Elections in Punjab, India: Difference between revisions

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Elections in Punjab, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Punjab creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Political Parties[edit]

National Parties

State Parties

Registered Unrecognized Parties

Lok Sabha elections[edit]

Year	Lok Sabha Election
1951	First Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1957	Second Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1962	Third Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1967	Fourth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1971	Fifth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1977	Sixth Lok Sabha	Janata alliance (SAD, BLD, CPI(M)) : 13 seats out of 13
1980	Seventh Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress (Indira) : 10/13, CPI : 2, Akali Dal : one
1984	Eighth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1989	Ninth Lok Sabha	National Front (Akali (M) - 6/13), Cong : 2, Janata : 1, BSP : 1, Independents : 3
1991	Tenth Lok Sabha	No elections in May 1991 due to unrest, but elections were held for all seats at a later date (probably 1992 with assembly polls).
1996	Eleventh Lok Sabha	Shiromani Akali Dal - 8 of 13, Congress - 2, BSP : 3.
1998	Twelfth Lok Sabha	National Democratic Alliance (SAD, BJP)
1999	Thirteenth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
2004	Fourteenth Lok Sabha	National Democratic Alliance (SAD, BJP)
2009	Fifteenth Lok Sabha	United Progressive Alliance (Indian National Congress)
2014	Sixteenth Lok Sabha	National Democratic Alliance (SAD, BJP) : 6/13, AAP : 4, Congress: 3
2019	Seventeenth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress (8/13), AAP - 1, Akali + BJP = 2+2 .

Vidhan Sabha Elections[edit]

Pre-Independence

Year	UoP	INC	SAD	AIML	IND	Others	Total
1937	95	18	10	1	20	30	175
1946	20	51	22	73	7	2	175

Post-Independence

Years	INC	SAD	AAP	BJP	IND	Others	Total
1952	96	13	~	~	9	8	126
1957	120	^			13	21	154
1962	90	19			18	27	154
1967	48	^			9	47	104
1969	38	43			4	17
1972	66	24			3	11
1977	17	58			2	40	117
1980	63	37		1	2	14
1985	32	73		6	4	2
1992	87	^		6	4	20
1997	14	75		18	6	4
2002	62	41		3	9	2
2007	44	48		19	5	0	116
2012	46	56		12	3	0	117
2017	77	15	20	3	0	2	117

^ - Party didn't contest election
~ - Party didn't exist
- Green color box indicates the party/parties who formed the government

Next Punjab Legislative Assembly election is expected to be held in 2022

External links[edit]

Election Commission of India

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 '''Elections in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]''', a state in [[India]] are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Punjab creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
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 |----
 |1951
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1951|First Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
 |[[Indian National Congress]]
 |----
 |1957
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1957|Second Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
 |Indian National Congress
 |----
 |1962
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1962|Third Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
 |Indian National Congress
 |----
 |1967
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1967|Fourth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
 |Indian National Congress
 |----
 |1971
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1971|Fifth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
 |Indian National Congress
 |----
 |1977
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1977|Sixth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
 |[[Janata alliance]] ([[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]], [[Bharatiya Lok Dal|BLD]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]) : 13 seats out of 13
 |----
 |1980
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1980|Seventh Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
 |Indian National Congress (Indira)  : 10/13, CPI : 2, Akali Dal : one
 |----
 |1984
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1984|Eighth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
 |Indian National Congress
 |----
 |1989
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1989|Ninth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
 |[[National Front (India)|National Front]] ([[Shiromani Akali Dal|Akali (M)]] - 6/13), Cong : 2, Janata : 1, BSP : 1, Independents : 3
 |----
 |1991
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1991|Tenth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
 |No elections in May 1991 due to unrest, but elections were held for all seats at <br/>a later date (probably 1992 with assembly polls).
 |----
 |1996
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1996|Eleventh Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
 |Shiromani Akali Dal - 8 of 13, Congress - 2, BSP : 3.
 |----
 |1998
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1998|Twelfth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
 |[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (SAD, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
 |----
 |1999
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 1999|Thirteenth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
 |Indian National Congress
 |----
 |2004
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 2004|Fourteenth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
 |[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (SAD, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
 |----
 |2009
 |[[Indian general election in Punjab, 2009|Fifteenth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
 ||United Progressive Alliance (Indian National Congress)
 |----
 |2014
 |[[Indian general election, 2014 (Punjab)|Sixteenth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
 |[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (SAD, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]) : 6/13, AAP : 4, Congress: 3
 |----
 |2019
 |[[Indian general election, 2019 (Punjab)|Seventeenth Lok Sabha]]
-! style="background-color:{{INC/meta/color}}" |
+! style="background-color:{{party color|INC}}" |
 | [[Indian National Congress]] (8/13), AAP - 1, Akali + BJP = 2+2 .
 |}
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v t e Elections in India
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State elections	1920 1923 1926 1930 1934 1937 1945 1946 1952 1954 1955 1957 1960 1961 1962 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also: Elections in Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Ladakh Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

Latest revision as of 11:12, 13 January 2022

Political Parties[edit]

Lok Sabha elections[edit]

Vidhan Sabha Elections[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]