Punjab Vidhan Sabha Election 2022

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Election 2022 was announced by the Election Commission of India on January 8, 2022. The term of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha was to expire on 27.03.2022. Elections were scheduled to be held for all 117 seats, out of which 83 are general and the rest 34 are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC).

As per electoral roll with reference to 1-1-2022, there were 2,13,88,764 electors in the state out of which 2,12,75,066 were general electors and 1,13,698 were service voters. 1,44,667 electors were marked as Persons with Disabilities (PwD). There were maximum of 1250 electors instead of 1500 in a polling station. Accordingly there were 24,689 polling stations in 2022 as against 22,600 in 2017 which was an increase of 9.24%. Candidate's limit on expenses had been enhanced to Rs 40 lakhs.

Election Schedule

Poll Events	Single Phase (All 117 ACs)
Date of Issue of Notification	21-01-2022 (Friday)
Last date of making nomination	28-01-2022 (Friday)
Date of Scrutiny	29-01-2022 (Saturday)
Last date of withdrawal	31-01-2022 (Monday)
Date of Poll	14-02-2022 (Monday)
Date of Counting	10-03-2022 (Thursday)
Date of completion	12-03-2022 (Saturday)

Highlights

1. NO. OF CONSTITUENCIES

TYPE OF CONSTITUENCY	GEN	SC	ST	TOTAL
NO OF CONSTITUENCIES	83	34	0	117

2. NO. OF CONTESTANTS

NO. OF CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY	1	2	3	4	5	6-10	11-15	ABOVE 15
NO OF SUCH CONSTITUENCIES	0	0	0	0	1	57	53	6

TOTAL CONTESTANTS IN A FRAY: 1304
AVERAGE CONTESTANTS PER CONSTITUENCY: 11
MINIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY: 5
MAXIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY: 19

3.ELECTORS

	MALE	FEMALE	THIRD GENDER	TOTAL
I. NO. OF ELECTORS (INCLUDING SERVICE ELECTORS)	11405315	10203440	727	21609482
II. NO. OF ELECTORS WHO VOTED (EXCLUDING POSTAL VOTES)	8133990	7335923	285	15470198
III. POLLING PERCENTAGE (EXCLUDING POSTAL BALLOTS)	71.32	71.9	39.2	71.59

4. NO. OF VALID VOTES (EVM VALID+POSTAT VALID): 15453412
5. NO. OF VOTES REJECTED (POSTAL): 23800
6. NO. OF TEST VOTES, REJECTED VOTES DUE TO OTHER REASON AND NOTA VOTES: 113728
7. NO. OF POLLING STATIONS: 24740
8. AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION: 873

9.PERFORMANCE OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

	MALE	FEMALE	THIRD GENDER	TOTAL
I. NO. OF CONTESTANTS	1209	93	2	1304
II. ELECTED	104	13	0	117
III. FORFEITED DEPOSITS	931	69	2	1002

Political Parties Participated

PARTY ABBREVIATION	PARTY
NATIONAL PARTIES
1. BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
2. BSP	Bahujan Samaj Party
3. CPI	Communist Party of India
4. CPI(M)	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
5. INC	Indian National Congress
STATE PARTIES
6. AAAP	Aam Aadmi Party
7. SAD	Shiromani Akali Dal
STATE PARTIES - OTHER STATES
8. CPI(ML)(L)	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
9. JD(U)	Janata Dal (United)
10. RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party
11. SP	Samajwadi Party
REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES
12. AADMPRVTNP	Aam Aadmi Parivartan Party
13. ABHSLP	Akhil Bharatiya Socialist Party
14. ABRS	Akhil Bharatiya Rajarya Sabha
15. ALPU	Aam Lok Party United
16. APNEP	Apni Ekta Party
17. APNJBP	Aas Punjab Party
18. APNJNTP	Apni Janta Party
19. ASKEP	Apna Sangharsh Kisani Ekta Party
20. ASPKR	Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)
21. BDPty	Bharatrashtra Democratic Party
22. BJJP	Bharatiya Jan Jagriti Party
23. BMUP	Bahujan Mukti Party
24. BSP(A)	Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)
25. CPIM	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
26. DBSP	Democratic Bharatiya Samaj Party
27. ILVK	Insaniyat Lok Vikas Party
28. IPBP	India Praja Bandhu Party
29. JJJKP	Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Party
30. JNASRP	Jan Asra Party
31. JNBRDP	Janta Brigade Party
32. KRSKBP	Krishak Bharti Party
33. LIP	Lok Insaaf Party
34. MLPOIRF	Marxist Leninist Party of India (Red Flag)
35. NAPt	National Apni Party
36. NATJUP	Nationalist Justice Party
37. PKD	Punjab Kisan Dal
38. PLCP	Punjab Lok Congress Party
39. PLP	Punjab Labour Party
40. PNJBNP	Punjab National Party
41. PPID	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
42. RAPI	Rashtrawadi Party of India,
43. RJSNP	Rashtriya Janhit Sangharsh Party
44. RPI(A)	Republican Party of India (A)
45. RPIE	Republican Party of India Ektavadi
46. RPPRINAT	Republican Party of India (Athawale)
47. RTORP	Right to Recall Party
48. SAD(M)	Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)(Simranjit Singh Mann)
49. SADAHAQ	Sada Haq Party
50. SADS	Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)
51. SAKAP	Samaj Adhikar Kalyan Party
52. SBM	Samaj Bhalai Morcha
53. SJVP	Sanjhi Virasat Party
54. SMJSNGP	Samajik Sangharsh Party
55. SNYKSNGRHP	Sanyukt Sangharsh Party
56. SRVSNJP	Sarav Sanjhi Party
57. VIPIN	Vishal Party of India
INDEPENDENTS
58. IND	Independent
59. NOTA	None of the Above

Successful Candidates

CONSTITUENCY	WINNER	SEX	PARTY
1 Sujanpur	NARESH PURI	M	INC
2 Bhoa	LAL CHAND	M	AAAP
3 Pathankot	ASHWANI KUMAR SHARMA	M	BJP
4 Gurdaspur	BARINDERMEET SINGH PAHRA	M	INC
5 Dina Nagar	ARUNA CHAUDHARY	F	INC
6 Qadian	PARTAP SINGH BAJWA	M	INC
7 Batala	AMANSHER SINGH (SHERY KALSI)	M	AAAP
8 Sri Hargobindpur	AMARPAL SINGH	M	AAAP
9 Fatehgarh Churian	TRIPT RAJINDER SINGH BAJWA	M	INC
10 Dera Baba Nanak	SUKHJINDER SINGH RANDHAWA	M	INC
11 Ajnala	KULDEEP SINGH DHALIWAL	M	AAAP
12 Raja Sansi	SUKHBINDER SINGH SARKARIA	M	INC
13 Majitha	Ganieve Kaur Majithia	F	SAD
14 Jandiala	HARBHAJAN SINGH E.T.O.	M	AAAP
15 Amritsar North	KUNWAR VIJAY PRATAP SINGH	M	AAAP
16 Amritsar West	DR. JASBIR SINGH SANDHU	M	AAAP
17 Amritsar Central	AJAY GUPTA	M	AAAP
18 Amritsar East	JEEVAN JYOT KAUR	F	AAAP
19 Amritsar South	INDERBIR SINGH NIJJAR	M	AAAP
20 Attari	JASWINDER SINGH	M	AAAP
21 Tarn Taran	Dr. Kashmir Singh Sohal	M	AAAP
22 Khem Karan	SARVAN SINGH DHUN	M	AAAP
23 Patti	Laljit Singh Bhullar	M	AAAP
24 Khadoor Sahib	MANJINDER SINGH LALPURA	M	AAAP
25 Baba Bakala	DALBIR SINGH TONG	M	AAAP
26 Bholath	SUKHPAL SINGH KHAIRA	M	INC
27 Kapurthala	Rana Gurjeet Singh	M	INC
28 Sultanpur Lodhi	RANA INDER PARTAP SINGH	M	IND
29 Phagwara	Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal	M	INC
30 Phillaur	Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary	M	INC
31 Nakodar	Inderjit Kaur Mann	F	AAAP
32 Shahkot	Hardev Singh Laddi	M	INC
33 Kartarpur	BALKAR SINGH	M	AAAP
34 Jalandhar West	SHEETAL ANGURAL	M	AAAP
35 Jalandhar Central	RAMAN ARORA	M	AAAP
36 Jalandhar North	Avtar Singh Junior	M	INC
37 Jalandhar Cantt.	PARGAT SINGH POWAR	M	INC
38 Adampur	SUKHWINDER SINGH KOTLI	M	INC
39 Mukerian	JANGI LAL MAHAJAN	M	BJP
40 Dasuya	KARAMBIR SINGH	M	AAAP
41 Urmar	Jasvir Singh Raja Gill	M	AAAP
42 Sham Chaurasi	DR.RAVJOT SINGH	M	AAAP
43 Hoshiarpur	BRAM SHANKER (JIMPA)	M	AAAP
44 Chabbewal	DR. RAJ KUMAR	M	INC
45 Garhshankar	JAI KRISHAN	M	AAAP
46 Banga	SUKHWINDER KUMAR SUKHI DR.	M	SAD
47 Nawan Shahr	DR. NACHHATAR PAL	M	BSP
48 Balachaur	SANTOSH KUMARI KATARIAA	F	AAAP
49 Anandpur Sahib	HARJOT SINGH BAINS	M	AAAP
50 Rupnagar	DINESH KUMAR CHADHA	M	AAAP
51 Chamkaur Sahib	CHARANJIT SINGH	M	AAAP
52 Kharar	Anmol Gagan Maan	F	AAAP
53 S.A.S. Nagar	KULWANT SINGH	M	AAAP
54 Bassi Pathana	RUPINDER SINGH	M	AAAP
55 Fatehgarh Sahib	Lakhbir Singh Rai	M	AAAP
56 Amloh	Gurinder Singh Garry Birring	M	AAAP
57 Khanna	TARUNPREET SINGH SOND	M	AAAP
58 Samrala	JAGTAR SINGH DIYALPURA	M	AAAP
59 Sahnewal	HARDEEP SINGH MUNDIAN	M	AAAP
60 Ludhiana East	DALJIT SINGH GREWAL (BHOLA)	M	AAAP
61 Ludhiana South	RAJINDER PAL KAUR	F	AAAP
62 Atam Nagar	KULWANT SINGH SIDHU	M	AAAP
63 Ludhiana Central	Ashok Parashar (Pappi)	M	AAAP
64 Ludhiana West	GURPREET BASSI GOGI	M	AAAP
65 Ludhiana North	MADAN LAL BAGGA	M	AAAP
66 Gill	Jiwan Singh Sangowal	M	AAAP
67 Payal	MANWINDER SINGH GIASPURA	M	AAAP
68 Dakha	MANPREET SINGH AYALI	M	SAD
69 Raikot	HAKAM SINGH THEKEDAR	M	AAAP
70 Jagraon	SARVJIT KAUR MANUKE	F	AAAP
71 Nihal Singhwala	MANJIT SINGH BILASPUR	M	AAAP
72 Bhagha Purana	AMRITPAL SINGH SUKHANAND	M	AAAP
73 Moga	DR. AMANDEEP KAUR ARORA	F	AAAP
74 Dharamkot	DEVINDERJEET SINGH LADDI DHOSE	M	AAAP
75 Zira	Naresh Kataria	M	AAAP
76 Firozpur City	RANBIR SINGH	M	AAAP
77 Firozpur Rural	RAJNEESH KUMAR DAHIYA	M	AAAP
78 Guru Har Sahai	FAUJA SINGH	M	AAAP
79 Jalalabad	JAGDEEP KAMBOJ	M	AAAP
80 Fazilka	NARINDER PAL SINGH SAWNA	M	AAAP
81 Abohar	SANDEEP JAKHAR	M	INC
82 Balluana	AMANDEEP SINGH MUSAFIR	M	AAAP
83 Lambi	GURMEET SINGH KHUDIAN	M	AAAP
84 Gidderbaha	Amrinder Singh Raja Warring	M	INC
85 Malout	Dr. Baljit Kaur	F	AAAP
86 Muktsar	JAGDEEP SINGH 'KAKA BRAR'	M	AAAP
87 Faridkot	GURDIT SINGH SEKHON	M	AAAP
88 Kotkapura	KULTAR SINGH SANDHWAN	M	AAAP
89 Jaitu	AMOLAK SINGH	M	AAAP
90 Rampura Phul	Balkar Singh Sidhu	M	AAAP
91 Bhucho Mandi	JAGSIR SINGH	M	AAAP
92 Bathinda Urban	Jagroop Singh Gill	M	AAAP
93 Bathinda Rural	AMIT RATTAN KOTFATTA	M	AAAP
94 Talwandi Sabo	Prof. Baljinder Kaur	F	AAAP
95 Maur	SUKHVEER SINGH MAISERKHANA	M	AAAP
96 Mansa	Dr.Vijay Singla	M	AAAP
97 Sardulgarh	Gurpreet Singh Banawali	M	AAAP
98 Budhlada	BUDH RAM	M	AAAP
99 Lehra	Barinder Kumar Goyal Vakeel	M	AAAP
100 Dirba	Harpal Singh Cheema	M	AAAP
101 Sunam	AMAN ARORA	M	AAAP
102 Bhadaur	LABH SINGH UGOKE	M	AAAP
103 Barnala	GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER	M	AAAP
104 Mehal Kalan	Kulwant Singh Pandori	M	AAAP
105 Malerkotla	MOHAMMAD JAMIL UR RAHMAN	M	AAAP
106 Amargarh	PROF. JASWANT SINGH GAJJAN MAJRA	M	AAAP
107 Dhuri	BHAGWANT MANN	M	AAAP
108 Sangrur	Narinder Kaur Bharaj	F	AAAP
109 Nabha	GURDEV SINGH DEV MAAN	M	AAAP
110 Patiala Rural	Dr.Balbir Singh	M	AAAP
111 Rajpura	Neena Mittal	F	AAAP
112 Dera Bassi	KULJIT SINGH RANDHAWA	M	AAAP
113 Ghanaur	GURLAL GHANAUR	M	AAAP
114 Sanour	HARMIT SINGH PATHANMAJRA	M	AAAP
115 Patiala	Ajit Pal Singh Kohli	M	AAAP
116 Samana	CHETAN SINGH JOURAMAJRA	M	AAAP
117 Shutrana	Kulwant Singh Bazigar	M	AAAP

PARTY WISE SUMMARY

PARTY NAME	SEATS
Aam Aadmi Party	92
Bahujan Samaj Party	1
Bharatiya Janata Party	2
Independent	1
Indian National Congress	18
Shiromani Akali Dal	3

Performance of Political Parties

PARTY	SEATS CONTESTED	WON	FD	VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
NATIONAL PARTIES
1. BJP	73	2	55	1027143	6.6%
2. BSP	20	1	15	275232	1.77%
3. CPI	7	0	7	7440	0.05%
4. CPI(M)	14	0	14	9503	0.06%
5. INC	117	18	31	3576684	22.98%
	231	21	122	4896002	31.46
STATE PARTIES
6. AAAP	117	92	1	6538783	42.01%
7. SAD	97	3	27	2861286	18.38%
	214	95	28	9400069	60.4
STATE PARTIES - OTHER STATES
8. CPI(ML)(L)	11	0	11	5147	0.03%
9. JD(U)	2	0	2	578	0%
10. RSP	6	0	6	1718	0.01%
11. SP	18	0	18	5212	0.03%
	37	0	37	12655	0.08
REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES
12. AADMPRVTNP	1	0	1	792	0.01%
13. ABHSLP	1	0	1	80	0%
14. ABRS	1	0	1	676	0%
15. ALPU	6	0	6	999	0.01%
16. APNEP	3	0	3	1296	0.01%
17. APNJBP	8	0	8	2218	0.01%
18. APNJNTP	1	0	1	620	0%
19. ASKEP	1	0	1	183	0%
20. ASPKR	8	0	8	3478	0.02%
21. BDPty	4	0	4	1824	0.01%
22. BJJP	2	0	2	301	0%
23. BMUP	18	0	18	4689	0.03%
24. BSP(A)	12	0	12	8018	0.05%
25. CPIM	1	0	1	639	0%
26. DBSP	5	0	5	1661	0.01%
27. ILVK	11	0	11	1658	0.01%
28. IPBP	1	0	1	313	0%
29. JJJKP	13	0	13	4963	0.03%
30. JNASRP	3	0	3	1870	0.01%
31. JNBRDP	1	0	1	182	0%
32. KRSKBP	1	0	1	298	0%
33. LIP	35	0	35	43229	0.28%
34. MLPOIRF	2	0	2	271	0%
35. NAPt	4	0	4	1582	0.01%
36. NATJUP	17	0	17	4411	0.03%
37. PKD	13	0	13	4511	0.03%
38. PLCP	28	0	27	84697	0.54%
39. PLP	1	0	1	154	0%
40. PNJBNP	7	0	7	1396	0.01%
41. PPID	16	0	16	4007	0.03%
42. RAPI	1	0	1	431	0%
43. RJSNP	1	0	1	148	0%
44. RPI(A)	5	0	5	1170	0.01%
45. RPIE	2	0	2	277	0%
46. RPPRINAT	3	0	3	692	0%
47. RTORP	3	0	3	373	0%
48. SAD(M)	81	0	79	386176	2.48%
49. SADAHAQ	1	0	1	1949	0.01%
50. SADS	15	0	14	91995	0.59%
51. SAKAP	2	0	2	572	0%
52. SBM	1	0	1	230	0%
53. SJVP	4	0	4	1057	0.01%
54. SMJSNGP	7	0	7	3564	0.02%
55. SNYKSNGRHP	10	0	10	16904	0.11%
56. SRVSNJP	1	0	1	545	0%
57. VIPIN	1	0	1	177	0%
	363	0	359	687276	4.42
INDEPENDENTS
58. IND	459	1	456	457410	2.94%
	459	1	456	457410	2.94
59. NOTA	-	-	-	110320	0.71%
	-	-	-	110320	0.71
Grand Total:	1304	117	1002	15563732	100