Punjab assembly election, Mar 2022

The 16th Punjab legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared

117

59 needed for a majority

Largest party

AAAP

92 seats · majority

Candidates

1,304

93 women, 13 elected

Turnout

71.96%

1.56 cr of 2.16 cr

The house

117 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

AAAP92
INC18
SAD3
BJP2
IND1
BSP1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Punjab assembly election (2017)

AAAP

+72

INC

-59

SAD

-12

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
AAAP Aam Aadmi Party	92	+72	117	42.0%	65,38,783	42.01%	+18.30	1
INC Indian National Congress	18	-59	117	23.0%	35,76,684	22.98%	-15.52	32
SAD Shiromani Akali Dal	3	-12	97	21.9%	28,61,286	18.38%	-6.86	27
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	2	-1	73	10.6%	10,27,143	6.60%	+1.21	55
IND Independent	1	+1	459	0.7%	4,57,410	2.94%	+0.85	456
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1	+1	20	11.1%	2,75,232	1.77%	+0.25	15
SHIROMANIA…SHIROMANIAKALIDALAMRITSARSIMRANJITSINGHMANN	0	—	81	3.6%	3,86,176	2.48%	—	79
SADS SADS	0	—	15	4.6%	91,995	0.59%	—	14
PLC PLC	0	—	28	2.3%	84,697	0.54%	—	27
LIP LIP	0	-2	35	0.9%	43,229	0.28%	-0.95	35
SANYUKTSAN…SANYUKTSANGHARSHPARTY	0	—	10	1.3%	16,904	0.11%	—	10
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	14	0.5%	9,503	0.06%	-0.01	14
BAHUJANSAM…BAHUJANSAMAJPARTYAMBEDKAR	0	—	12	0.5%	8,018	0.05%	—	12
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	7	0.8%	7,440	0.05%	-0.17	7
SP Samajwadi Party	0	—	18	0.2%	5,212	0.03%	—	18
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	11	0.3%	5,147	0.03%	-0.03	11
JAIJAWANJA…JAIJAWANJAIKISANPARTY	0	—	13	0.3%	4,963	0.03%	—	13
BAHUJANMUK…BAHUJANMUKTIPARTY	0	—	18	0.2%	4,689	0.03%	—	18
PUNJABKISA…PUNJABKISANDAL	0	—	13	0.3%	4,511	0.03%	—	13
NATIONALIS…NATIONALISTJUSTICEPARTY	0	—	17	0.2%	4,411	0.03%	—	17
PEOPLESPAR…PEOPLESPARTYOFINDIADEMOCRATIC	0	—	16	0.2%	4,007	0.03%	—	16
SAMAJIKSAN…SAMAJIKSANGHARSHPARTY	0	—	7	0.4%	3,564	0.02%	—	7
ASPKR Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)	0	—	8	0.3%	3,478	0.02%	—	8
AASPUNJABP…AASPUNJABPARTY	0	—	8	0.2%	2,218	0.01%	—	8
SADAHAQPAR…SADAHAQPARTY	0	—	1	1.6%	1,949	0.01%	—	1
JANASRAPAR…JANASRAPARTY	0	—	3	0.5%	1,870	0.01%	—	3
BHARATRASH…BHARATRASHTRADEMOCRATICPARTY	0	—	4	0.4%	1,824	0.01%	—	4
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	0	6	0.2%	1,718	0.01%	+0.01	6
DEMOCRATIC…DEMOCRATICBHARATIYASAMAJPARTY	0	—	5	0.2%	1,661	0.01%	—	5
INSANIYATL…INSANIYATLOKVIKASPARTY	0	—	11	0.1%	1,658	0.01%	—	11
NATIONALAP…NATIONALAPNIPARTY	0	—	4	0.3%	1,582	0.01%	—	4
PUNJABNATI…PUNJABNATIONALPARTY	0	—	7	0.1%	1,396	0.01%	—	7
APNIEKTAPA…APNIEKTAPARTY	0	—	3	0.3%	1,296	0.01%	—	3
REPUBLICAN…REPUBLICANPARTYOFINDIAA	0	—	5	0.2%	1,170	0.01%	—	5
SANJHIVIRA…SANJHIVIRASATPARTY	0	—	4	0.2%	1,057	0.01%	—	4
AAMLOKPART…AAMLOKPARTYUNITED	0	—	6	0.1%	999	0.01%	—	6
AAMAADMIPA…AAMAADMIPARIVARTANPARTY	0	—	1	0.4%	792	0.01%	—	1
RPIA RPIA	0	0	3	0.2%	692	0.00%	0.00	3
AKHILBHARA…AKHILBHARATIYARAJARYASABHA	0	—	1	0.4%	676	0.00%	—	1
COMMUNISTP…COMMUNISTPARTYOFINDIAMARXISTLENINISTREDSTAR	0	—	1	0.4%	639	0.00%	—	1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Punjab at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one. Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/punjab-2022/parties?limit=500.

Largest victories of Mar 2022

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
SUNAM	Punjab	AAAPAMAN ARORA	INCJASWINDER SINGH DHIMAN S/o AMARJIT SINGH	75,27748.67%
DHURI	Punjab	AAAPBHAGWANT MANN	INCDALVIR SINGH GOLDY	58,20645.31%
BATHINDA URBAN	Punjab	AAAPJagroop Singh Gill	INCManpreet Singh Badal	63,58139.08%
SHUTRANA	Punjab	AAAPKulwant Singh Bazigar	SADVaninder Kaur Loomba	51,55437.43%
AMRITSAR WEST	Punjab	AAAPDR. JASBIR SINGH SANDHU	INCRAJ KUMAR VERKA	43,91337.02%
NABHA	Punjab	AAAPGURDEV SINGH DEV MAAN	SADKABIR DASS	52,60036.83%
MANSA	Punjab	AAAPDr.Vijay Singla	INCShubhdeep Singh Sidhu Moose Wala	63,32336.44%
PATIALA RURAL	Punjab	AAAPDr.Balbir Singh	INCMohit Mohindra	53,47436.07%
DIRBA	Punjab	AAAPHarpal Singh Cheema	SADGulzar Singh Moonak	50,65534.87%
BASSI PATHANA	Punjab	AAAPRUPINDER SINGH	INCGURPREET SINGH	37,84133.74%

Closest results of Mar 2022

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
JALANDHAR CENTRAL	Punjab	AAAPRAMAN ARORA	INCRAJINDER BERI	2470.23%
DERA BABA NANAK	Punjab	INCSUKHJINDER SINGH RANDHAWA	SADRAVIKARAN SINGH KAHLON	4660.32%
DINA NAGAR	Punjab	INCARUNA CHAUDHARY	AAAPSHAMSHER SINGH	1,1310.81%
BHOA	Punjab	AAAPLAL CHAND	INCJOGINDER PAL	1,2040.88%
GIDDERBAHA	Punjab	INCAmrinder Singh Raja Warring	SADHardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon	1,3490.94%
MUKERIAN	Punjab	BJPJANGI LAL MAHAJAN	AAAPProf. GURDHIAN SINGH MULTANI	2,6911.88%
PHAGWARA	Punjab	INCBalwinder Singh Dhaliwal	AAAPJoginder Singh Mann	2,7122.12%
NAKODAR	Punjab	AAAPInderjit Kaur Mann	SADGurpartap Singh Wadala	2,8692.14%
URMAR	Punjab	AAAPJasvir Singh Raja Gill	INCSangat Singh Gilzian	4,1903.35%
GARHSHANKAR	Punjab	AAAPJAI KRISHAN	INCAMARPREET SINGH LALLY	4,1793.41%