 3 3 0 0 0
9 Fazilka 4 2 0 1 1 0
10 Firozpur 4 4 0 0 0 0
11 Kapurthala 4 2 1 0 1 0
12 Moga 4 3 1 0 0 0
13 Sri Muktsar Sahib 4 2 0 2 0 0
14 Tarn Taran 4 4 0 0 0 0
15 Barnala 3 0 3 0 0 0
16 Faridkot 3 1 2 0 0 0
17 Fatehgarh Sahib 3 3 0 0 0 0
18 Mansa 3 0 2 1 0 0
19 Nawanshahr 3 2 0 1 0 0
20 Pathankot 3 2 0 0 1 0
21 Rup Nagar 3 2 1 0 0 0
22 S.A.S. Nagar 3 1 1 1 0 0
Sum 117 77 20 15 3 2

Results by constituency
Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
Pathankot district
1 Sujanpur Dinesh Singh BJP 48910 Amit Singh INC 30209 18701
2 Bhoa (SC) Joginder Pal INC 67865 Seema Kumari BJP 40369 27496
3 Pathankot Amit Vij INC 56383 Ashwani Kumar Sharma BJP 45213 11170
Gurdaspur district
4 Gurdaspur Barindermeet Singh Pahra INC 67709 Gurbachan Singh Babehali SAD 38753 28956
5 Dina Nagar (SC) Aruna Chaudhary INC 72176 Bishan Dass BJP 40259 31917
6 Qadian Fatehjang Singh Bajwa INC 62596 Sewa Singh SAD 50859 11737
7 Batala Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal SAD 42517 Ashwani Sekhri INC 42032 485
8 Sri Hargobindpur (SC) Balwinder Singh INC 57489 Manjit Singh SAD 39424 18065
9 Fatehgarh Churian Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa INC 54348 Nirmal Singh Kahlon SAD 52349 1999
10 Dera Baba Nanak Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa INC 60385 Sucha Singh Langah SAD 59191 1194
Amritsar district
11 Ajnala Harpartap Singh INC 61378 Amarpal Singh Bony Ajnala SAD 42665 18713
12 Raja Sansi Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria INC 59628 Vir Singh Lopoke SAD 53901 5727
13 Majitha Bikram Singh Majithia SAD 65803 Sukhjinder Raj Singh (Lalli) INC 42919 22884
14 Jandiala (SC) Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala INC 53042 Dalbir Singh SAD 34620 18422
15 Amritsar North Sunil Dutti INC 59212 Anil Joshi BJP 44976 14236
16 Amritsar West (SC) Raj Kumar Verka INC 52271 Rakesh Gill BJP 25424 26847
17 Amritsar Central Om Parkash Soni INC 51242 Tarun Chugh BJP 30126 21116
18 Amritsar East Navjot Singh Sidhu INC 60477 Rajesh Kumar Honey BJP 17668 42809
19 Amritsar South Inderbir Singh Bolaria INC 47581 Inderbir Singh Nijjar AAP 24923 22658
20 Attari (SC) Tarsem Singh D.C. INC 55335 Gulzar Singh Ranike SAD 45133 10202
Tarn Taran district
21 Tarn Taran Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri INC 59794 Harmeet Singh Sandhu SAD 45165 14629
22 Khem Karan Sukhpal Singh Bhullar INC 81897 Virsa Singh SAD 62295 19602
23 Patti Harminder Singh Gill INC 64617 Adesh Partap Singh Kairon SAD 56254 8363
24 Khadoor Sahib Ramanjeet Singh Sahota Sikki INC 64666 Ravinder Singh Brahampura SAD 47611 17055
Amritsar district
25 Baba Bakala (SC) Santokh Singh INC 45965 Dalbir Singh Tong AAP 39378 6587
Kapurthala district
26 Bholath Sukhpal Singh Khaira AAP 48873 Yuvraj Bhupinder Singh SAD 40671 8202
27 Kapurthala Rana Gurjit Singh INC 56378 Advocate Paramjit Singh SAD 27561 28817
28 Sultanpur Lodhi Navtej Singh Cheema INC 41843 Upinderjit Kaur SAD 33681 8162
29 Phagwara (SC) Som Parkash BJP 45479 Joginder Singh Mann INC 43470 2009
Jalandhar district
30 Phillaur (SC) Baldev Singh Khaira SAD 41336 Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary INC 37859 3477
31 Nakodar Gurpratap Singh Wadala SAD 56241 Sarwan Singh Hayer AAP 37834 18407
32 Shahkot Ajit Singh Kohar SAD 46913 Hardev Singh Ladi INC 42008 4905
33 Kartarpur (SC) Chaudhary Surinder Singh INC 46729 Seth Sat Paul SAD 40709 6020
34 Jalandhar West (SC) Sushil Kumar Rinku INC 53983 Mahinder Pal Bhagat BJP 36649 17334
35 Jalandhar Central Rajinder Beri INC 55518 Manoranjan Kalia BJP 31440 24078
36 Jalandhar North Avtar Singh Junior INC 69715 K. D. Bhandari BJP 37424 32291
37 Jalandhar Cantonment Pargat Singh Powar INC 59349 Sarabjit Singh Makkar SAD 30225 29124
38 Adampur (SC) Pawan Kumar Tinu SAD 45229 Mohinder Singh Kaypee INC 37530 7699
Hoshiarpur district
39 Mukerian Rajnish Kumar Babbi INC 56787 Arunesh Kumar BJP 33661 23126
40 Dasuya Arun Dogra INC 56527 Sukhjit Kaur BJP 38889 17638
41 Urmar Sangat Singh Gilzian INC 51477 Arbinder Singh Rasulpur SAD 36523 14954
42 Sham Chaurasi (SC) Pawan Kumar Adia INC 46612 Dr. Ravjot Singh AAP 42797 3815
43 Hoshiarpur Sunder Sham Arora INC 49951 Tikshan Sud BJP 38718 11233
44 Chabbewal (SC) Dr. Raj Kumar INC 57857 Sohan Singh Thandal SAD 28596 29261
45 Garhshankar Jai Krishan Singh AAP 41720 Surinder Singh Heer SAD 40070 1650
Nawanshahr District
46 Banga (SC) Sukhwinder Kumar SAD 45256 Harjot Singh Bains AAP 43363 1893
47 Nawanshahr Angad Singh INC 38197 Jarnail Singh Wahid SAD 34874 3323
48 Balachaur Darshan Lal INC 49558 Nand Lal SAD 29918 19640
Rupnagar district
49 Anandpur Sahib Kanwar Pal Singh INC 60800 Dr. Parminder Sharma BJP 36919 23881
50 Rupnagar Amarjit Singh Sandoa AAP 58994 Brinder Singh Dhillon INC 35287 23707
51 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) Charanjit Singh Channi INC 61060 Charanjit Singh AAP 48752 12308
Mohali district
52 Kharar Kanwar Sandhu AAP 54171 Jagmohan Singh Kang INC 52159 2012
53 S.A.S.Nagar Balbir Singh Sidhu INC 66844 Narinder Singh AAP 38971 27873
Fatehgarh Sahib district
54 Bassi Pathana (SC) Gurpreet Singh INC 47319 Santokh Singh AAP 37273 10046
55 Fatehgarh Sahib Kuljit Singh Nagra INC 58205 Didar Singh Bhatti SAD 34338 23867
56 Amloh Randeep Singh INC 39669 Gurpreet Singh Raju Khanna SAD 35723 3946
Ludhiana district
57 Khanna Gurkirat Singh Kotli INC 55690 Anil Dutt Phally AAP 35099 20591
58 Samrala Amrik Singh Dhillon INC 51930 Sarbans Singh Manki AAP 40925 11005
59 Sahnewal Sharanjit Singh Dhillon SAD 63184 Satwinder Kaur Bitti INC 58633 4551
60 Ludhiana East Sanjeev Talwar INC 43010 Daljit Singh Grewal (Bhola) AAP 41429 1581
61 Ludhiana South Balvinder Singh Bains LIP 53955 Bhupinder Singh Sidhu INC 23038 30917
62 Atam Nagar Simarjeet Singh Bains LIP 53421 Kamal Jit Singh Karwal INC 36508 16913
63 Ludhiana Central Surinder Kumar Dawar INC 47871 Gurdev Sharma Debi BJP 27391 20480
64 Ludhiana West Bharat Bhushan Ashu INC 66627 Ahbaab Singh Grewal AAP 30106 36521
65 Ludhiana North Rakesh Pandey INC 44864 Parveen Bansal BJP 39732 5132
66 Gill (SC) Kuldeep Singh Vaid INC 67927 Jiwan Singh Sangowal AAP 59286 8641
67 Payal (SC) Lakhvir Singh Lakha INC 57776 Gurpreet Singh Lapran AAP 36280 21496
68 Dakha Harvinder Singh Phoolka AAP 58923 Manpreet Singh Ayali SAD 54754 4169
69 Raikot (SC) Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal AAP 48245 Amar Singh INC 37631 10614
70 Jagraon (SC) Saravjit Kaur Manuke AAP 61521 Malkit Singh Dakha INC 35945 25576
Moga district
71 Nihal Singhwala (SC) Manjit Singh AAP 67313 Rajwinder Kaur INC 39739 27574
72 Bhagha Purana Darshan Singh Brar INC 48668 Gurbinder Singh Kang AAP 41418 7250
73 Moga Harjot Kamal Singh INC 52357 Ramesh Grover AAP 50593 1764
74 Dharamkot Sukhjit Singh INC 63238 Tota Singh SAD 41020 22218
Firozpur district
75 Zira Kulbir Singh INC 69899 Hari Singh Zira SAD 46828 23071
76 Firozpur City Parminder Singh Pinki INC 67559 Sukhpal Singh BJP 37972 29587
77 Firozpur Rural (SC) Satkar Kaur INC 71037 Joginder Singh Jindu SAD 49657 21380
78 Guru Har Sahai Gurmeet Singh Sodhi INC 62787 Vardev Singh SAD 56991 5796
Fazilka district
79 Jalalabad Sukhbir Singh Badal SAD 75271 Bhagwant Mann AAP 56771 18500
80 Fazilka Davinder Singh Ghubaya INC 39276 Surjit Kumar Jyani BJP 39011 265
81 Abohar Arun Narang BJP 55091 Sunil Jakhar INC 51812 3279
82 Balluana (SC) Nathu Ram INC 65607 Parkash Singh Bhatti SAD 50158 15449
Sri Muktsar Sahib district
83 Lambi Parkash Singh Badal SAD 66375 Amarinder Singh INC 43605 22770
84 Gidderbaha Amrinder Singh Raja Warring INC 63500 Hardeep Singh @ Dimpy Dhillon SAD 47288 16212
85 Malout (SC) Ajaib Singh Bhatti INC 49098 Darshan Singh SAD 44109 4989
86 Muktsar Kanwarjit Singh SAD 44894 Karan Kaur INC 36914 7980
Faridkot district
87 Faridkot Kusaldeep Singh Kiki Dhillon INC 51026 Gurdit Singh Sekhon AAP 39367 11659
88 Kotkapura Kultar Singh Sandhwan AAP 47401 Bhai Harnirpal Singh Kukku INC 37326 10075
89 Jaitu (SC) Baldev Singh AAP 45344 Mohammad Sadique INC 35351 9993
Bathinda district
90 Rampura Phul Gurpreet Singh Kangar INC 55269 Sikander Singh Maluka SAD 44884 10385
91 Bhucho Mandi (SC) Pritam Singh Kotbhai INC 51605 Jagsir Singh AAP 50960 645
92 Bathinda Urban Manpreet Singh Badal INC 63942 Deepak Bansal AAP 45462 18480
93 Bathinda Rural (SC) Rupinder Kaur Ruby AAP 51572 Er. Amit Rattan Kotfatta SAD 40794 10778
94 Talwandi Sabo Prof. Baljinder Kaur AAP 54553 Khushbaz Singh Jatana INC 35260 19293
95 Maur Jagdev Singh AAP 62282 Janmeja Singh Sekhon SAD 47605 14677
Mansa district
96 Mansa Nazar Singh Manshahia AAP 70586 Manoj Bala INC 50117 20469
97 Sardulgarh Dilraj Singh SAD 59420 Ajit Inder Singh INC 50563 8857
98 Budhalada (SC) Budh Ram AAP 52265 Ranjit Kaur Bhatti INC 50989 1276
Sangrur district
99 Lehra Parminder Singh Dhindsa SAD 65550 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal INC 38735 26815
100 Dirba (SC) Harpal Singh Cheema AAP 46434 Ajaib Singh Ratolan INC 44789 1645
101 Sunam Aman Arora AAP 72815 Gobind Singh Longowal SAD 42508 30307
Barnala district
102 Bhadaur (SC) Pirmal Singh Dhaula AAP 57095 Sant Balvir Singh Ghunas SAD 36311 20784
103 Barnala Gurmeet Singh (Meet Hayer) AAP 47606 Kewal Singh Dhillon INC 45174 2432
104 Mehal Kalan (SC) Kulwant Singh Pandori AAP 57551 Ajit Singh Shant SAD 30487 27064
Sangrur district
105 Malerkotla Razia Sultana INC 58982 Mohammad Owais SAD 46280 12702
106 Amargarh Surjit Singh Dhiman INC 50994 Iqbal Singh Jhundan SAD 39115 11879
107 Dhuri Dalvir Singh Goldy INC 49347 Jasvir Singh Jassi Sekhon AAP 46536 2811
108 Sangrur Vijay Inder Singla INC 67310 Dinesh Bansal AAP 36498 30812
Patiala district
109 Nabha (SC) Sadhu Singh Dharamsot INC 60861 Gurdev Singh Dev Mann AAP 41866 18995
110 Patiala Rural Brahm Mohindra INC 68891 Karanvir Singh Tiwana AAP 41662 27229
111 Rajpura Hardial Singh Kamboj INC 59107 Ashutosh Joshi AAP 26542 32565
Mohali district
112 Dera Bassi Narinder Kumar Sharma SAD 70792 Deepinder Singh INC 68871 1921
Patiala district
113 Ghanaur Thekedar Madan Lal Jalalpur INC 65965 Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpur SAD 29408 36557
114 Sanour Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra SAD 58867 Harinder Pal Singh Mann INC 53997 4870
115 Patiala Amarinder Singh INC 72586 Dr. Balbir Singh AAP 20179 52407
116 Samana Rajinder Singh INC 62551 Surjit Singh Rakhra SAD 52702 9849
117 Shutrana (SC) Nirmal Singh INC 58008 Vaninder Kaur Loomba SAD 39488 18520
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. Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Reason
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 Dhaliwal Elected to Lok Sabha
    3. Mukerian Rajnish Kumar Indian National Congress Indu Bala Death
    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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